steraiz

steraiz

Too easily entertained to be considered a cinephile, yet demanding enough to not be considered a casual watcher.

Favorite films

  • The Lion King
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • Godzilla Minus One
  • Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

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  • No Other Land

    ★★★★★

  • Sing a Bit of Harmony

    ★★★★½

  • I'm Still Here

    ★★★★½

  • The Parenting

    ★★½

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  • No Other Land

    No Other Land

    ★★★★★

    At one moment, one of the settlers films Yuval Abraham and while saying "Here is a Jew who is helping them" before sharing it on Facebook so he can be identified, all with the most uncerimonious disgust, and I had to pause just to digest the sheer, casual dehumanisation of not only an entire people, but a fellow countryman who dared to openly empathise with and support them.

  • Sing a Bit of Harmony

    Sing a Bit of Harmony

    ★★★★½

    What an absolutely beautiful film, compelling from start to end, showing that it doesn't need to be an epic épopée to be fantastic, as long as the stakes are personal and emotional enough.

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  • Drawing Closer

    Drawing Closer

    ★★★½

    It may be simple and predictable but it's extremely efficient and gorgeous in what it does.

  • Flow

    Flow

    ★★★★½

    It is simply astounding in its originality, both regarding its animation and the story it conveys, remaining captivating from the very beginning to its end, feeding the audience just enough to keep them intrigued, all while teetering on the edge of the border between mundane and magical.

    My sole complaint is that the cel shading makes it look so blurry at certain points that it's like I am playing a computer game on the lowest possible graphic settings so it won't slow down too much. It wasn't frequent, but it was noticeable enough to take me out of it in those points.

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