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Stand by Me (1986)
A never-to-miss good movie
This is one of the best American movie I have ever seen. I can just not see enough of it. Its beautiful scenery and story bring you back to your own childhood. I remember when I was about their age I went to swim with buddies in the mountain creek. I hate to be nostalgic knowing that it is something gone and you can never get it back. I cry every time I see this movie, especially when the two departed at the end. The casting cannot be perfect. They are exactly what they are. I would say this River Phoenix's best acting. There are few good movies like this one that has a lasting effect on you after you watch it. Too bad one of the actors died so young. Imagine they themselves look at this movie 20 years later. I highly recommend this movie. I myself tend to control myself not to see it again in fear of plunging myself again into those nostalgic scenes. One thing I would like to mention that this movie unlike all the formulaic ones with girls and sex shows an intimate or perhaps a little bit subtle hint of male mutual attraction undertone in it. Would you agree? I think this is common among young boys. I would like to hear your opinion.
Il sapore del grano (1986)
Sentimental, heartbreaking.
This is a beautiful movie, very sentimental with beautiful music. The love-making scene of Lorenzo and his girlfriend looked so real. Lorenzo left his yound student thinking that their relationship would never develop into a serious one because of age difference. In real life there are situations like this that two people fall in love and have to painfully tear apart because of age gap.