#Southeast Asian movies

[curlyburp]

There are an irritating number of films about bland white people doing bland white people things. Can anyone recommend any slice-of-life type movies with persons of color that aren't about celebrities or crime or some stereotypical grand adventure? Just non-white people existing? 🤔🤔🤔

[maggiecheungs]

“All of us are by nature wild beasts...”

FAVOURITE THAI FILM(S) PER YEAR • 2004 ↳ TROPICAL MALADY (2004) dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul 

[moerusai]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, Man Suang is a movie to watch multiple times to unpack all the lies and twists and unreliable narratives, to appreciate the performances and choices that each actor makes to stay true to their character among such a big ensemble cast.

Even then, there are still nuances to catch with every rewatch (trust me, I'm on my fifth).

The lackluster English subtitle (partly due to the translator's negligence, but mostly due to the subtlety being lost in translation) certainly doesn't do the dialogues and the storyline justice.

So I think some of us, especially those from Western cultures, could do to sit down and contemplate a movie so rooted in a specific culture before sharing, frankly, insensible opinions on it.

[writeronartblock]

Listing fucked up shit that happened in BoBoiBoy, purely from memory (so details maybe fuzzy or I'm over-exaggerating):

1. At the start of the series, he literally got his powers at the age of like, 10. HE'S A BABY

2. The Second Tiers manifestations:

2.A. Halilintar got manifested after being seperated from the other elements and getting tortured via balloon poppings.

2.A.1. The fact that Adudu practically brainwashed him into joining his side after the fact.

2.A.2. Additionally, the fact that the massive drawback to BoBoiBoy's elemental split is the fact that he slowly loses his memories and gets amnesia? Fucked. Up.

2.B. Angin got upgraded to Taufan by getting DRUGGED via potion(?) enhanced cookies. Bro literally got into an acid trip and almost destroyed his town as he's promoting those cookies

2.C. Gempa manifested after having watched all of his friends NEARLY DIE and feeling helpless about the situation because he wasn't strong enough. DUDE–

3. The fact that Fire manifested as a STRESS COPING MECHANISM. OMG

4. Getting back to the getting drugged part, yeah, remember that episode when the gang got zapped by an emotion amplifier ray gun? It pretty much works the same way as the potion thing that happened Taufan

5. ONTO THE MOVIE, OH MY GOD THE MOVIE

5.A. Honestly, because of that, if there ever was like, a subplot, where Ochobot asks BoBoiBoy to take a rest and he refuses because of his crippling hero complex. I would get 'Nam flashbacks

6. To be honest I don't remember much about the movie actually, though I do vaguely remember that he got blasted into space and nearly froze to death? Or was that BBB Galaxy? Or both?

7. Fuck, wasn't he forced to fight Fang because of Kaizo and nearly died in the series finale?

8. For BBBG S1, I don't actually remember much aside from the season finale

9. Oh, but that timeloop episode got me tripped up like crazy. That is my NIGHTMARE scenario

10. And fuck, don't get me started on episode 14. Watching Hali show up again after so long was like watching an angel descend from heaven.

11. But the fact that he was flickering from his normal form to Hali in blinks and flashes, seeing him pushing himself to his absolute limit felt heartbreaking

12. Onto, BBB Movie 2

13. AAAAHHHHHH, THEY GOT SUCKED AWAY

14. BRO, WHEN I SAW SOLAR DISINTEGRATING INTO DUST I GOT SO WORRIED. LIKE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THE REST OF THEM, HE'S PART OF BOBOIBOY HIMSELF, WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE'S NOW GONE????

15. Near death counter gets added several times here, like it isn't high enough already

And this is where I'll stop, since I haven't started on BBB Galaxy S2 yet (the comics or the now animated BBB Sori)

[lostinmac]

Cleaners (2019)

Dir. Glenn Barit

[shesnake]

"Kids... today was good."

The Big Four (2022) dir. Timo Tjahjanto

[celluloidrainbow]

جوائے لینڈ | JOYLAND (2022) dir. Saim Sadiq The middle-class Rana family, headed by elder patriarch Amanullah, yearns for the birth of a grandson. Amanullah forces his daughter-in-law Mumtaz to quit her job after Haider, his youngest son and her husband, finds work at an erotic dance theater. However, complications arise when Haider becomes infatuated with Biba, the transgender dancer he works for. (link in title)

[strategist-scientia]

Just got done watching Nimona and it honestly blows away a lot of animated films created by bigger studios like Disney or Dreamworks. It’s unabashedly queer, heartfelt, gripping, and deeply relatable. I can’t believe it was almost cancelled forever because if it was, we would’ve missed out on such a beautiful gem.

[aprilblossomgirl]

Not Friends (2023) | Screenwriter & Director Ta Atta Hemwadee

There are two things I love the most. Friends and films.

[rinbylin]

brothers are forever......

[itsdeanwinchester]

critical reviews barraging the new godzilla x kong: the new empire movie, probably for decent reasons, but look I'm not here for a serious time with this movie, I'm here for a silly good old time. I see monsters fighting, I get hyped. Also, the human story is cheesy but minimal and straightforward. No further thoughts needed, I just take things as they are.

[irestotles]

Random question; so yk how it's cannon that mikey (2012) likes horror films and that he's a big fan but that doesn't mean he doesn't get scared easily (he's so me)

What do you think it's his favorite horror movie?

southeast asian movies that he found online. no specific ones.

I assumed that since he (and his brother) live in horror itself, watching western horror movies isn't as scary as before. so he challenged himself to find much scarier movies.

It's really hard for him to pick just one, but he enjoys the thrill of each one of them.

[maggiecheungs]

MUNDANE HISTORY (2009) dir. Anocha Suwichakornpong

[pagesofkenna]

got no writing done today, but i did spend several hours researching south indian linguistics so i could decide on a character's name, which is actually still a huge accomplishment for me

[hotvampireadjacent]

It’s very obvious when you watch a movie starring POC actors you get targeted movie ads. Like I know you aren’t showing this trailer to the people watching other movies.

This one doesn’t even have subtitles please I don’t know what they’re saying. Looks cool.

My point is that the targeted ads are very obvious and there’s no reason the mainstream white audience shouldn’t be seeing these trailers too.

[go-k-art-er]

AHGH FUCK WERE WE DOING JRWI HEADCANONS DID I MISS IT

anyway vyncent jrwi filipino real