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Tokyo Godfathers 2003
Still reeling from this one. It's raw and emotionally charged. The actors' all gave incredible performances, especially the titular characters. Now one of my top Christmas movies.
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Thelma 2024
I thoroughly enjoyed this! There were a handful of times when the "old person being incompetent" shtick got a little overdone, but I was always won back by the sheer charm of the cast and the Mission: Impossible stylings of it all. I especially loved the Thelma-Danny and Thelma-Ben chemistry throughout. It's the best, most wholesome example of grandparent/grandchild relationship put to film imo. Squibb channeled every ornery older aunt/grandparent I've ever had or met. Also, I'm a sucker for a movie about folks learning that they can and should depend on their loved ones for support.
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Porco Rosso 1992
"I'd rather be a pig than a fascist."
First time watching this, went with the dubbed version. Pretty solid performances from the cast, (Brad Garrett stands out comedically as one of the seaplane pirates) though I'm still a little iffy about Keaton's Porco. Good, but you sorta expect more from him. The visuals are stellar, as you would expect from a Miyazaki film. The scale and spectacle of the aerial dogfights impress, and the chase/getaway sequence through the canals especially stuck with me. There's some fun physical comedy that got a few laughs, particularly during Porco and Curtis's faceoff towards the end.Translated from by -
The People's Joker 2022
This movie is so many things: an autobiographical coming-of-age surreal superhero tragicomedy parody that centers trans experiences. I'd call it a tightrope walk, but it's so much more than that; it feels much more like a spider's web. All these pieces come together to form a net that captured and pulled me into this mixed-media dreamscape (nightmare-scape?).
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