EthanSmeagol

EthanSmeagol

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  • Only Yesterday

    ★★★½

  • Spirited Away

    ★★★★½

  • Hell or High Water

    ★★★

  • Nosferatu

    ★★★★

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  • Only Yesterday

    Only Yesterday

    ★★★½

    A very emotionally affective story with not great pacing.
    Honestly I want more films like this in life, but I want them to be just a bit less meandering. It’s really a wonderful film with so much to say about how people develop.
    I want to rate it higher but this is where it rests for me. Big ups to Isao for making a movie that only revolves around riding the waves of emotions in a woman’s life.

  • Spirited Away

    Spirited Away

    ★★★★½

    <3

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  • Poor Things

    Poor Things

    ★★★

    The rating feels a little arbitrary on this, maybe just cuz it’s my first review.
    I feel kinda split down the middle. 
    On the one hand: this movie has amazing commentary and assessments of the life of a woman. The focus and the wit of Bella’s conversations with the people she met was delightful and trying to unpack what was being said but not spoken was a true joy for me. Very clever, very sharp dialogue delivered perfectly by a…

  • Ranking of Kings

    Ranking of Kings

    ★★½

    Fantastic start, second half was rushed, confusing and terribly paced. This show just needed Bojji and Kage. If it had stuck the landing I think it would be a 4.

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