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millomol

Favorite films

  • Guardians of the Galaxy
  • The Holdovers
  • Call Me by Your Name
  • Django Unchained

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  • Innocent Voices

    ★★★★★

  • Pan's Labyrinth

    ★★★★

  • Platoon

    ★★★★½

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★½

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  • Innocent Voices

    Innocent Voices

    ★★★★★

    I've rewatched this about three times now (my spanish IRP is on it) and it's genuinely such a devastating depiction of a child's experience in war. Being set in el salvador, it does a beautiful job of showing both the light and dark of being a child in a civil war - the milestones and innocence of Chava is consistently obvious, but the omnipresence of the war and it's threat makes it consistently upsetting. The portrayal of the loss of…

  • Pan's Labyrinth

    Pan's Labyrinth

    ★★★★

    Did not think about this enough when i first watched it. It's genuinely really good. I've watched a few spanish movies about children in war now and this one is very unique in the way it blends fantasy and reality to show the impact of the brutality of the spanish civil war on a young child. The symbolism is also very effective (the pale man in particular, whose allusions to the holocaust and kronos were really interesting but he was…

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  • The Holdovers

    The Holdovers

    ★★★★★

    Straight to the jugular, my throat ached throughout the whole thing. I didn't know films could be this beautiful both visually and emotionally. My life is changed. Everyone should watch this because the world would be a much better place. This film is so cathartic, it's healing in the way that makes you feel a bit heartbroken so your soul can feel a bit lighter, and it is to its core just one the most beautiful representations of love. Genuinely so,…

  • The Breakfast Club

    The Breakfast Club

    ★★★★★

    so intriguing... i wanted it to be overrated but truthfully it just isn't. this movie is so enjoyably filmed and each student's characters (if cliché) are examined in such a simple but heartening way

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