Taemin

an unspeakable of the Oscar Wilde sort
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Favorite films

  • Maurice
  • Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
  • Only Yesterday
  • Stop Making Sense

All
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    ★★★★½

  • Kingdom of Heaven

  • Brooklyn

  • Moonstruck

    ★★★★★

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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

2001

★★★★½ Liked Rewatched

Aragorn and Boromir should have kissed

Kingdom of Heaven

2005

Liked Rewatched

Is it all just a metaphor for the futility of Empire? I think so. Hate to it it but maybe Ridley cooked, just this one time.

If I had a nickel for every time Orlando Bloom was in a film where he had to defend a city from a force that vastly outnumbers his own I’d have at least two nickels, maybe even three

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Dìdi (弟弟)

2024

★★★★½ Liked Watched

There’s a moment when Joan Chen is just watching Chris eat dinner and it reminded me of how my own mom would just sit with me while I ate after getting home from school sometimes, not even eating anything herself. She’d always say “watching my kid eat is enough to make me feel full”. Tears. This was a beautiful feature debut for Sean Wang. I was already a fan after watching his short doc.

James Acaster: Hecklers Welcome

2024

Liked Watched

Unexpectedly poignant, expectedly funny. A good choice for this particular evening. Gonna start bringing the kid along to more places myself.