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You haven't seen X movie!? A List.

I saw Titanic for the first time a few months ago. Sometimes people are right when they repeatedly tell you to watch things.
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My wife is very often right, about a lot of things. One of the best features of having a partner is that, if you do it right, you get a person in your life who observes you closely and - as opposed to the person in the mirror staring back at you - gives it to you relatively straight. They get to observe your perspective, experiences, and takes from the outside and say: I see you, this is where you're particularly strange.

So when she said I've kinda missed a lot of obvious movies for someone who says they "like movies", I believe her. The two best examples from this year is that I had never seen Titanic or The Devil Wears Prada.

What I also realized is that this happens quite often with others - hearing "Wait! You haven't seen X?!" and, always searching for great ways to convince myself to sit down and watch a movie, I think that might be a good way to build a list for myself. Maybe it's a good one for you too.

I'm going to check these off as I watch them, and give a quick ranking of how much I "should have watched them" or if they were actually skippable, along the way.

Here's the rating system:

  • Meh: Don't get the fuss.
  • Fine: Glad I saw it, won't revisit.
  • Should have watched sooner.
  • What was I thinking missing this!?

Enjoy.

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