[Movie Review] Us (2019)

A new movie from the winner of Academy Awards's Original Screenplay Writer 2018, Jordan Peele, already stole all the spotlight it can get. Played by Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, and many great actors. Before in the movie Black Panther, Nyong’o and Duke met as a citizen of different ruler, In this movie, Lupita Nyong’o played as a Mom of two named Adelaide Wilson after his husband Gabe (Winston Duke).

While some people may say that this movie brought some horror movie to another level with all the brainstorm and the message it implies, I, myself refuse to call this movie a horror movie. Because, personally, I hate Horror movie and also because this movie is beyond any typical horror movie with the genius story-line and the good messages implied.

Without giving any spoilers, I want to mention that this movie is a MUST WATCH. This is kind of movie that’ll make you a thinker and a conspirator. You can assume anything you want about the movie and what it’s about and what is happening actually with the plot and storyline.

This movie is gonna give you a chill and the same vibe as horror movie without it being totally a horror movie. I salute the performances of the actors a lot, I think they all deserve an Oscar or something. Their body language through the movie, also the soundtracks literally will give you a good cinematic experiences.

Comments

The Farewell (2019) - a movie review

Billi (plays by Awkwafina) is a Chinese-American living in New York. She grew up in China until she was 2 years old and then moved to the US, so both cultures pretty much coalesce and being part of her identity. But, when she knew the information about her Nai Nai (played by Zhao Shu-Zhen) dying of cancer, her beliefs and her identity are being challenged. In Chinese, there’s a saying quoted that “ When people get cancer, they die. It's not the cancer that kills them; it's the fear.” The family wants to keep it a secret and Billi’s parent expect her not to tell Nai Nai and forbid her to come with them to China. The whole family finally plan a wedding for Billi’s cousin (who also lives outside China hence his detachedness from his Chinese identity) so they have a reason to come to China to visit Nai Nai. This is a movie about grief and family that also presents the authentic cultural distinction between how the west and the east perceive ideas. I appreciate and admire how litt...

Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park, translated by Anton Hur - a book review

Book title : Love in the Big City / 대도시의 사랑법 Author : Sang Young Park; Anton Hur (translator, kor-eng) Publisher : Tilted Axis Press ISBN : 978-1-911284-64-2 (ebook) Year of Publication : 2021 Pages : 231 pages T his novel consists of 4 chapters. Each tells a different story from different phases of the narrator’s life throughout his early adulthood. While writing this rant/review, I tried to recall the name of the main character/narrator of the stories, because the book is being told in the first person, and I felt like his name didn’t mention much. Also, the writings of these 4 stories are pretty descriptive without having too many dialogues between the people. Some scenes/bits of the story also feel like a memoir, even an autobiographical one. However, I did recall one syllable of the narrator's name, Young . Part one of the book—the first chapter, is titled “Jaehee” , and tells the story of his undergraduate year majoring in French literature and he hap...

blank page(s) on my coffee table

Search This Blog