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  Antlers 2021

  ★½ Watched by DirkH 09 Jan 2022

  Finally the sequel to Bambi we deserve.

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  Howl's Moving Castle 2004

  ★★★★★ Watched by DirkH 08 Jan 2022 3

  I rewatched this through the eyes of my children today and their enthrallment made me appreciate it even more than I did the first time I watched it many years ago.

  I remember having problems with the way it structured its story, that it felt a bit uneven. But now it all sort of clicked. 'It's just a love story, dad.' is what my 9 year old daughter said. And I guess it's as simple as that. The dance Howl…

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  Chungking Express 1994

  ★★★★★ Watched by DirkH 01 Nov 2013 29

  I love the stupidity of holding on to what has moved on.

  I love the smallness of the biggest emotion we know.

  I love the pain that doesn't seem to leave but you know somehow it will.

  I love seeing love.

  And I love how Wong Kar-Wai manages to capture all of the above and mold it into a piece of visual poetry, instilled with the melancholy, pain, joy, frivolity and promise our species' most powerful four letter word possesses.…

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  Frozen 2013

  ★★★ Rewatched by DirkH 01 Feb 2015 201

  Daughter 1: Daddy, can we watch Frozen?

  Me: Sure thing, honey. Does your brother want to watch as well?

  Son: What's it about?

  Daughter 1: Oh it's about princesses and true love!

  Son - blank stare-

  Daughter: and there's a snow monster.

  Son: Let's roll.

  -movie finishes, Daughter 1 is blaring Let it Go at the top of her lungs-

  Me: What'd you think, buddy?

  -Son gives me a look-

  Me: C'mon, wasn't that bad was it?

  Son (these are…