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Either I missed something incredible or it’s just not that good… Kinda pissed that I wasted my time watching this icl

Watched on Monday May 19, 2025.

If you truly want to learn about Malcolm just read his biography

W Pope

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100th

I wonder what Jean Reno’s son is like

l’Europa è così bella

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This review may contain spoilers.

The prestige reference?

Need to rewatch

Watched on Friday March 7, 2025.

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Fuck Sean Baker

Watched on Tuesday February 18, 2025.

Life is so beautiful. Enjoy every fucking second of it.

Perfection

Watched on Saturday February 8, 2025.

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Need to rewatch

Watched on Saturday January 25, 2025.

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Some of the greatest oration ever

Watched on Friday January 17, 2025.

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War is hell

Watched on Tuesday December 17, 2024.

Seeing as this film was made for an Algerian audience I think there are some important things to understand.

In 1830, the French began their 132 year colonization campaign of Algeria. This campaign was incredibly violent. In an attempt to maintain their holdings in Algeria the French resorted to concentration camps, mass killings, and the destroying of over 8000 villages. The final death total is between the hundreds of thousands and millions.

This film only documents the final few years of French colonial rule, this includes their waning of power and the increased power of the FLN (the National Liberation Front). This organization used mainly guerrilla warfare to force the French out of Algeria. For a Western audience this film may confirm beliefs that the use of violence is always and completely wrong, and the means employed by the FLN to overthrow the French were over the top. However, with the historical background of the colonial rule this idea doesn’t really hold true. 

This film shows the necessity for protest, be that violent or peaceful, as a means to enact change. It also emphasizes the need for political organization in liberation movements like the movement for Algerian Liberation. Some can take away with the belief that this violent opposition to French rule was wrong because peaceful protest could’ve garnered the attention of the international community (even if they tried and the UN did not do anything), but I don’t think this is the case. 

Sitting in South African prison, Nelson Mandela realized that if South African colonizers were going to employ violence and Apartheid to maintain colonization, that the only acceptable response that could truly enact change was a violent response. This same principle can be applied to Algeria and many other movements across the globe.

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I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone.

This film is about growing up. I found it to be incredibly sad because I could just picture myself biking around with my friends, sitting around chatting shit, or running around the woods with my brothers. That time is now past and it’s the main thing I miss about being young. The film does such a good job of conveying emotions that aren’t even tied to the plot itself. 

The next thing I took away from this film was the crushing pain that losing a sibling and the only person who truly believed in you can be. It was compounded by the juxtaposition of how Lachance’s father treats his dreams, how Lachance himself treats his dreams, and how Lachance s Chambers. No kid deserves to be cast away and frowned upon by their own parents. Kids deserve to be kids.

Watched on Wednesday January 8, 2025.

It was funny

Watched on Tuesday January 7, 2025.

As a movie it doesn’t stack up with my other 4 stars imo but the ass hole Boston kids part made me feel right at home so it gets extra points for that

Watched on Tuesday January 7, 2025.

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