Don't try to impress anyone.
Be simple, be direct.
Nothing fancy.
So says the Fremen chief Stilgar to Paul Atreides just before the young man prepares for riding a sandworm, the seminal rite of passage that determines his acceptance both as Fremen and, to the ones of faith, as Lisan al-Gaib: prophet, Messiah, saviour, demon, scourge. But much like the fanged maw of the sandworm Shai-Hulud bursting out from the sands of Arrakis to the awe of the onlookers, Villeneuve'sβ¦
And when Chihiro chokes up with tears while stuffing the rice ball into her mouth, uncertain feelings crashing around in her little 10-year-old head, surrounded by doubt and fear, trying to be hopeful but overwhelmed by it all, what is that emotion that you feel, dear viewer?
Miyazaki and Hisaishi's magnum opus. Relevant as ever, never exiting the canon, undefeated till date. "Children's movies don't need to be that well made" was it?
The indescribable heartbreak of realising that your passion is not compatible with your livelihoodβ¦ the dark cloud of thinking that something must be fundamentally wrong with yourself when your fail at what you LOVEβ¦ the nagging self-doubts while lying awake at night, wondering what went wrong, oh! Kiki is so much more than just a little witch who forgets how to fly, she is every one of us struggling to make sense of this world, stumbling as we try toβ¦
Ok who had "Bob Biswas from the 2012 film Kahaani gets a Disney villain redemption arc" on their 2021 Bingo card?
Three days. That's it.
Three days in a fortress masquerading as a manor in the countryside. A spectre of a building where security detail marches in tandem with the kitchen crew. Everything needs to be just so. He's early? She's late. Focus on what's important. "Where the f#ck am I?" This wasn't only about the mishap with the map. "I used to live here." USED. TO. Nothing is the same anymore.
The House. Cold. Coldness everywhere. Turn up the heat?β¦
