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I think I'm an Osgood Perkins fan, one of those who can find the good in a film with script problems. And here the good is all in the fun and the bizarreness of the kills. I must have a strange sense of humor, but I love you, Oz.
]]>Watched on Monday June 9, 2025.
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]]>It took me three days to finish watching this movie because of the therapy I'm doing that makes me fall asleep easily.
But it's the kind of chill movie I need right now: unpretentious entertainment... and a fucking giant tornado!
First movie I've seen (in stages) in April.
]]>Watched on Friday March 28, 2025.
]]>And who knows if one day I will reunite with my river spirit, who will make me feel at peace with myself, my Haku. 🤍
The most poetic film in the world.
Tysm, Sensei. 🙏🏼
It wasn't so much the beauty of the film, but rather having talked about it with my mother who is an expert on that historical period.
]]>Watched on Saturday March 29, 2025.
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]]>If it was a bad movie, I would have forgiven it. But it's also boring and pointless.
]]>Watched on Sunday March 23, 2025.
]]>It makes me sad to see capable women who feel incomplete without a man.
]]>If I had a a nickel for every time Samara Weaving married a mental ill boy, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
]]>Watched on Saturday March 15, 2025.
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]]>The opening conversation at the diner is clearly an homage to Pulp Fiction.
]]>I have a huge crush for Keke Palmer, she's the most beautiful, sweet, charismatic gurl in this planet.
She's amazing, give her more flowers, she needs the botanical gardens and some trophies!
Well, what can I say?
After the first massacre, I almost fell asleep, it was all so boring. Then Jennie's Mantra came on and I recovered. Then more boredom. Then "No shit, we're not in love!" and I it it was funny to see a couple being followed by a serial killer by pure mistake.
Some of the killings were glorious, but there's very little inventiveness in the story. But I did enjoy seeing His Girl Friday at the drive-in, a touch of class in a slasher that says nothing special.
EKG BOPPONEEEEEEE
]]>Joan Bennett, I'll always love you 🤍
]]>I have been waiting for this film for many years, both because I particularly love Robert Pattinson, and because I appreciate the stratification of Bong Joon-ho's cinema, which I had the opportunity to study at university and meet him at the Venice Film Festival years ago. My expectations were therefore very high. After watching Mickey 17, I was a little disappointed.
Following in the footsteps of films like Snowpiercer and Okja, here we are again in front of a satirical, political film, where all of BJH's philosophy is felt. Themes such as respect for the environment, criticism of capitalism, exploitation of the working class, return in Mickey 17. The point is that this film does not add anything new to his filmography, it's what you expect from a director like him, but without that leap further.
It's certainly a great film, most credit goes to the extraordinary talent of Robert Pattinson to make two copies of himself perfectly distinguishable simply with facial expressions and voice. But I would have liked something more. For example, one of the themes of the original book is the sense of guilt, which is barely mentioned here, and which deserved greater development.
We are still talking about a very valid film on paper, with good performances, but in some moments I found the climax jarring, especially at the end. Not to mention that the character of Mickey, at the end of everything, has no evolution, permissive and submissive he was and has remained.
Mickey blames his friend for his misadventures, but he is not free of blame. Moreover, in my opinion, while it's true that each of us has different shades of our own personality, Mickey 17 and Mickey 18 do not even seem part of the same person, too far apart, almost suggesting that Mickey 18 is the Tyler Durden of Mickey, the version he would like to be, more courageous, bold. It is no coincidence that he asked himself "What would Mickey 18 do?" in a dangerous situation.
The film suggests the reflection that we are all expendable in the eyes of a superior elite (which can be our employer, up to the institutional and political positions that govern us). It winks not only at the current political situation but also at an era in which South Korea was infected by Chinese communism with the indoctrination of the cult of personality (a theme more addressed in Snowpiercer).
And anyway, as the director has already taught us in the past, the real monsters (aliens) are us human beings, so devoid of empathy, comion, dedicated only to satisfying our desires by exploiting others at our own pleasure.
Even Nasha's character is not to be considered entirely positive, since she acts not so much out of love, but rather to satisfy her own interests. Understanding the nature of Mickey's character, Nasha accepts every version of him, exclusively to satisfy her sexual desires (despite the prohibition of having sexual relationships). The fact that her first thought upon discovering the two Mickeys was to sleep with them, without worrying about the psychological and emotional implications that this may have on Mickey 17, is the confirmation that no human being in this film is innocent.
I honestly would have rejoiced if the creepers had wiped out the entire human race in this movie (sorry not sorry). Btw, creepers are soooooo cute!
I will definitely watch this movie again, because my analytical eye wants to see other references to Korean history and culture that Bong Joon-ho always inserts in his films (and that only those with a basic knowledge of Korean history can grasp), and I hope to somehow re-evaluate it a bit. I'm not saying it's a bad movie, BJH doesn't know how to make bad movies, but I simply wanted more, because everything he offered me with Mickey 17, I can find in his other films (with a better result).
