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not really a rec but i just watched fantastic mr. fox (2009) and ash and his father are such great representations of the spectrum that is neurodiversity. i’m not sure if wes anderson intended to make his characters present characteristics of asd or adhd, but even if he didn’t, i felt incredibly impacted by this story, and i know that the neurodiverse community has found solace in this movie for YEARS.
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I first saw this movie soon after my dad died when I was 15. The character of Max, even with all of his unlikeable traits and lies, really hit me in the heart. I was totally in love with the idea of having a counterpoint that was also coping with the grief of losing a parent by becoming extremely eccentric and busy. I was like, damn, we would trauma bond so hard then write a play together - why aren’t the boys at my school like him!?
Feb 7, 2024
I knew I was going to love this movie just because of the concept and the fact that it’s Kieran culkin and Jesse eisenberg but right now it’s the morning after I saw it and I’m sitting in bed crying thinking about certain things different characters but especially David, Jesse eisenbergs character said
I’ll tear up at a movie every once in a while but this movie really hit me because it is so relevant to how im feeling recently like literally every element of David and Benjis (Kieran culkin) emotional characteristics and their relationship with each other is relevant
My aunt passed away in September and I have been weirdly impacted by it since then and I have been working on controlling anxiety and depression for four years now with minimal progress and those two things, (David’s OCD and anxiety/Benji’s grief) are essentially what lead David and Benji to take this trip together so as we learn more and more about their relationship with each other and their personalities themselves it kept getting more and more personal to an almost unbelievable degree
Theres a point where something happens and David sort of opens up and what he says about not actually being okay but just presenting that he’s okay because he takes his medication and runs and meditates and goes to work then comes home then does it all again that really really hit me
It is such a perfect blend of funny but also deeply serious and emotional so even if it’s not as relevant to you right now I think everyone should see this movie
Nov 15, 2024
brilliant. beautiful and funny and heartwrenching and silly and all around fantastic. the more i think about this movie the more i love it. tells an unconventional tale of self-confidence, self-sabotage, regret and jealousy, etc etc the ending was a bit silly but i can look past it lol. what a fantastic cast and fantastic production. they frame things throughout as if it were to look like a stage production only for that to be the eventual main plot point. one of my favorite scenes (if not films) of the year
Oct 6, 2024
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so funky and cool. al green's is good but this is great.
May 1, 2024
three standouts for me: ‘right place, wrong person’ by rm, ‘mutt’ by leon thomas, and ‘two star and the dream police’ by mk.gee. amazing experimental albums.
Nov 13, 2024
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one of the best commentary essays ever published. you can read it on the paris review!
May 1, 2024