ashl

ashl

there are just too many movies in this world i haven’t watched so i’m trying to play catch up

Favorite films

  • La La Land
  • Baby Driver
  • Little Women
  • Dìdi (弟弟)

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  • Bridge to Terabithia

    ★★★★

  • Dìdi (弟弟)

    ★★★★★

  • The Holiday

    ★★★★

  • Love, Rosie

    ★★★★

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  • Bridge to Terabithia

    Bridge to Terabithia

    ★★★★

    it’s the way i cried most of the end of the movie. the way josh hutcherson was processing grief happening around him made me sob. sucked his parents only cared about him after tragedy struck.

    brenda no cry count vs ashley & elisha: 3-0

  • Dìdi (弟弟)

    Dìdi (弟弟)

    ★★★★★

    i have no words i’m still processing this movie. cry count lost count. maybe 6 or something. this is such a painfully raw and intimate coming-of-age film that represents growing up chinese and asian so well. the normalities, the society, the family dynamics. 

    okay but now that we have 弟弟 i need 姐姐 so i can cry through the whole fuckin movie

    “sometimes i dream”
    “我就知道了。你们就是我的梦想” (i realise you are my dream)
    “你吃过饭了吗?” (have you eaten)

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  • Inside Out

    Inside Out

    ★★★★½

    rewatching this movie in prep for inside out 2 was good but also i love seeing movies like this with a much older perspective. the last time i watched this i was 13? i’m now 23! that’s a whole decade? 

    with the whole moving storyline as a young child i feel that, i was excited and happy to move but i’ll be honest never really gave myself any time to stop and think about the sadness and the things i…

  • The Holiday

    The Holiday

    ★★★★

    its definitely a holiday film, its giving hot chocolate vibes (can confirm we did have hot chocolate although i had white chocolate)

    funny to see these characters interact cuz i’ve seen them all in very different movies and interacting together was sweet. cuties and good!