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Such a good time in the cinema! I knew this was a fun movie but I didn't know it was going be THAT fun. I laughed at almost all the jokes and that to me is something I never expected from a live action Pokémon film- it got me really entertained. Ryan Reynolds as the voice actor for Pikachu helps a lot on the movie as the source of the funny elements and I'd like to point out that Pokémons are well modelled, good work on animations. Story is acceptable, not too over the top or dark- it's a movie for kids, so expect it not to be too deep, just silly fun (which is a good thing). I sort of find the plot actually unique, though. All in all, not bad for a live action film. A solid 3 stars, but I'll happily give it another half for a bit of nostalgia and cuteness. I thought I wouldn't really be the type to find things cute, however, Detective Pikachu (actually all the Pokemons!) overwhelmed me so much I went "awww" with everyone else. I WANT MORE. I NEED MORE.

Mary Shelley is ultimately the story of a woman finding her own voice and asserting her independence- that will be the heart of its appeal. However, if we spent a little less time on Mary and Percy, and a bit more watching Mary actually create and write Frankenstein, the result may have been different. Additional 1/2 star because it was impressively shot, has superb production design, and most of all, suffused with righteous feminist fire. Watchable? Yes, it's alright- it has interesting story of origin. Would I recommend it? Clearly, nope.

Sunday Family day, so yeah thanks HBO hits. Probably my 5th rewatch of this film (story below!). When I was young, I considered Cast Away as the greatest of the greatests (I would've given this 5 star if Letterboxd existed 19 years ago) of Robert Zemeckis. Present day, I just realized that some parts of it were really bad, and there were good parts too. If I cried to this film before, now I'm just laughing- it's definitely a Survivor show but sort of comedy. BUT THIS IS NOT AN AWFUL MOVIE. Not at all. Others might see it as boring and tedious but as far as I am concerned, it is still entertaining as ever and with hardly a set, hardly a supporting cast, a minimum of dialogue and expressions, but with a hurricane of emotions, a credible and breathtaking Hanks still keeps me (and the audience) at the edge of their seats from the beginning till the end, in this masterpiece of a movie. Yes, even though I laughed at it sometimes, it's still a masterpiece.

As for the story (this was never important anyway)... I've first seen then when I was 4th grade, also in fifth grade for a class film viewing, in high school and in college, and the most memorable of all was summer of 2001. We had a DVD of copy of this and my sister invited his boyfriend (now his husband) to watch it at home. My sister and I pretty much connived because I also got to invite my crush who happens to be my neighbor- all four of us watched it together. Bad decision. After we finished the film, I blurted out- "so he didn't have sex for four years???, my crush replied, "he was a true survivor then".....

and I never saw his face again.