I recently watched Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers on Disney+, and overall I would say that it was a good movie. The entire movie was filled with cameos and references from older cartoons, with some more recognizable than others, so if you like seeing characters that you haven’t seen in a while, you should definitely check out this movie. This movie was also filled with humor and a great plot, and the parts that were animated were done well. If you have some free time and access to Disney+, I would say that this is a movie that is worth watching with your family or friends.
Last night, we had our Book Buddies program last night. There were so many little kids there! All the teen readers did a great job reading to their buddies.
Directed by Lee Isaac Chung and starring Stephen Yeun, Youn Yuh-jung, Alan Kim, and Han Yen-ri, Minari tells the quiet tale of a South Korean family grasping for the American Dream in rural Arkansas.
The Korean immigrant Yi family moves to Arkansas to pursue a better life. Jacob and Monica work at sexing chickens, but Jacob dreams of owning a “big garden” to sell Korean produce to locals and better support his family. He quickly gets to work with his new land in Arkansas, but is quick to value it over his family in multiple crucial decisions; the family’s dysfunction soon becomes apparent. Ever-concerned about their young son, David, and his looming heart condition, Monica is doubtful of Jacob’s plan, sparking conflict. Soon-ja, Monica’s mother, arrives to take care of the children during the day, but her unconventional nature initially unsettles David. As tension mounts, the family’s dreams and stability come to a fiery ultimatum.
Minari is painted in the ethereal colors of childhood, the still and slow-moving cinematography perfectly underlying the subdued but ever-present drama throughout. While more than half of the film is spoken in the charming Korean-English hybrid true to many Korean-American families, the emotion carried in each scene is expressed clearly, even without subtitles.
Despite comprising familiar stories – a man struggling to be a father and husband, migrants struggling to assimilate, a family struggling to stay afloat in an unfamiliar land – it is the superb acting from actors spanning all ages and understated yet meaningful metaphors, that set Minari far apart. Beneath its distinctive Korean exterior, Minari is a grounded, touching, and a commendable snapshot of America.
I tried the game Valorant by Riot Games, and it was very enjoyable. This game is available on PC only and requires a decent computer to run. The game has two sides, attackers and defenders. The goal of the game is for the attackers to “plant the spike” and hold off the defenders until it detonates. The defenders have to try and deny the attackers and defuse the spike to win. The games took a long time and were, on average, 35 minutes each. I played with my friends, and we liked trying out the different characters the game has to offer. My favorite was Jett, she is a character that uses wind for her abilities, and she can throw miniature smokes called cloudbursts and dash upwards or on the ground to the right-left or in front. The game also has a lot of maps that you can play on with different things going on in each map, one map even has teleporters. Overall, I had a great time playing the game and would give it a 9 out of 10.
