serinaleone

serinaleone

just me and my silly little takes on films against the world

Favorite films

  • Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • Bottoms

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  • Palm Springs

    ★★★★

  • Turtles All the Way Down

    ★★★★

  • Perfect Days

    ★★★½

  • Past Lives

    ★★★★★

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  • Palm Springs

    Palm Springs

    ★★★★

    what if we fell in love in the 3.2 seconds it takes to travel through a time loop

    alternatively: my main goal in life is to blow up and then act like I don't know nobody

    on a more serious note, this has probably become one of my favorite modern day romcoms. I've been on a chase for the same feelings I get when I watch 10 things I hate about you or 13 going on 30, and this movie came awfully close.

  • Turtles All the Way Down

    Turtles All the Way Down

    ★★★★

    as far as book-to-film adaptations go, this was pretty well done. I had several moments throughout the movie that I wish they added more from the book to provide better context, alongside a series of scenes that I wish didn't differ from the book because the meaning changed.

    despite that, the movie did a fairly good job at capturing the spirit of (most of) the characters. stellar casting for aza and daisy especially. more than that, the representation of anxiety,…

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  • Past Lives

    Past Lives

    ★★★★★

    "what if this is a past life as well, and we are already something else to each other in our next life? who do you think we are then?"

    I am at once haunted and fascinated by the idea that there may be some truth to finding the same person in every lifetime, but that doesn't necessarily mean you have the same connection to them in every one. I had a friend ask me once whether "do you think we're…

  • One of Them Days

    One of Them Days

    ★★★★

    90 minute films we are SO back <3

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