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Ne Zha 2019
Chinese animated children's movie by Yang Yu. The sequel recently made headlines for being the highest grossing animated movie in history... which by itself isn't saying very much, China has a lot of people, a lot of which, in this day and age, can afford to regularly see movies. Nevertheless, I took it as an opportunity to check out the first movie from 2019.
Ne Zha is loosely based on a Chinese myth. After vanquishing a demon, a taoist deity…
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Inland Empire 2006
"It's OK. You dyin’, is all. I'll show you the light now. It burns bright forever. No more blue tomorrows. You on high now, love."
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Nisemonogatari 2012
I get the impression that the writer is a pedophile and a sexual abuse apologist. Clearly he seems to be under the impression that the sexual harassment of kids in their mid teens and younger is either sexy, or funny, and I don't know which would reflect worse on him. As someone who has been a victim of sexual harassment in my mid teens, I can assure you that it isn't.
On countless occasions, this series plays the sexual harassment…
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Frieren: Beyond Journey's End 2023
A recent critical darling, Frieren presents itself as a sort of character driven fantasy drama. The show follows elven mage Frieren (all the characters and places are named after German words of varying relevance. You get used to them but it never quite stops being distracting). In the past, Frieren was part of a legendary group of heroes that saved the world from an evil demon king and restored peace to the land. Being an elf, though, Frieren lives much…
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