{"id":56,"date":"2026-02-22T22:18:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T22:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/jtell034\/?p=56"},"modified":"2026-04-21T20:46:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:46:26","slug":"some-of-my-favorites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/jtell034\/2026\/02\/22\/some-of-my-favorites\/","title":{"rendered":"Some of My Favorites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“Jack, what’s your favorite movie?” is never an easy question for me to answer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My “favorite” film is vastly different from any of my other favorites. I also never know if I should tell the person my favorite movie to watch over and over or my favorite movie to examine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of my “favorites” are films I never rewatch because they are so bleak or upsetting, yet I still love the emotional power they hold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Depending on who you are and what I’m feeling, you may get a different answer from me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, if you’re a stranger, I’ll talk with you about my more palatable and well-known favorites. I hate being the guy to explain some disturbing art film I’m into at the moment. I find it really embarrassing sometimes and try to always avoid coming across as pretentious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is a dilemma I have struggled with for quite some time now and it has led to me being rather secretive about the films I love. Is it really my favorite if I don’t enjoy watching it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, it’s time I showcase some of my favorite films and let you, yes you, decide if our tastes align at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although my favorites are always changing, my new gallery lists ten films<\/a> that I have loved for a somewhat long time. The list is comprised of movies that I can rewatch constantly and some that I don’t think I’ll watch for another decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was not an easy process picking these movies and I refrained from including my own film, “Jit.”<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The films are not necessarily ranked, but I tried to include films that convey different types of messages, look vastly different and come from different genres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A superhero film, a documentary, a musical, dramas, art films, lighthearted comedies, a black comedy, what else could you ask for?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FOLLOW JACK’S MOVIE REVIEWS ON SOCIAL MEDIA<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Twitter\/X<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Jack, what’s your favorite movie?” is never an easy question for me to answer. My “favorite” film is vastly different from any of my other favorites. I also never know if I should tell the person my favorite movie to watch over and over or my favorite movie to examine. Some of my “favorites” are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7453,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/jtell034\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/jtell034\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/jtell034\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/jtell034\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7453"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/jtell034\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/jtell034\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/jtell034\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/jtell034\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/jtell034\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}