21, Omw to kill god
"No. He won't even know your name."
Holy fuck this is one of a select few movies where I can't look away from the person that made it in order to enjoy it because the intention seeps into it in a way that makes what could be a compelling and heartfelt premise into something vile and sinister. Knowing about Besson, his marriage, his statements about this film and the existence of its original cut makes me sick. This film has its place historically but I can't see an angle of it that is fair to the victims of its director. Fuck Luc Besson and may he rot in hell.
Okay this finally sold me on Robert Pattinson. Holy shit what a phenomenal performance, especially in the first half. I think the phrase "in the first half" is going to come up whenever I talk about this, because it was incredible until it became a very rushed sci-fi thriller that trivialized much of the politics it established through insanely on the nose, cartoonish evil. I'm genuinely surprised it ended in such a hunky-dory way, especially when it has absolutely nothing…
This is the first Ghibli movie to really hit for me, and I think it's interesting how downright tragic the majority of it is. God the idea that trying to provide the best for your child in a societal or monetary sense doesn't equate for happiness really hit. The catharsis of that running scene, as distressing as is was, punched me right in the gut. Also the animation is hands down one of the more interesting things I've seen stylistically from this studio, and I think it made everything so much more emotionally resonant.
I've never really been one for tradition, and my family is very sporadic about the holidays, but this is a movie that I love coming back to not for nostalgia but because it's genuinely, simply touching. I'm moved every time and my latest viewing was the first time I cried during it, sometimes art is enough to give a person that sliver of hope they need to keep going, and the world really is better off because of movies like…