Thuc Ly

Such a sweet and heartwarming movie for any souls! Definitely reminding me of my childhood dreams, few imaginary friends, and old friends whose younger version, I know for sure, would love this movie as much as I do. It's pleasant to reminisce about a good old time!

"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood." Marie Curie I found lots of answers for my wonder about the mind over the years in this series. Facts and information though are not new to me as I've always been interested in the topic of mind, the systematic, comprehensive way they are compiled put things into perspective for me. I smiled all the way with my new realization watching this.

Hauntingly beautiful: story and music. The inanimate objects in detail come into life. The roller coaster for feelings throughout the movie: amazed and curious about the bizarre setting, uneasy with series of darkness and mishaps underground (especially alternating with carefree childhood), uplifting with the pursuit of love on the rooftop, empathic when things fall out, aching with the later revealing of childhood repentance, then the final jump: across or down?

It gives me the vibe of the cartoon UP- an adventure into the wild of a widower, a chubby boy and dogs- and the storytelling style of Moonrise Kingdom. Nevertheless it stands uniquely on its own: ridiculously funny, simple yet sophisticated regarding a haiku-expert orphan and illiterate foster uncle, lighthearted yet sentimental regarding death and loss, beautiful scenery of New Zealand and free-spirited music. I took away from this "majestical" yet "skux" piece of art: 1.All a child needs is love. Like when the foster auntie Bella didn't intrude the kid's room in her house and talked to him through the door what she thoughtfully prepared for him, and let the kid run away during the night and told him to be back for breakfast. 2. It's okay, sometimes even quite fun, to be nonsense or stupid. Like the birthday song. Like "Keep being Maori" (I don't even know what this means but I kinda get the gist in the context of the movie, and it's just funny). Like "you don't choose the skux life but the skux life choose you" One of the movie I'd definitely come back.