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  Big Hero 6 2014

  ★★★½ Watched 08 Mar 2025

  Big Hero 6 is fine. It's a kids movie that isn’t very impactful or meaningful, which is fine. Not every kids movie needs to be those things, but there are definitely more impactful superhero stories and more meaningful animated kids movies. 

  It kinda feels like the story is about grief, but it doesn’t fully commit to that idea in a way that generates a profound conclusion. Finding Nemo is a great example of a story that has a really simple…

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  We're All Gonna Die 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 08 Mar 2025

  We’re All Gonna Die is a decent movie that I like for reasons that go beyond the actual quality of the film. Therefore, it may be a bit of a hard sell. It's got flaws, namely you can at times really see the seams of its indie movie stitches, but truthfully that only makes me happier with the movie. 

  See, nothing about the movie is amazing except that it exists, which in my mind is absolutely enough. That’s not to…

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  Princess Mononoke 1997

  ★★★★½ Watched 18 Feb 2025

  To be honest, I don’t want to review this movie. Princess Mononoke is fantastic. But I have little to no desire to dig into its component parts and interrogate their “value”. It's just a great movie that people should watch if they think they’ll be into it.

  Instead, I wish I could just watch this movie with friends and discuss it. This movie is rich and beautiful. The art is incredible, the themes are layered and nuanced, from start to…

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  The Way Way Back 2013

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 27 Jan 2024

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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