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Cake day: February 15th, 2025

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    1. It’s the funniest movie ever made.

    Came out in 1979, Spielberg directed, Zemeckis wrote it, John Williams did the score, it has John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Christopher Lee, Toshirô Mifune, among others.

    It was way way ahead of its time. There are more jokes and setups & payoffs than entire decades of more recent movies (I’m not even exaggerating much). The practical effects are awesome and they blow up tons of stuff for real. It’s refreshingly anti-war. It has absolutely bonkers set pieces. You might recognize things they try that you see in Spielberg’s and Zemeckis’ later movies. Can’t reccomend it enough.

    Make sure to watch the extended cut because it just includes all the missing scenes from the theatrical, which just has gaps and loose ends.



  • Watch in a theater if there’s an event near you or with a bunch of friends. The theatrical cuts are much better paced. It was even criticized for being much faster than the books. If you get to the Mines of Moria (1/2 of the way through the first) and you’re not hooked then it’s not for you. LoTR is movie magic. Not just “wow that was a great movie” but something that transcends the medium, and makes you ask, “HOW did they DO that?” Hope you give it another shot. Cheers