I think this film is so close to being good. The camerawork is incredible and it is correct in that almost everyone needs quite a jarring revelation/moment to realize that it’s okay to enjoy things for whatever duration you experience them. It’s a privilege to experience every feeling you do during your time on earth. But I think it fails to create any sort of emotional attachment between the viewer and the characters’s relationship. Which left a huge hole in…
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Dìdi (弟弟) 2024
I’m unsure I’ve ever felt more seen by a movie. Being that age is really hard. Trying to understand your Asian immigrant family dynamics is really hard. Understanding how friendships move as a teenager is really hard. All three of them at the same time was one of the hardest periods of my life, and watching it displayed beautifully by Didi made me feel a a way that I haven’t in quite a long time. There were conversations/arguments in this…
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Stand by Me 1986
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
I have never thought about the point this movie makes about the camaraderie that comes from simply being young. Sad, but I think the point of never having friends like that again is extendable to having friends at any age, as the things we value and time we have for others is permanently changing. I liked that this was displayed by interjecting with the older gang of boys, showing a entirely different but still bonded group dynamic
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