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Shirkers (2018)
Not very interesting
I like the edit, the footages, the soundtrack, I feel the nostalgic the point of view and what the writer want to tell us, but I think it's misled. The most interesting part about the story is about George, what is his motives? What's he really do? Why he did it? We don't really have an answer for that. The documentary revolves around Sandi and her lost film, not George. I think George is a very interesting people and they didn't dig deeper, instead they tell you something that you less care about.
Mr. Nobody (2009)
This film is very personal
When I told somebody that Mr. Nobody is my favorite film, they haven't watch it. This film is hardly anyone's favorite, so I think this is very personal.
I like Thought provoking films like I Origins, Her, Donnie Darko, Get Out, Memento etc.
For me, this film bring me back to a time of my childhood, all of it, the cinematic, the soundtracks, like every aspect of the film, altough I'm asian, the culture is very different, the people looks completely different, but somehow this movie have some sort of relateness to me personally. The imagination of this film is bizzare and somehow remind me being a child, I use to imagine things.
For some films like Pulp Fiction, Inglorious Basterd, and Hateful Eight, they are great movies that I constantly revisited, because I like the tense, the dialogue, the writing, I always found something new everytime I rewatched. But this movie, I rewatched it several times for the feel, the atmosphere, the soundtracks. It's a beautiful movie.
Toy Story 4 (2019)
Overrated
I wonder why a lot of people like this, The idea of this film is great but somehow I feel something is off. It's a bit absurd when Bonnie didnt even know that Woody is missing, If we looked back at toy story 3, woody is her favourite toy. Seems like nobody care about woody too, they just let go of him by the decision that he just made for seconds. The friendship lost its meaning. We didn't see the team like the predecessor, its more about woody and bo peep with its typical woman empowerment idea. The friendship used to be the main idea of the movie, especially when they are holding hands to face the fire in toy story 3. Maybe the idea of this film is different, but doesn't mean that you can just throw it away.
This movie is about making a decision, woman empowerment (equality), character development, but it seems dull. They keep adding things that happening right now to be seen as a platform that supporting equality, but the story itself is full of plotholes. When we see the first toy story, it become so interesting because how woody handling a toy that didn't know he was a toy, a new and sophisticated toy that believe that he's on the other planet. Its a brilliant premise.
Black Mirror: Striking Vipers (2019)
It's good, but they need to improve something
When we came into season 5, we have more and more expectation. This concept have similarities to USS Callister and San Junipero, but with different idea and message. It's like a toned down version of the two. San Junipero and USS Callister focused more on the people and the technology, but this one is more about the people, maybe that's why it feel like a bit boring.
But the idea is great. It's relatable. What if we got sexual pleasure from technology, not from people? Its something we began to face right now.
Black Mirror: Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too (2019)
It lost the "Black Mirror"
If this was not attached to black mirror, you'll never know its black mirror because its adopting a difference concept of Black Mirror in general. Black Mirror is always about exploring our fear and insecurities towards technological advancement. This is an adventure movie that we hardly relate to.
I mean its a good story, a good concept, but not for Black Mirror. I almost always got some insight and thinking to ponder after watching black mirror episode, something that the more thought about, makes us even more scared. I think Smithereens did a good job doing that in this season, but white christmas and USS Callister take it to another level.
I don't really get why Waldo Moment got so underrated since it got more and more relevant, but I totally understand why this episode didn't rated well. I didn't get the feeling of Black Mirror, the exploring feel, the consequences feel, the fear, the insecurity, etc. It's a fun movie, but I expect more since it's an episode of the Black Mirror.
It just make a low level of sense, even "Hated in the nation" have a nonsense technology concept, but the idea behind it are very good. "What if you can vote a person that you and everyone hate to be killed?", it reflect our democracy, free speech, online bullying, and how social media have come to be.
Kimi no na wa. (2016)
One of the Greatest movies i watched in my entire life.
I have followed Makoto Shinkai's older works and most of them really have a bad ending, though still good, but this movie's sweet. He really know how to play with our emotion, especially for his work's fans who have followed his works, i'm hoping its not a bad ending during the entire movie.
But man, this work is a true masterpiece. When i looked at Makoto's older works, I suddenly think, he had the potential to beat Miyazaki's spirited away, and there he goes. I'm not saying this is better than spirited away, they had a different genre and makoto had his own stunning style.
How this piece of animation would turn my emotion really hard? Even Spirited Away, When Marnie was There, and 5cm per second can't do that. This is a movie that you must watch before you die, really.
Omoide no Marnie (2014)
A beautiful movie, creating a bond with the characters.
This is one of Ghibli's most beautiful movie. Knowing other's childhood story is interesting and Ghibli did it beautifully. I don't read the original story, but its sure a good story made by Joan G. Robinson. To transform a foreign story and mixed it with local culture, this is a good example of solving the race problem for audience to relate. Some other movie just adapt a story from foreign country and use local actors to replace their original name, even completely killing the character like we found in The last airbender and hopefully not for Ghost in shell. From now on, Marnie is a part of my life that i'll never forget, even though she's just a fictional character. Ghibli made this character so unforgettable with her strong character. His childhood is really sad, when we know even the maid bully her and she rarely met her parents. This made a link between her and audience, we really felt sorry for this girl and so sad even more when we have told the complete story, her old days are even sadder.
Pete's Dragon (2016)
I slept during the movie
I've never read the synopsis or watch the trailer, but this movie is easy to guess. I already know that the dragon will be catch-ed and make its way to break-free after that, so many scene that we can find in other films, like when the car is fell down the bridge and the dragon try to save them, it will succeed and no worry about that. Really bland, I don't talk about this film much because its not strong enough to imprint in my head. Its like king kong and tarzan movie into one.
But I think under 10 years child will enjoy it, because of their lack of experience to recognize the pattern. But for teenagers to parents, this film is boring. I've never slept in a cinema before, but in this film I just decide to slept and skip a scene, because I know what this scene lead to.