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  Weathering with You 2019

  ★★★½ Rewatched 01 Apr 2023

  GOOD I Although Weathering with You is not as great as Your Name, the quality standard of this movie is still well executed. After Your Name, it would be hard for Makoto Shinkai to always have films at the same level. But weathering with you still keeps Makoto Shinkai's filmography consistent, with its majestic visuals to look at and good music to listen to. It also, just like Your Name, successfully delivers a fantasy story blended with the love stories…

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  Call Me Chihiro 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 29 Mar 2023

  GOOD I Call Me Chihiro follows the story of a young woman named Chihiro who is trying to find meaning in life through the sweetness of the people around her. We can feel Chihiro's loneliness through her eyes; even her smile can barely hide it. The beginning of scene starts with a stray cat that wanders on the street without a clear path, just like Chihiro. This movie captured a slice of life almost like Hirokazu Kore-eda films and doesn't…

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  Searching 2018

  ★★★★ Rewatched 29 Nov 2022

  GOOD I One of the most creative films in 2018. Searching follow a father who tries to find his loving daughter. Searching is an easy-to-recommend film because it is a thrilling drama with such unique storytelling. The whole story is told on a computer screen visually. The amount of effort into editing those visuals was incredible and we can also find some easter eggs about the universe in this film such as NASA found Alien. But, the main topic is…

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  Photocopier 2021

  ★★★½ Watched 02 Dec 2022

  GOOD I What a bold movie that rarely exists come from Indonesia. After watching Lemantun and No One is Crazy in This Town, I trusted whoever created those short films can also make a great feature-length film. His name is Wregas Bhanuteja. With Photocopier he makes another breakthrough in his career and becomes the future amazing director from Indonesia. Just like his two previous films that I have watched, Photocopier has good-natural dialogues which is an element that most Indonesian…