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Casual film lover! My favorites rotate based on how I’m feeling.
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Before Sunset 2004
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Manages to be better than Sunrise. This second go-around [somehow] felt more grounded and real than the first. They’re no longer twenty-somethings falling in love. Instead, these are two older, everyday people, reuniting after 9 years of experiencing and living with their own dread and insecurities. Their imperfectness make this a perfect movie.
Every Linklater film I’ve watched feels so real. You don’t mind that there’s no tightly plotted story arc, and you openly accept that you’re just there to enjoy…
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Can of Worms 1999
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Learned that Can of Worms played a huge role in the creation of Shark Tales…
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Drive My Car 2021
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That shot of the two of them holding their cigarettes in the car is so sick. That’s a new all-time favorite still.
I’m genuinely unsure how to score this one. On a purely technical level— from the screenplay to the mostly cathartic yet undeniably powerful performances, all guided by Hamaguchi’s meticulous direction— the Drive My Car hype makes perfect sense.
But, man… I don’t think I’ve ever felt three hours more in my life. Like I’m hesitant to say…
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Dìdi (弟弟) 2024
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“You’re cute for an Asian”
This probably brought back trauma for any Asian dude who has ever had a crush on a white girl.
Didi was made for me. This felt so damn real and I don’t think I’ve ever resonated with a film more.
Although the nostalgia of the 2000s help set the feel of the movie, Wang does a fantastic job in also finding nostalgia in the characters themselves, and it’s why Didi feels so intimate and…
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