Sure, Summer Hours is hard not to get invested in. You're right about the globalization theme with the family that started at the estate now spread all over the world and the place of their legacy being discarded. I liked the analogy to the sketchbooks, which no matter to whom they're sold to, the only condition is that they have to stay together, something that's impossible for the siblings.
With a rather large family myself, many memories of gatherings in a place that they no longer own and myself having moved away from my place of origin it was easy to feel attached to the themes. I think there'll be something familiar to latch on to for almost every viewer.
It impressed my how effortlessly it went along. It's a very light film that I didn't really want to end, but leaves with a perfectly bittersweet scene. Very good.
Holy... yes you do. These two and Totoro are the ones I've rewatched and shopped around to anyone who'd sit down and watch them with me the most. Get on that, they make a great double feature.
Oh right, I saw IT recently and found it rather unremarkable. Not a bad one, but far from deserving to be the most successful horror movie ever. The kids were alright, Pennywise was nicely done, but the structure didn't do the character dynamics any favours. When it came time for the damsel in distress plot device I pretty much gave up the rest of the goodwill that hadn't yet evaporated. Also too much cgi for my taste and another example of jumpscares that don't work because they never took time to set them up properly. Overall I was just bored quite frankly.
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