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The Boy and the Heron 2023
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Unapologetically Miyazaki, this film does not lack in beauty and the general sense of childhood wonder we expect from a Ghibli film. The characters are all likeable - with the central relationships between Mahito and the heron, and Mahito and his step mother, Natsuko, really carrying this film through.
The relationship between Mahito and the heron is classic - think Gimli and Legolas with a slightly more sinister undertone. Whilst it is a well worn road it is done well,…
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Battle of the Sexes 2017
A fun watch, the portrayal of Billie Jean King’s fight for equality amongst the wholely unyielding world of the 1970s was insightful. The film felt well paced and classically written with likeable characters and decent development.
The only fault was how standard the film felt. As such l, it didn’t give the feelings that it had a life of its own, rather another view into a world already written many times. It portrayed all the classic tropes of the oppressed…
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