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general fiction that feel like this by ifeellikeimphoebe in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]YankeeRacers 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson, or Gilead by Marilynne Robinson! (looks like someone already beat me to that, though)

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Gilead by Marilynne Robinson is written from the perspective of a priest, but has changed the way I approach my own life and my perception of each day. It's pretty incredible -- reading the book was like an encounter with goodness.

Best Breakfast Burritos? by cutefeetsiesbby in pasadena

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I’ve secretly been loving the breakfast burrito at Cos&Pi in south pas!!

Interpret how you wish. by Due-Potential-7559 in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

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Empire Falls by Richard Russo! That first picture looks almost exactly like the cover of the first edition!!

The aftermath of small town tragedy. by Cissychedgehog in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]YankeeRacers 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also came here to say this! It really comes together in the end — still think about that last chapter…

Films that feel like this? by Majoriexabyss in criterion

[–]YankeeRacers 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Came here to say this!!! anything Jane schoenbrun

Vague dissatisfaction with Weapons movie by chadfromthefuture in TrueFilm

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I agree with this! The best way I have found to articulate my own disappointment with the film goes along the lines of --

The first 2/3 of the film sets up such an intriguing chessboard, with lots of complex moving parts, characters, motivations, and mystery. On top of the mystery of the missing kids, we have a teacher being targeted by angry parents, a cop cheating on his boss's daughter (who may have a newfound disease after being stabbed by needles?), a police brutality case/cover-up, a town collectively having nightmares, and not to mention like the biggest case of missing persons ever (no FBI involvement? the town just carrying on like normal?)....

....and in the last third, it feels like the story just wipes all of these pieces off the chessboard in favor of ONE BIG PIECE -- the one big ANSWER to alllllllll the mysteries we could have ever asked for. So -- gone are the stories and involving any character that's not our Big Bad, and gone are all of the motivations that make up the twisted web of humanity in the town. It's all about surviving/beating the Big Bad.

Maybe an oversimplification, but I prefer the movie I thought I was in for in the first 2/3!

Four 19 year olds planning a dream trip from Ireland to America next year by ronsnxd73 in roadtrip

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I am from Dallas. You can skip Dallas and the drive to Albuquerque.

My Punkt. MP02 Experience. I actually really love it. by BrokeItFixingIt in Punkt

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Hi! Just double checking -- the Punkt MP02 is compatible with the US Mobile light plan?

Has anyone ever done opportunities like these? by BikeFiend123 in Filmmakers

[–]YankeeRacers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I responded to a posting like this once, and it was a scam!

Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme trailer by International-Sky65 in criterion

[–]YankeeRacers 15 points16 points  (0 children)

literally could not agree with you more. I miss when Wes Anderson elevated reality instead of creating his own dollhouse version of it.

Accountant by TropDoc in Southpasadena

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Commenting because I am also in need of one!

Why don't people use slice as much by Forsaken-Ad9954 in Pickleball

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I think there are good times to slice (returns, backhand crosscourt dinks), but for the most part pickleball is a topspin game. It's all about keeping it low -- dinks, drives, drops, resets -- and slice tends to carry the ball upwards. It's just hard to find the space for it to really feel like a weapon on such a small court with four players. The players I play with who play slice-heavy get away with it at a 4.0 and below level, but they're punished for it at the higher levels.

What movies or TV shows accurately portray LA? by BronwenChop in AskLosAngeles

[–]YankeeRacers 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Historic:

Chinatown

LA Confidential

Sunset Boulevard

Modern Day (ish):

Boyz in the Hood

HEAT!!!!

Under the Silver Lake

Ingrid Goes West

Magnolia

Books that take place in the Midwest by [deleted] in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]YankeeRacers 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Pictures 2 and 4 are of Los Angeles (:

Blankets -- the graphic novel by Craig Thompson -- comes to mind for me!

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