Every year I try to watch as many new movies as I can. Maybe to make compiling this list more challenging, maybe just to do it for the culture. Two years ago I might have fretted about the shift to streaming, but admittedly it’s been nice to have quicker access to new releases, to an extent.
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I’m nearing the finish line of my 2021 wrap-up. First, my favorite movie moments.
I swoon endlessly about entire movies, but sometimes a moment can sing all on its own. It can be a single scene, a line, a shot, etc. These were the standouts, the ones I felt compelled to single out because they entertained me, shook me (some literally), or got the waterworks going above all the rest. I tried to stick to a top ten here, but I couldn’t relegate a few as “honorable mentions” because they simply stayed in my mind and on this list.
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Adrian vs. the World 