my favourite thing about abba is that sometimes their songs are like "I'm at a party whoo!" or "we broke up :("
and sometimes they're like "I got catfished by a woman and her mother" or "I got arrested by the secret service for leading an underground resistance movement"
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byebyelemonpie's may 2023 recommendations
My may top 5 movies:
Kung Fu Panda trilogy (2008, dir: Mark Osborne, John Stevenson; 2011, dir: Jennifer Yuh Nelson; 2016, dir: Jennifer Yuh Nelson, Alessandro Carloni) [Rewatched the first two after a decade and watched the third for the first time]
Listen, I don't know what happened to me or to the world that made me uninterested in these movies somewhere between the second and the third one, but I'm glad that went away because these are actually really good. Like, the animation, the aesthetic, the story: they're all great and enjoyable, and a lot of fun!
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Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018, dir: Ol Parker) [Rewatch after five years]
The songs are still bangers and a lot of fun, even though this is way more sad than the first one. Wacthing it with friends is even better!
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13 Going on 30 (2004, dir: Gary Winick) [Rewacth after seven years]
Still a cute and fun rom-com. The time-travel and the moral consequences of a 13 year-old in her own older body are never even thought about, but that's probably for the best, because I genuinely enjoyed it as a kid, even though I didn't want to grow up.
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Sky High (2005, dir: Mike Mitchell) [Rewatch after more than a decade]
Just okay, I remember liking this a lot as a teen, but never seeing it again. Loved the whole character of Warren Peace, his name and his backstory and to be honest I wish the whole thing would have been about him. But still not that bad!
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So I Married an Anti-Fan (2016, dir: Kim Je-young) [First time watch]
No idea how I found this, but it was pretty fun. I haven't really written anything on my notebook about it other than "not that bad", and all the letterboxd reviews are about this k-pop idol whom I don't know, I'm so sorry.
Favourite series in may:
Spy x Family (Japan, 2022) [First time watch; anime]
A spy needs to infiltrate the family of an important political figure to stop the war between the two prominent regions of his nation, but to do so, he needs to have a wife and a daughter. He finds them in a secret assassin and a mind reader respectively.
This anime is so much fun!! It's hilarious and even heartwarming at times. I decided to read the manga as well because I fell in love with the characters so fast.
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Ted Lasso - season 3 (USA, 2023) [First time watch]
This series has been a very nice comfort show since I started season 1 last year. I loved how everyone had a character development and I very much enjoyed the positivity and feeling of hope throughout the series and especially in the end.
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Schmigadoon! - Schmicago (USA, 2023) [First time watch]
This musical series is still one of the most innovative around and I LOVE the songs and the references to the musicals it parodies. I think I might have enjoyed this second season more than the first because I like more musicals from this era than the ones referenced in season 1. I still wish they will eventually make a thrid season, because if they manage to make parodies of all musical eras, they will have my whole heart, although this had a perfect ending, so I am conflicted on this.
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Dark Blue Kiss (Thailand, 2019) [Rewatch after a year]
This was the first Thai series I've ever watched, but I had overrated it, so I decided to revisit it with a better knowledge and some more place for comparison. It turns out that it's still pretty good! Pete and Kao's story and its stupid jealousy, their cute bickering, and Kao's will to come out to him mum but fear of rejection is still very well done. Their breakup phase is still so sad! New's little pouty face should be enough to make people forgive him, especially when Kao didn't do anything outwardly terrible. The communication problem in this couple is still annoying, but the last scene makes up for everything and they have my heart. I'm not the greatest fan of the second couple - when a lot of fans would say the opposite - but I still love fellow Pokémon Go fan Mork and I still think he deserves better, I'm not sorry.
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Quacks (UK, 2017) [First time watch]
As usual, six-episodes-long British sitcoms that are about specific time periods were cancelled after one season, and so was this gem. This series was about several doctors working at a Victorian hospital and trying new ways to cure patients. It was very interesting other than pretty funny.
[byebyelemonpie's 2023 recs]
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questions 2, 3, and 23 please!
2. what’s your feel-good movie?
Honestly so many, top 5 that first come to mind?
The Princess Bride
A Knight’s Tale
Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again
Singin’ In the Rain
School of Rock
3. what’s your favorite candle scent?
Not really a candle person tbh, but I won’t say no to anything with the word “bourbon” in the name.
23. favorite piece of clothing?
Nothing will ever beat having a leather jacket people recognize you by.
Soft Asks
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