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This is the highest quality of monumental film-making. Immense, immersive world-building comes first, big action spectacle ignited the screen later but Denis Villeneuve never forget to masterfully bring forth intimate character moments. But hey, no disrespect to Villeneuve who directed this with impeccable skill sets, for me Rebecca Ferguson and Hans Zimmer are the real heart and soul of Dune. Ferguson performance not only breathed a whole lot of depth into Lady Jessica herself, she also serves as a medium and allows you to understand Paul. Zimmer on the other hand composed a youthful cosmic music that is constantly telling a story of it's own. The entire experience was enthralling to say the least. The only downside of this is that we will have to wait at least 2 years to get a sequel.

Let me just start by saying that Apple did dirty to this movie by simply burying it without giving even minimal promotion or marketing because CODA is amazing. Easily one of this year best and deserved to be seen by more people. The story of CODA is simple yet it is rich in emotions, it will tug at your heartstrings and stir up your feelings. It gives much needed representation to under-represented deaf community/families and shines light on and gives us view into some of their problems we will never know about like being alienated from the outside world. This in other hand could fall into the victim of being overly-sentimental and unnecessarily dramatic but Sian Heder carefully directed this movie and it shows. Every moment of the movie is simply magical, heart-warming and furthermore, the performances from the whole cast is deeply moving (particular from the father. The scene where he tried to feel his daughter sings got me in tears) and only adds authenticity into the air. Not to mention it's beautiful photography too. The way it captures seaside town and people is stunning to look at. I left this movie feeling cozy and with a big smile on my face. And this is the kind of film people need to see in these difficult time.

Stunning. Simply stunning adaptation of one of the best and also very first comic book I've ever read. The best from DC animation since TDKR Part 2, and overall, one of the top tier offsprings this franchise ever produced. Part 1 is great but it is this Part 2 that takes the cake with more grittier actions, more on the edge mystery and more intimate character moments. The script made some changes from the graphic novel (but don't worry, it keeps all the important elements intact) and even tho I kind of hate that this film resolves the ambiguity that makes everyone still talk about the graphic novel untill now, none of the changes are by no mean bad and makes sense for this version. The animation may seems cheap but this kind of Archer style with dark lines around the edges perfectly captures the film-noir like mood about this classic Batman detective story. And also don't forget about the End Creditttt! After the mixed reaction to The New 52 it seems like DCAU is trying to rebuild everything. Good to see that.