]]>Watched on Thursday March 6, 2025.
]]>However, they were pythons, not poisonous snakes...
]]>Jazz hands 👋🏼👋🏼
]]>I wanna share with you a review by Marla Cruz, a s3x worker and writer in Los Angeles.
"Anora is predicated on regressive stereotypes about s3x workers: in this telling, we’re crass, impulsive, and pathologically s3xual. This premise could be forgiven — there are plenty of characters whose bad behavior humanizes them into complex beings — if not for the ending’s baffling implication that it must be emotionally groundbreaking when a man shows a modicum of care towards a s3x worker because s3x workers have little experience being loved and cared for. What kind of love story could we expect for the broken down, unloved s3x worker?
Whatever satisfaction I could have derived from the representation of s3x workers in film is suffocated by the condescension of liberal representation politics wherein marginalized people are depicted as most authentic in states of suffering. S3x workers are corrupted, made less, by capitalism’s devaluation of our humanity. S3x workers are workers, and the workers' role in this system is toiling for the ruling class. Anora conceives of our exploitation and abuse as the most relevant factors in understanding who we are as human beings. Look at how broken s3x workers are by capitalism, the film says, as if society did not already treat us as broken, exploited objects. In Anora the s3x worker is exactly who society thinks she is.
The phrase “s3x work is work” has become something of a liberal tick, a knee-jerk response from establishment figures in politics, media and the arts to acknowledge the shifting social attitudes around prostitution without asserting material gains like decriminalizing s3x work or codifying legal and civil protections for s3x workers. Or, in Baker’s case, to avoid giving us a complex depiction of a sex worker. Instead, Anora embodies the dehumanizing consumer fantasy of a devoted worker who loves the consumer so much she does not conceive of her servitude as labor."
I think there's a lot to think about...
Then you can still appreciate the performances, the aesthetics, everything you like, but for me it is a stereotypical representation at best of a profession without any respect from society. Not to mention that Anora shows no evolution except at the end where it breaks in two.
Sean Baker, paladin of humanity, but I only saw dehumanization in this movie.
Best Original Screenplay at the Oscars, there's a lot to think about...
When I saw The Brutalist at the Venice Film Festival I thought "How lucky I am to be here, in front of this artwork".
I felt grateful, as I did all the times I went to the cinema to ire this film again and again. I felt overwhelmed by an incomparable emotion, the amazement and wonder of knowing that I was experiencing something unique:
watching a movie that will write the history of cinema.
I don't know how this evening will go, it certainly won't be the number of awards won that gives greater beauty to a movie.
I only know that it's been years since a film like The Brutalist arrived in theaters, so ambitious, courageous, magnificent.
And the credit goes to those who made all this possible, from the talented Brady Corbet to Mona Fastvold, from the splendid cast to the whole team.
Thanks for all the wonder you have given me. 🤍✨
]]>I thought I was choking on laughter!
]]>Watched on Saturday March 1, 2025.
]]>Watched on Friday February 28, 2025.
]]>I don't know, it seems like an imitation of an imitation of a Bob Dylan parody to me.
]]>Maybe watching this movie wasn't the best idea since last week my dog (who kept me company for almost sixteen years) died.
I was stressed and sad throughout the film, constantly ancious whenever there was a dangerous situation. I don't even comment on my reaction to certain scenes. I'll just tell you that I even cried when the dogs broke the lemur's mirror.
Still a wonderful biblical tale, but that ending devastated me, how could you Zilbalodis? 😭
]]>Watched on Saturday February 22, 2025.
]]>It's not easy for me to comment on this film, because I'm not familiar with this director's cinema, so I don't know if some narrative choices are allegorical or unintentionally too much.
The basic story is very interesting, although the theme of the father with delusions of control who makes life hell for the women in his family is nothing new.
The first act immediately caught my attention, very dynamic, compelling.
The second act, however, put the brakes on, displacing the rhythm.
The final third act, however, despite having built a shocking tension, left me with a bad taste in my mouth due to the exasperation and the illogical plot resolutions. And how many questions are left unanswered...
Although the performances were convincing and the story in general was interesting, I did not find any creative leaps at the directorial level, in addition to several script problems.
In short, it could have been an excellent film, but I found it a bit mediocre in its execution, not in the intent of what it wants to communicate. More bite and courage was needed, even more.
The images are beautiful, I felt like I was watching a very long ASMR video, but I wasn't able to connect much with the message that the directors wanted to convey.
]]>The kind of humour I appreciate.
]]>Watched on Wednesday February 19, 2025.
]]>The film is delicate, sweet, tactful in placing a magnifying glass on its own pain. Maybe I expected a little more, but that's okay, it's a well-packaged film.
The influence that Woody Allen had on Jesse Eisenberg is clear, from the shots, the tones used, the musical choices.
