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Dìdi (弟弟) 2024
such a painfully accurate depiction of adolescence. cried 3 times. almost ripped my hair out every time he was rude to his mom. this stressed me out so bad
standing with a slanted posture like you don’t fit into your own skin, constantly changing who you want to be, always claiming (& longing) to be something you aren’t, not knowing how to care yet caring so deeply about every little thing (and trying your hardest to make it seem like…
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Fantastic Mr. Fox 2009
i thought i’d like this more than i did
fun, beautiful, comfortable film with great character but pacing a bit too slow for my taste, and plot that i didn’t care too much for
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Look Back 2024
i often feel the same way about my art as fujino does towards the beginning of the film — a bitter, aching resentment, a clench in my teeth, a churn in my stomach. the feeling that i’m being swallowed whole by the work of another artist when i feel inconceivably far behind them. the long pan through stacks and stacks of kyomoto’s sketchbooks, fujino frustrated that even kyomoto’s obsession surpassed hers.
even while being in art school (especially while being…
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The Lion King 1994
watching simba grow up to look exactly like mufasa when my tears still hadn’t dried…. oh the pain. the crushing pain
also: i miss this style of 2d animation. you can nearly see the hand of the artist behind every frame. you can see the line change as it’s redrawn, even if it retains the same shape. you can see the edge of the pen, where a line stops and starts again, where the hand quickens and slows. there’s something…
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