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Dear David (2023)
Revolutionary
Never in a million years would I have expected this from an Indonesian movie. I have so much respect for the themes in this movie: being authentic, friendship, lgbt representation, mental health representation, normalizing women's sexuality!! I thought this was just going to be a wacky movie from the trailer and sure there were parts that were cringe! But I think that was the point. That it's normal to be cringe, especially since we've all been teenagers at some point and done plenty of cringe-y things ourselves. This was a lot of fun to watch with a friend and we were both extremely impressed at how much this movie was able to cover. As an Indonesian speaker I am so proud of this movie and I hope people give it a chance.
A Storm for Christmas (2022)
TRAGIC??
I have no words. Home For Christmas was a 10 for me, but this was like a -11?? I don't even know how that's possible. I don't even know how I made it through the whole thing. Probably because I was texting with a friend and we were experiencing the shared trauma that is watching this movie together. The only things it had in common with Home For Christmas are the words Christmas, Norway, and Ida. I'm so baffled! It's as if it's written by someone who doesn't know how real humans act out in the wild? And then the last episode, everything hits the fan but not in a fun way. All the character plotlines were either boring or chaotic and nonsensical. This whole thing felt like a fever dream.