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  • Fallen Leaves

    ★★★★★

  • Wonka

  • Barbie

    ★★★

  • The Boy and the Heron

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  • Wonka

    Wonka

    I am constantly Wonkamaxxing I am dreampilled

  • Barbie

    Barbie

    ★★★

    I'm not sure what Barbie literally represents. In the beginning it seems like Barbieland is kind of the collective imagination of children playing with Barbie dolls - also a representation of childrens' ideas about femininity. It gets a little more complicated when Barbie becomes physically manifested in the real world and the link between Barbie and Sasha seems to break. Is Barbie a manifested dream symbol interacting with her creator here? (As an aside, I wrote a paper in college…

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  • Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones

    Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones

    ★★★★★

    i absolutely revere this movie.

    it happens to be my favorite star wars film. if you go into it asking: “why am i supposed to hate this, and what exactly is it doing to frustrate me?” you will find that it is by far the most intelligent and self-aware film in the star wars saga.

    i’m gonna let roger ebert close this one out:

    “When it comes to the computer-generated images, I feel that I cannot entirely trust the screening experience…

  • Pom Poko

    Pom Poko

    ★★★★

    Brilliant animation. Rather unexpected and ambiguous ending that left me with conflicting thoughts and emotions.

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