Sincerely? I expected better. It's all so boring, long-winded, too drawn out for the duration of the film. Not to mention the fact that if I had been in the Gilda, I would have left alone, because she is surrounded by toxic men. Rita Hayworth is the only reason this movie is worth seeing.
]]>She's a badass and I loved her but the narrative of this film is very unusual. It could have been more carismatic and excited, but instead it has few truly cathartic moments.
I hope in the future there are more female directors directing westerns, there is a need for a female gaze on this genre.
]]>I would have given this film a higher rating if I had stopped at the disturbing atmosphere and the suspense created, but the plot is truly ridiculous and disrespectful.
Treating Grace's character like that, a survivor trying to move on, painting her as evil... filming her secretly taking pills like it's something to be ashamed of.
Not to mention the hateful children who, following a heartbreaking loss, gaslight Grace using THAT expedient.
Zero respect.
Whoever is the cause of his own pain should cry for himself.
The screenwriters of Heretic themselves, it's all explained...
]]>Ok, now I'm going to take some time to tell you why I'm pissed.
I was waiting for this film, I was very intrigued by it despite having only seen the teaser trailer where they DO NOT spoil anything. Sadly, the identity of the protagonist was accidentally spoiled by a friend (not her fault): I told her I had seen the trailer and so she made me some comments about the film and boom, the spoiler was revealed to me, and all this because the trailer - unlike the teaser - explains who the protagonist is.
A bad start here, but still, I saw so many positive opinions, praise upon praise for this film, five stars as if it were raining, and the curiosity remained.
Unfortunately the cinemas in my area show this film at times that make it difficult for me to travel by train during the week when I work, so today I went out of the region, traveled quite a few miles to see this film and what do I find myself in front of?
The banal, personalityless, idiotic son of Fresh and Ex Machina.
I it that in some moments I appreciated the black humor and it's still enjoyable to watch. But it's all so flat, so already seen (and in much better films), there's no pathos, there's no suspense. It could have been bolder, taken more risks, been sexier and splatter and I probably would have appreciated it more, but instead it was so obvious and predictable (even the choice to cast Jack Quaid in the exact same role), that in the end I was left with nothing, absolutely nothing.
Remind me not to trust the praise on Letterboxd anymore, thanks.
]]>You can't understand how this film will stick with me for a long time. After waiting years and years for it to be finished, I finally saw it at the Venice Film Festival.
It was an intense day, too intense for me. I had expectations, desires, fears, but also a lot of sadness in my heart linked to a personal situation that I couldn't manage, a mourning in my heart that was slowly demolishing me, and the people around me just didn't seem to understand how much I was trying to make the most of the festival experience. But I was struggling a lot, and that day I wasn't able to fully enjoy watching The Brutalist.
At that moment yes, but when I left the theater, all the negative thoughts were there waiting for me and no one could bring clarity to my head.
Today, months later, with a lot of bitterness that I still carry with me for that day, I see this movie again, with a person who has never judged me for my ups and downs, for my melancholy and above all, she is still here with me, she has not left me behind.
And everything is perfect, her, the cinema full of curious people, the film, everything is as it should have been originally.
I will never be perfect, I am well aware of this, but I pick up my pieces and move on.
The Brutalist, thank you for existing.
You made me live a dream. 🤍🙏🏻
I'm going to rank all the movies released in 2025 in Italy.
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]]>I'm going to rank all the movies released in 2024 in Italy.
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]]>Toxic relationships.
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]]>This list is a reminder for me, I wanna watch a lot of classic movies that I've missed.
That's my challenge for 2024!
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▸ Three stars and up (otherwise this list would become too long)
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]]>Winter movies, but not Xmas movies.
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]]>📺 In a world where we can see true horror simply by turning on the TV and watching the news reports, it is not vampires, demons, creatures of the night that terrify us.
Instead, cinema give us movies that get at the truly terrifying stuff - like being married, getting pregnant, or walking home alone at night.
That's the HORROR of being a WOMAN.
♀️ This seventh post of the Spooktober Nightmares series wants to explore and articulate the pain, fear and anger that comes with existing under the boot heel of patriarchy, offering catharsis and community where often, in reality, there is none.
🔍 Whether a film illustrates the exploitation and objectification of women's bodies or analyzes the nightmarish side of motherhood, it has become evident that womanhood and horror walk hand in hand and thrive on each other's complexities.
💌 In this list you can find horror films and more that explore the female condition.
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]]>Perfect films for the cozy season.
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]]>Bumpin' that!
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]]>24.04.13
This list is for all those who witnessed today's drama - or to be more transparent, yet another act of plagiarism in the filmstagram - and how I threw my pajamas out the window to put on me lawyer's suit. 💅🏻⚖️🔥
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]]>Vouyerismo.
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]]>I ranked all the movies released in 2023 in Italy.
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]]>The 2024 challenge 📽️
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