From 46c4b34d3af85b0193126fd4f1ea773636852911 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cameron Otsuka Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2025 12:13:24 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] add tick, tick... boom! and taipei story reviews --- content/reviews/taipei-story.md | 15 +++++++++++++++ content/reviews/tick-tick-boom.md | 13 +++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/reviews/taipei-story.md create mode 100644 content/reviews/tick-tick-boom.md diff --git a/content/reviews/taipei-story.md b/content/reviews/taipei-story.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..37f2b17 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/reviews/taipei-story.md @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +--- +category: movie +title: Taipei Story +date: 2025-12-27 +modified: 2025-12-28 +rating: 3 +posse: + Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/cotsuka/film/tick-tick-boom-2021/ +--- + +- every scene can be a photo on its own. the color grading (and natural taiwan backdrop) are stunning +- first half of the movie i was trying to figure out if they're siblings or dating +- not much in the way of dialogue. more of a vibe/feeling movie +- lung's stuck in the past while chin is a modern woman. they play on this a lot when comparing taiwan to america +- yo-yo ma on the beat diff --git a/content/reviews/tick-tick-boom.md b/content/reviews/tick-tick-boom.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..002824c --- /dev/null +++ b/content/reviews/tick-tick-boom.md @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +--- +category: movie +title: Tick, Tick... Boom! +date: 2025-12-27 +modified: 2025-12-28 +rating: 3 +posse: + Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/cotsuka/film/tick-tick-boom-2021/ +--- + +- if you haven't made it before you're 30, you're dead is a sobering thought +- music and andrew garfield's singing are both suprisingly good +- felt they interweaved the acting scenes well alongside the one-man show -- 2.52.0