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Favorite films

  • How to Train Your Dragon
  • Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
  • Nimona

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  • The Platform

    ★★★★★

  • Asteroid City

    ★★★½

  • Nimona

    ★★★★★

  • How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

    ★★★★½

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  • The Platform

    The Platform

    ★★★★★

    A perfect understanding on how to communicate metaphors. Entertaining in each step. Expressive characters. Going to be very memorable to me for presenting a message in a strong and interesting way.

  • Asteroid City

    Asteroid City

    ★★★½

    Who suspected shot composition could be such a sweet treat to the eyes? Everyone. This is a Wes Anderson film after all.

    Asteroid City is a basin to hold the typical flourishes that Wes Anderson likes to employ; the flat line delivery, the use of orange, now all reside in a snuggly fitting setting.

    The characters were missing just an extra punch to show their development and the meta context didn’t feel like it added depth as much as a…

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  • Nimona

    Nimona

    ★★★★★

    An immediately obvious allegory that resonated so strong in my emotions in spite of my own vacancy of personal connection. Playful animation and art direction. A premise that media doesn’t explore enough.

  • How to Train Your Dragon

    How to Train Your Dragon

    ★★★★★

    HTTYD spears rights into the the middle of a dense world and guides the plot through each layer of story.

    Good immersion flourishes with Dreamwork’s quick, coherent, radiant world building. Although some context was outright handed to the viewer, (mental voice overs being a particularly dry method,) no info was wasted.

    The strong style gave so much life into the dragons. Character design distinction satisfyingly matched the character’s drive. In all ways it could the art direction proved the best…

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