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Movies I've watched with my heart

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Ratatouille (2007,  G)
Ratatouille 5.0 Stars
Like Gustave's this beautufully rendered tail deserves a Michelin 5-star ratating... Definitely best show I've watched this year, with all the rat elements of family squibbles, action/adventure, suspense, humor, and perhaps too happy an ending, but hey, don't we wish all parisian romances had it?
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The Greatest Love of All (O Maior Amor do Mundo) (2006,  Unrated)
The Greatest Love of All (O Maior Amor do Mundo) 4.5 Stars
a heartwrenching look at life, poverty, abandonment and love amid all that mess.
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The The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes (2006,  Unrated)
The The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes 0.5 Stars
utterly Droz (droll & gross). Only sat through it hoping it'd be mysteriously saved in the end. It wasn't.
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Casablanca (1942,  Unrated)
Casablanca 5.0 Stars
This could be the start of a beautiful friendship... Witty, intense, self-sacrificial, what more could a classic love story ask for
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Moulin Rouge! (2001,  PG-13)
Moulin Rouge! 5.0 Stars
It's a little bit funny... Come what may, I will rewatch this... until my croaking day...
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Moulin Rouge (1952,  Unrated)
Moulin Rouge 3.5 Stars
interesting art
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Malena (2000,  R)
Malena 5.0 Stars
every teenage boys' fantasy
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Grave of the Fireflies (1988,  Unrated)
Grave of the Fireflies 5.0 Stars
Best anime of all time, period. Prepare the tissues
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The Incredibles (2004,  PG)
The Incredibles 4.5 Stars
Great family fun, + values too!
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Porco Rosso (1992,  PG)
Porco Rosso 4.5 Stars
A tale more for adults than kids, this movie is somehow a workable combination of Top Gun & English Patient
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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964,  Unrated)
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg 5.0 Stars
Colorful, Tuneful, Breathtaking -- especially if you too are drawn into singing-along to this whole movie
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Three Colors: Blue (Trois couleurs: Bleu) (1993,  R)
Three Colors: Blue (Trois couleurs: Bleu) 5.0 Stars
Priesner & Kieslowski's best -- my introduction into the world of euro-arthouse, and i've never looked back. The stirring theme symphony grows on you
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Keeping the Faith (2000,  PG-13)
Keeping the Faith 4.5 Stars
A 2 hour long priest & rabbi joke with a lot of heart... but I'd have gladly married mommy's recommended newscaster instead ;)
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X2 (2003,  PG-13)
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Somewhere in Time (1980,  PG)
Somewhere in Time 4.5 Stars
Love the art deco hotel & lacy brollies. Watched this as a 6 yr old, and have been trying to will myself through time since
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The Notebook (2004,  PG-13)
The Notebook 4.5 Stars
if only all love stories could begin & end like this...
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Bread and Tulips (2000,  PG-13)
Bread and Tulips 4.5 Stars
heartwarming, beautifully-set tale
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The Constant Gardener (2005,  R)
The Constant Gardener 4.5 Stars
Very, very, good pseudo-docu
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Munich (2005,  R)
Munich 4.5 Stars
Brilliant, intense drama about the hypothetical workings of the Mossad. Bana shines as a conflicted agent who "does not exist"
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March of the Penguins (La Marche de l'empereur) (2004,  G)
March of the Penguins (La Marche de l'empereur) 4.5 Stars
THE original penguin movie, particularly entertaining if watched in cantonese
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (,  G)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame 4.5 Stars
arguably the most musical of the modern Disney musicals. A truly chilling tragic tale reworked for child audiences, yet still quite touching
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Hula Girls (Hula garu) (2007,  Unrated)
Hula Girls (Hula garu) 4.5 Stars
Heartwarming tale of a bunch of coal-miners' daughters striving to lead their village through much-needed transformations, in order to only survive, but thrive
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Love Letter (1995,  PG)
Love Letter 4.5 Stars
my intro into j-film, a real tearjerker
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The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (2002,  PG-13)
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The Lord of the Rings (1978) (1978,  PG)
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The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (2001,  PG-13)
The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring 4.5 Stars
If I'd known elves were soo cool, I'd have finished the book
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The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King (2003,  PG-13)
The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King 4.5 Stars
Peter Jackson's thrilling end to a worthy epic
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006,  R)
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer 4.5 Stars
A wonderful distillation of Suskind's unique novel. Grenouille is played out chillingly accurately, and Dustin lends an amusing touch too. But ultimately it's the apple-offering snow white, that one feels for most, in her purity and generosity, so cruelly and brutally repaid
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29
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005,  PG)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 4.5 Stars
brilliant update to the BBC miniseries
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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Winds (Kaze no tani no Naushika) (1984,  PG)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Winds (Kaze no tani no Naushika) 4.5 Stars
one of hayao's best. wonderfully dreamy, and eco
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Keulraesik (The Classic) (2003,  Unrated)
Keulraesik (The Classic) 4.5 Stars
this movie's a classic, and ye-jin's braids too
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Omohide poro poro (Only Yesterday) (1991,  Unrated)
Omohide poro poro (Only Yesterday) 4.5 Stars
heartwarming rural tale examining the cost of urban modernity
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Neko no Ongaeshi (The Cat Returns) (2002,  G)
Neko no Ongaeshi (The Cat Returns) 3.5 Stars
dreamy w lotsa felines
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Superman Returns (2006,  PG-13)
Superman Returns 4.0 Stars
A worthy revival, and successor to Reeve
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The Vertical Ray of the Sun (2001,  PG-13)
The Vertical Ray of the Sun 4.5 Stars
Brilliant cinematography, and views of Halong Bay
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L'Auberge Espagnole (Pot Luck)(Euro Pudding)(The Spanish Apartment) (2002,  R)
L'Auberge Espagnole (Pot Luck)(Euro Pudding)(The Spanish Apartment) 4.5 Stars
Brilliant microcosm of the EU! Complete with melodramas, prejudices, and ultimately timely co-operations
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Siwore (Il Mare) (2000,  Unrated)
Siwore (Il Mare) 4.5 Stars
Makes me wanna get a tranquil house by a lake, then again, maybe not. IMHO this emotive Korean romance transcends translation
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The Scent of Green Papaya (1994,  Unrated)
The Scent of Green Papaya 4.5 Stars
Papayas never looked this good...
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Letters from Iwo Jima (2007,  R)
Letters from Iwo Jima 4.5 Stars
Watanabe at his finest
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Transformers (2007,  PG-13)
Transformers 4.5 Stars
brilliant action, corny lines, self-sacrificial heroes, evil monsters -- aah, this worthy remake of the 80's will last well into the 21st century
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The Story of Adele H (1975,  PG)
The Story of Adele H 4.0 Stars
surprisingly good historic french period drama
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Happy Feet (2006,  PG)
Happy Feet 4.0 Stars
March of the Penguins for kids, and chirpy adults too. Not as frigid & lotsa morale-boosting spastic entertertainment. The last segment carries a hopeful moral too
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Surf's Up (2007,  PG)
Surf's Up 3.0 Stars
Happy feet for washouts, and other has-beens. The CGI surfs are great too! (and Baywatch-esque red lifebuoy-carriers)
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Cars (2006,  G)
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Broken English (2007,  PG-13)
Broken English 4.0 Stars
Great acting from Posey, reprising her Oh in Ohio neuro role
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Conversations With Other Women (2006,  R)
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Big Fish (2003,  PG-13)
Big Fish 4.0 Stars
magical tall tale
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Gladiator (2000,  R)
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Shrek (2001,  PG)
Shrek 4.0 Stars
great fun
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