Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
My Neighbor Totoro is unlike movies I tend to watch in my free time, but this did not stop me from enjoying it. Although I generally dislike animation, I found that My Neighbor Totoro is a beautiful and well executed cinematic piece. The director Hayao Miyazaki created an environment where dreams become reality, and transports watchers back to their childhood when their bestfriends were stuffed animals and imaginary. Satsuki and Mei's relationship with Totoro, and all forest spirits, is conveyed…
Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund's film "City of God" is an attention-grabbing and suspenseful interpretation of the common way of survival in the drug-ridden and violent cities of Rio de Janeiro. The opening scenes with young boys carrying assault weapons sets the harsh tone for the entire movie. There were many scenes that tugged at my heart strings, specifically the ones regarding the toddlers being shot. The way the director followed Rocket's life story, giving us a narrative completely influenced…