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Wicked 2024
I needed to indulge in my thoughts and explore multiple perspectives first before deciding how I felt about this movie. This is coming from the point of view of someone who has not seen the original on-stage musical, by the way (yes, yes I know, shame on me).
To be concise, I liked it. But something was missing.
Most of the performances were fun and captivating enough, with Cynthia Erivo being a spectacular standout. Besides her incredible, powerhouse vocals- she…
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Call Me by Your Name 2017
The first time I enjoyed the ending to a film adaptation more than the original one from the book.
What more is there to say about this film that hasn't already been said? It's an artistic masterpiece. I don't think this is a love story, however, 'Call Me by Your Name' perfectly encapsulates a sense of nostalgia for that pitiful, adolescent yearning for intimacy. It illustrates the experience of sensual, immature desperation, the hunger for someone else's soul to collide…
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