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Minari 2020
I love a great first-gen immigrant story with lots of nature-y symbolism, but the pacing of the plot was a bit disappointing for me. The first 75% of the movie was dedicated to showing the same family/society dynamic in 20 different ways. Lots of this could have been cut out in favor of progressing the plot or character development. My favorite part of the movie is probably the metaphor on dirt/water (fixed vs flowing) and how minari (watercress) grow best…
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Lust, Caution 2007
Great directing, delicate use of color to convey emotion (the title in Chinese has a double meaning for “color, ring”). Some of the scenes were just immaculately done, especially the ending, while others could have been shortened. Honestly the sex scenes were steamy af and I was not expecting that but I’m not complaining. I liked how the romance was not overstated either, we never get a clear answer on why these two people love each other (or if their…
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Before Sunrise 1995
This film is so romantic that I would pay a sizeable amount of money to erase it from my mind and rewatch it again just so I can watch the "Come Here" scene for the first time and experience the adolescent fluttering in my heart when I realize that Julie Delpy (thanks to her exquisitely expressive lips) will forever be my woman crush. Ethan Hawke's character is slightly insufferable but I just think Delpy carried this whole movie. Before Sunrise…
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This Is the End 2013
I watch this at least twice a year and it's probably my favorite Seth Rogen/James Franco movie! So many iconic scenes and the meta-humor gets me every time.
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