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quote of the year

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@userdramas event 10: emotions ↳ Han Joo Won's development: his father's words vs. the person he truly is

(insp.)

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making my return with another "i watched something and i don't know how to recommend it to others so i made a powerpoint" post!

come scream with me, it's fun in here, i promise. don't you want to watch a legitimately good crime show with real heart to it. don't you want to get hopelessly invested in a homoerotic duo. the door is wide open!

oh, and additionally: a link to my favorite (spoiler-free) review of the series. and a link to another good one.

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There's just something about this scene

He won't let Minato think he doesn't love him, not even for a moment

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怪物: MONSTER (2023) ↪ Dir: Hirokazu Kore-eda “but I like someone. I can't tell anyone, so I lie”.

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i feel empty after watching this movie

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Monster 怪物 (2023) | Dir. Koreeda Hirokazu

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It breaks my heart thinking that the reason why Minato was so scared about the CT scan was because he was worried that his mother would find out there was something wrong with his brain and that he maybe had a pig's brain.

He was so nervous about his mother seeing the reports and thinking that her son was not normal.

His nervousness and the whole fiasco with the school situation resulted in his outburst.

And righfully so. In his defence, he had witnessed the way society reacts to anything that is "not normal". Whether it's the drag queen being made fun of on TV or his friends making fun of his and Yori's friendship.

I cannot imagine the pain this boy was under and the number of nights he spent laying awake, regretting and questioning things about himself.

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I think the reason this movie resonated with me so deeply is because it reflects on how restrictive the world we live in actually is—how we've created these meaningless limitations we call 'norms' today. We live in such a constructed world that we don't even realize how confined we are. We forget the meaning of freedom and love. And whenever somebody doesn't 'fit in,' the society is just so quick to cast them out.

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"I'm not really sure, but I like someone. I can't tell anyone, so I lied. Cause they'll know I can never be happy."

— 怪物: Monster (2023). Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda Written by Yuji Sakamoto

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怪物 Monster (2023), dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda.

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Idk why but I really love the cinematography and the editing in A Killer Paradox, its so fun every time there's a transition

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SCRAPPER (2023) dir. Charlotte Regan

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im so normal abt sibling relationships in media i swear

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kaveh akbar, 'calling a wolf a wolf' // doc luben, 'love letters or suicide notes' // @/nutnoce, tumblr // 'my body's made of crushed little stars', mitski // @/ojibwa, tumblr // 'spring', mary oliver