Dahawy00

Dahawy00

Favorite films

  • 12 Angry Men
  • Inside Out
  • Alexandria… Why?
  • What's Eating Gilbert Grape

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  • Seeking Haven for Mr. Rambo

    ★★★★½

  • We Live in Time

    ★★★

  • The Help

    ★★★

  • The Swimmers

    ★★★½

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  • The Help

    The Help

    ★★★

    The three stars go to the trio's (Viola, Octavia, and Emma) acting. 

    Although the approach of Skeeter during the story was to write from the black maids' perspective, the movie itself was written from a "white savior" point of view. Don't make empathize with three white privileged women because one is bullied and the other two felt sad for what they had done. This is pure bullshit. 

    The struggle of black women in the 1960s is portrayed in such a…

  • The Swimmers

    The Swimmers

    ★★★½

    The whole movie experience deserves a 5⭐️ rating,

    yet the struggle part is cinematically romanticized. I believe that refugees face 100x more struggles, hunger, thirst, and sexual abuse. The journey is captured with such an aesthetic pattern and appealing musical background which humanizes a dehumanized journey.

    Netflix should not carry on all the stories with such a highschool-show vibe. 

    However, as a watching experience, I couldn't count how many times I caught my tears on my cheeks without even the scene to be tear jerking.

    Such an emotional movie and I have the urge to rewatch it.

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  • Barbie

    Barbie

    ★★★★★

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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