1 star for ambition, extra half a star because the scene with the cookies made me laugh real hard. Really doubt this would get that much attention if it didn't have bowie in the starring role. The constant zoom-ins made it almost unwatchable
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Porco Rosso 1992
What really jumped out at me on a second watch is just how subtley beautiful this film is. Even when the location is not that exciting the backgrounds are so pretty and rich with atmosphere, just gives the whole movie a really lush feel. Unfortunately it also became clearer this time around how dull and uninteresting this story feels for me. This is one of Miyazaki's shorter films and still it feels like it drags on in comparison to his…
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Ratatouille 2007
I'm so happy that a movie this weird on so many different levels(both good and bad) can be this endlessly enjoyable and rewatchable. I love this even though at parts it falls apart terribly, it is both incredibly complex yet very accessible, refined and kind of messy at the same time. That's how I tend to like my art a lot of the time
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Turning Red 2022
Not all the comedy landed for me but the emotional bits hit HARD. It also looks incredible. I'm all for this highly stylized animation being very direct and mature about it's subject matter. Going to see this with my mom was 100% the right call
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