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I apologize for leaving you hanging for so long! Truthfully, I ignored comments/notifications for the past few weeks or so
because I wanted to re-read through some Oregairu novels.

I'm doing well. Nothing more and nothing less. When it comes to seasonal anime, I don't follow it anymore. For now, I'm taking a break from seasonals completely. So there's really nothing I can say.

At the moment, I'm not watching or anticipating future releases. I'm only concentrating on movies that were released between last year and some decades into the 90s.

Thank you. I never really thought about writing reviews on Letterboxd because that wasn't my reason for having an account in the first place. Maybe in the future though.

The basis stems from that Stalker wasn't like anything I'd seen before. It's a science fiction film that diverges from the norms of Western media's notion of what it is science fiction. Everything in the film is the opposite of something like Dune, for example. There's no focus on high-tech advancement mixed with political drama as an intrigue. Instead, Stalker is very much a slow-paced mystery with substantial philosophical elements embedded within to make up the characters and the goal of the film. The particular stand-out that the film did to get me invested from minute one purely stems from the engrossing camera works. I felt every shot of its scenery aided in the establishment of its setting. Plus, everything was methodically slow, which gave me the time to inspect what it was presenting despite the lack of dialogue, monologues, or expositions that you would expect from these types of "science fiction" films. The overarching narrative is simple: at its core, it's a journey. A self-discovery type of journey of sort. The dialogues in the film are few and far between and they're intelligently placed when needed to facilitate the characters' thoughts and emotions. Most of the characters' intentions are done through the respective actors' acting and actions alone--something I appreciate when it comes to live-action stuff.

I absolutely loved the film, tbh. I'm gonna watch some of Tarkovsky other films to get a better grasp of his directorial mind.

Let me know what you thought about the film.

(Sorry, my comments are now open.)

That's true. It'll be interesting to see how certain events and fights will turn out.

Some of my favorite movies that I watched for the first time in 2023 include: An Autumn Afternoon, Kuroneko, Cure, The Sword of Doom, The Thing (1982), Cleo from 5 to 7, and The Cranes are Flying.

Yup. It's almost there—another year. Admittedly, I've only seen up to about 40 films that came out this year. Most of my watching came from previous decades as I prefer watching different films from different decades. My favorite for this year would be Oppenheimer followed closely by Spider-Man Across the Spider-verse. Some other honorable mentions are "Astroy City", "They Cloned Tyrone", "Dungeons and Dragons", and "Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret".

I'm still waiting for the release of Dune 2--so that's still my most anticipated one. It's kind of disappointing that the sequel to Dune won't be coming out until 2024 but it is what it is.

I don't know what to expect with the new adaptation of One Piece, really. With a revamp of such a popular and iconic series, I expect some good reasons to do so: new and better animation, tweaks in the story and characters, and certainly better pacing because the pacing of One Piece is absolutely horrible. I know a lot of people are excited but I'm gonna be reserved and cautious about it because if they get it wrong, god knows how people will react on social media and the public.

If Udead Murder Farce is adapting from the manga perspective then it could take a while. But, there's the original novel series. And if the anime is based on that, if there's an impetus for season 2, then hopefully there's one.

At this point, I'll watch everything that piques my interest when it comes to seasonals. I don't really have anything particularly looking forward to.

I'm happy that I could help in the little ways that I can. Thank you for commenting about recommendations, though. I do appreciate it. Now, I feel like I need to do more going forward, lol.

I think I do see where you're coming from for Undead Murder Farce. What were you expecting for the second half?

For me, I thought we would get some revelations about whatever happened to Aya and her body. I was expecting some sort of buildup from the person who caused all the havoc at the beginning of the series. When I realized it wasn't going to happen in this season, I kinda of accepted it. Hopefully, there'll be a season 2 for that.

This past summer season didn't really have anything that stood out so much that I would give a score of 8 or above. It's either terrible, bad, average, or above average. And for me, Undead Girl Murder Farce and Linck Click were the only two that were above average or at least "good" when compared to the rest of the seasonals. If I were to think back to the last couple of seasons, I wouldn't have any fond memories of this past season like I had when Bocchi The Rock was airing, for example.

So, eh. This past summer season was not good in my eyes.

I read your review on Lupin III Part 6 (and I wholly agree it sucks) but wondered, what are your thoughts on the prequel, Lupin Zero?

For Mushoku Tensei Season 2, I think the overall production has improved in the later episodes when compared to the first three episodes, for example. Even then, I still can't bring myself to like the anime overall. I guess similar to your experience, Season 1 Part 1 of Mushoku was some of the best Isekai experiences in my opinion despite its problematic elements. At this point, I think we all know what the problems and controversy entail in this series. But at the time I was willing to overlook it back then because of the positive elements that I saw in the story that the series was trying to present. Furthermore, I was willing to believe Mushoku would maybe slowly eliminate those vulgar elements within the series. Well, fast-forward to today, I was proven wrong.

I stated my original thoughts in both of my Mushoku Season 1 Part 1 and Part 2 reviews; I heavily dislike the lack of any meaningful progression that the series has and the constant focus on perversion and how that's tied the series as a whole. In Season 1 Part 1, I was quite positive, but from Season 1 Part 2 onwards I grew to dislike the series and frankly, I just have no interest in what has been and is currently being presented on screen anymore. I think the characters are stagnant, the world/setting is dull, and that the series has long strayed from its original captivating theme and goal: tell a good fucking redemption story. Right now, Mushoku to me is just another run-of-the-mill fantasy isekai with a heavy focus on perversion and really questionable moral issues.

And, for my original Mushoku review, I really regret condemning other Isekai series like Re; Zero--especially Re; Zero because I've grown to like Re; Zero ever since I read the Light Novels--for justifying my stance on Mushoku Tensei at the time.

I'm curious though, what do you think about the Mushoku Tensei series overall?

Glad you like it. Undead Girl Murder Farce has so much going for it, IMO. Its presentation, tone, pacing, and overall intrigue far exceed the rest of this season's shows!

Yeah, that's like the general sentiment around the U.S., frankly. Even though we hear and see how other countries operate these things better than us, we never really fully realize it until we experience it ourselves. It's just a constant reminder that there's lots of work to be done here. But, given how this country is run, these social issues are not easily solved. You being a sociology major, you surely have some more depth views on these things.

Oh, wow! That's pretty cool! Being a Sociology major and all, I get the sense you've some perspective in how you view the world around you. Did you get to experience anything different from the viewpoints on such topics while you were there?

Yup! That's what a good movie does to ya. The pacing in the film was up to perfection despite its monstrous runtime. I guess to answer some of your previous questions that I didn't get to, I would, for now, recommend Undead Muder Farce and Link Click if you haven't already.

Going over to the Netherlands' capital must've been an experience. What are you studying?