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Everything I’ve watched and what I thought of it. The ones I had more to say about link out to a full review.

Quick review
Oppenheimer 2023My #1. My textbook heroes brought to life, the whole crowd of them in one room.
The Matrix 1999The first movie I ever saw in a theater. Made programming feel like more than a job.
Vivarium 2019Watched it in the middle of a midlife crisis and saw my own life, not a horror movie.
The Social Network 2010As a wannabe founder and a programmer, I felt like I was him.
Joker 2019Saw it with a friend who was disturbed for weeks after watching it.
Moneyball 2011numbers over hunch
The Founder 2016why do so many founders are assholes
The Big Short 2015good
The Wolf of Wall Street 2013the life, but love the drugged scene, really thought he has made it just fine
Dil Se 1998The music is the best part and dance.
Taare Zameen Par 2007good music, story, and lesson
3 Idiots 2009funny, feel good
pkGood lesson, wish people actually understood it
Crash 2004
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000love the fights, music, and story
Life Is Beautiful 1997you will cry
Pan's Labyrinth 2006great visuals, and story. makes you cry
Scarface 1983ambitions
Pulp Fiction 1994great way to tell the story
Fight Club 1999philosophy
The Lion King 1994cry
Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981
Entergalactic 2022amazing visuals and music
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989My favorite of the Indiana Jones movies
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 1984The darkest one and my least favorite
The Pursuit of Happyness 2006Hard to watch as a parent. The subway bathroom scene got to me.
Leaving Las Vegas 1995Depressing but reality of life. Warning. Great acting
The Whale 2022You start out disgusted by Charlie and end up rooting for him.
Watcher 2022Kept wondering if she was just being paranoid or if there was real danger.
Hunger 2023Started strong, then the message turned into: don’t be your best.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 2024Saw it with Ayden. Liked that it works “make good choices” into the script.
Alien 1979
Parasite 2019scary
Whiplashsaw a while ago, the last drum scene was insane
Office Space 1999comedic but deep. Every developer has same dreams
Scent of a Woman 1992one of favorite movie, love that speech at the end.
I Care a Lot 2020scary
The Fifth Element 1997love it
The Housemaidgreat story
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 2025not scary
Hoppers 2026good
Project Hail MaryAyden really loved it. I liked it too.
Flight of NavigatorBecause of Project Hailr Mary, Ayden wanted to see more space movies. He liked this one too. Good movie to watch with kids
Adriftsaw it once and forgot that i had seen it. midway through second time, hina remembered we had seen it
All is Lostminimalist, no dialog but unable to not watch, great for someone in sailing
Automatamind blown
John Wickamazing
Wildread the book long time before the movie. told Hina that they will make a movie on it and it will be amazing. ANd luckily they made amazing movie and love Reese Weatherspoon in it
The Hangoverlove it
Apollo 10½nostalgic, amazing, must watch
tick, tick... BOOM!love it
My Octopus Teacherkept thinking about it for days
Hachidon’t watch it, seriously, floodgates will open

Still to write up: Fair Play.