mr_sindo

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Favorite films

  • Paths of Glory
  • Airplane!
  • The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
  • Koyaanisqatsi

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  • Moana

    ★★★½

  • Babe

    ★★★★

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    ★★★★★

  • The Royal Tenenbaums

    ★★★★★

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  • Moana

    Moana

    ★★★½

    On this watch I identified much more with Maui’s fear that he is nothing without his hook. Identity being tied to a specific thing. And heard hope in Moana’s message that only Maui had the power to manifest who he could be.

  • Babe

    Babe

    ★★★★

    There is such pastoral beauty shot in Babe, and I would love to just spend some idle days in this village. The tender message of using love and compassion to overcome fear is so sweetly delivered I cannot help but smile.

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  • The Royal Tenenbaums

    The Royal Tenenbaums

    ★★★★★

    A personal urtext. 

    Family, love, and commitment. For me there is so much richness here, in the characters and story, the moviemaking itself as well as the performances, and of course the soundtrack. 

    Tenenbaums retains a handmade quality at times even as it embodies the stylistic tropes Anderson would be later most identified with. This style is and remains revelatory, but the characters and their individual and collective journey’s stand out to me. Especially that who you identify with and…

  • Lilo & Stitch

    Lilo & Stitch

    ★★★★

    Touching, as always.

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