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Captain Abu Raed (2007)
Best movie -- You NEED to watch it
I love Captain Abu Raed and the love he has in his heart for everyone around him. He helps everyone and never expects anything in return. His character is beautifully written and you learn so much about him and you can see how his past helps to shape him as a person and his actions. I feel like the character of Abu Raed is a person who everyone wishes that they had in their life. He is that amazing.
You NEED to watch this movie. It is amazing. Everything about this movie is amazing. The actors, the setting, the story, the characters, the dialogue --- EVERYTHING. WATCH IT. <3 <3 <3
The Syrian Bride (2004)
eh
Not super impressive. Story line is not really great. Most of the ideas seem pretty general with a weak weak weak story. This film is not powerful, not emotional, just something to pass the time. I would not watch this again. You do not feel or get attached to any of the characters. Characters are weak in that you have no background or nothing to get you to care about them. They are poorly underdeveloped.
It feels like there was no development at all of the characters. Where was the character development??? Father dismissive, mother quiet, son playboy? Boring.
The dialogue is also unimpressive. There was one line about a watermelon and that was the closest thing to a good line in that movie.
Ending = ??? Ending is not really explained. Why does what happens happen and how? Especially considering the situation that is happening in the movie they should be clearer about the ending.
Lava (2014)
Film amazing. Character names horrible.
This was an amazing short. This is one of those Pixar's done it again shorts for me, where you paid to see the movie and you're happy leaving after just watching the short because nothing could possibly be better than that. It's a beautiful animated ukulele love song. Him + her = the island of "Aloha" (love). I cried. I definitely cried. I will remember this short forever. <3 My criticism is strictly due to looking this up on IMDb. In the actual short they don't use the names of the volcanoes but looking at the IMDb I see they have names "uku" and "lele". I had to research to see what the words meant because I just love symbolism and I was disappointed by this because in Hawaiian "uku" means "flea" or "head lice", "lele" means "a fly" or "to fly", and "uku lele" means "flea" (head lice that fly, right?). I get what they were going for with the musical instrument but I just wish they would have researched the meanings better because even a quick Google search tells me this was a bad idea.
It would have been nicer if her name was "Pele". (Pele: Pronounced "peh-leh." Meaning 'lava.' Pele is the name of the Volcano Goddess).
His name could have been something like "Oha" (welcome, love, greet, fondness, affection), "Oli" (a chant), or even better yet "Mele" (to produce harmonious sounds with one's voice; to sing).
I like the idea of bringing new Hawaiian vocabulary to people as well.
Mele & Pele. It writes itself.