“Memory is a wonderful thing if you don't have to deal with the past”
📝: Jesse is now a successful author, flogging his tale of whirlwind love. Celine turns up at one of his book signings. They have a handful of hours together before Jesse is supposed to take his next flight.
👍: Both Celine and Jesse are far less pompous in this instalment. I like them a lot more here - their thirties suit them.
🤷♂️: I have no…
“This is what we should do. You should get off the train with me here in Vienna, and come check out the capital.”
📝: Two strangers meet on a train and go on a daytime date in Vienna, before it is time to part ways Before Sunrise.
😬: They both (although particularly Jesse) are pompous. Particularly when referring to literature, religion and philosophy. It may be realistic for people in their early twenties but I would have an even stronger…
I can see the appeal of Nazis being scalped, but what I cannot see the appeal of is rewriting World War 2 to make it amusing or an entertainment extravaganza. The ending is not smart, philosophical or thought-provoking. Garbage.
“We don’t have kids, we have future employees”
📝: “Cambodians have the donut game on lock” in Los Angeles. This is the story of Ted Ngoy, the original Donut King who inspired a wave of independent donut shops.
👍: The story is told with beautiful animations. The artistic highlight depicts Ted hiding under a bed for 45 days.
🤨: While it’s an inspiring story it’s also very heavy propaganda for the “American dream” and intolerable work hours.
😟: The most…
