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66. Lately, I like "The Martian", because it's pretty much entirely good people making good decisions....

Sun Sep 7, 2025, 06:36 PM

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….doing the right things for the right reasons, and nobody’s trying to hurt anyone.

And somehow, there’s still a compelling story there! LOL.

I haven’t seen a lot of movies like that. None that I can think of offhand, anyway.

It’s my current feel-good movie.

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