triggering on a deep level for me (religious trauma & 'rents who go on loud [opposing] rants/lectures at each other (ever so ideologically incompatible, amongst other things) or at us (me, my sister) has left me completely unscathed...)
i was already in a bad mental state today (went to bed weighed down & near-smothered by a dark onset or maybe rather just a sudden deepening episode/low point of a chronic depression (aided by thinking about the state of the world, the overwhelming…
so happy i finally got to show this to anna!
it was About Time she watched this movie that i've been recommending to her for what feels like close to forever...
(it was good for me to rewatch it too, since it's been a minute for me)
that final session/scene in the courtroom is incredibly entertaining & refreshingly satisfying after an hour & some of comical yet frustrating miscommunication/misfortune upon miscommunication/misfortune haha.. marisa tomei especially is a joy to watch as the…
complexities of [immigrant] family realities meet/are the myth of sisyphus meets the butterfly effect meets sylvia plath's fig tree metaphor meets multiverse theory meets quantum mechanics meets every[no]thing
i am quite late to seeing this (i just haven't had the opportunity until now somehow.. it took me getting the dvd on sale for myself to get to see it in its glory) & i finally personally understand/experienced the hype
(i am typing this with swollen eyes from crying.. i am also…
