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Jesse

Grounded Grit + Earned Emotion

Positives (up-weight)

  • + source material read
  • + unique craft
  • + sheridan verse
  • + period grit
  • + 80s nostalgia
  • + earned emotion
  • + power competence

Negatives (de-weight)

  • − tragic ending
  • − preachy
  • − superhero
  • − fantastical unread
  • − slow institutional
  • − horror
  • − art house slow
  • − sci fi

Signal

Why Jesse likes what he likes

  • Hard filter: tragic endings. Jesse bails at 3/4 of A Star Is Born because he doesn't want to see the sad end.
  • Source-material bonus: if he's read the book, the screen version is primed (Dune, Time Traveler's Wife, Reacher).
  • "Unique / funky / well-crafted voice" bypasses most genre filters — American Beauty, DTF St. Louis.
  • Modern Westerns with romance arc > pure Westerns. Sheridan-verse is the joint home but NOT auto-hit.
  • Bed by 8 PM. Two distinct modes: engaged (full attention, pre-bed) vs. sleep-lean (may-fall-asleep, needs episodic + predictable).
  • Standup: Chappelle is GOAT. Shane Gillis + Kevin Hart + Chris Rock.
  • Academy-darling last 5 years = mostly trash filter. Preachy/woke content filtered.

Top-rated

Jesse's canon

The Shawshank Redemption

1994·film

J · Best movie ever made. Can watch over and over again.

J10L—earned-emotion · unique-craft

Tombstone

1993·film

J · Great characters and great scenes.

L · Pure Western — loses her.

J10L4pure-western · earned-emotion

The Notebook

2004·film

J · Cried. Joyful love was impactful. The end was impactful too.

J10L9strong-romance · earned-emotion

Goodfellas

1990·film

J · Scorsese peak.

J10L—period-grit · power-competence

American Beauty

1999·film

J · Funky, unique, really well done.

J10L—unique-craft

Peaky Blinders

2013·seriesNetflix

J · Best TV show in the last 5 years. Cillian Murphy is the best actor in the world.

L · Powerful main character. Period + power + romance.

J10L10period-grit · power-competence

Chappelle's Show

2003·standup

J · Best TV show of all time. Greatest comedian ever.

J10L10edgy-comedy

Dune (all installments)

2021·film

J · Seen all the Dunes. Ranks them all very high. Read every book.

L · Hates all the Dunes.

J9.5LBAILEDsource-material-read

Breaking Bad

2008·series

J · Loved it, especially the end.

L · Liked less than Jesse. Finished.

J9.5L7.5power-competence

House of Cards

2013·seriesNetflix

J · Top show. Great political drama.

L · Loves. Robin Wright as strong female.

J9.5L9.5power-competence

Deadwood

2004·seriesHBO Max

J · 9.5/10. Period grit masterclass.

L · ~7. Less than Jesse but watched.

J9.5L7period-grit · power-competence

The Untouchables

1987·film

L · Loves it. Righteous power + era.

J9L9period-grit · power-competence

Actors & Directors

Jesse's ranked people

Cillian Murphy

actor

10

Tom Cruise

actor

10

Anthony Hopkins

actor

10

Christopher Nolan

director

10

Martin Scorsese

director

10

Julia Roberts

actress

10

Taylor Sheridan

creator

10

Dave Chappelle

comedian

10

Leonardo DiCaprio

actor

9.5

Brad Pitt

actor

9.5

Hugh Grant

actor

9.5

Rachel McAdams

actress

9.5

Quentin Tarantino

director

9.5

Bradley Cooper

actor

9

Christian Bale

actor

9

Robert De Niro

actor

9

Al Pacino

actor

9

Keanu Reeves

actor

9

Robin Wright

actress

9

Chris Rock

comedian

9

Jason Bateman

actor

8.5

Denzel Washington

actor

8

George Clooney

actor

8

Tom Hardy

actor

8

Shane Gillis

comedian

8

Liam Neeson

actor

8

David Harbour

actor

8

Kevin Hart

comedian

8

Arnold Schwarzenegger

actor

8

Sylvester Stallone

actor

8

Vince Vaughn

actor

7.5

Idris Elba

actor

7.5

Owen Wilson

actor

7

Jeff Bridges

actor

7

Keri Russell

actress

6

Sandra Bullock

actress

6

Reese Witherspoon

actress

6

Tina Fey

comedian

6

Bounced

Didn't land

The Family Stone

2005·film
J2L9

The Lord of the Rings (trilogy)

·film
J3L—

Harry Potter (series)

·film
J3L—

Killers of the Flower Moon

2023·film
J4L6

Tulsa King

2022·seriesParamount+
J6L—