Honey, I Shrunk the Watchlist Challenge 2023

Prompt 21: The oldest movie on your watchlist

In true brooke fashion I’ve waited until basically the last possible second to finish this watchlist challenge for the year. Ended it on a pretty good note! It kinda lost me at times with the many long conversations between a bunch of dudes in a room, but overall I enjoyed the concept and the experience. I thought the use of shadows and whistling (aka a non visual clue) made things effective and kept things interesting as well. Glad I finally got to this one!

Honey, I Shrunk the Watchlist Challenge 2023

Prompt 26: A movie featuring an animal on the cover 

A beautiful movie in every way. We are really bad at learning from our mistakes and the way the earth responds to our mistreatment of it, and the fact that this movie is still so relevant is a testament to that. My favorite ghibli so far.

Honey, I Shrunk the Watchlist Challenge 2023

Prompt 5: The highest rated movie 

I have never, and will never, see a movie like this again. Will be processing for the rest of my life.

Honey, I Shrunk the Watchlist Challenge 2023

Prompt 23: A movie from my favorite genre (horror). 

My head is spinning from the twists and turns and emotional intensity radiating from this movie. I knew the main twist going in as I had watched The Uninvited as a preteen knowing it was a remake of this movie, but the depth here makes them not even comparable in the slightest. A dark and tragic tale if I’ve ever seen one.

Honey, I Shrunk the Watchlist Challenge 2023

Prompt 22: Shuffle your watchlist and watch the first film that appears.

Yeah this was just absolutely not for me. Maybe I could’ve enjoyed the whimsy of it all if our 13 year old lead actress wasn’t so heavily sexualized and at least partially nude multiple times. Art is subjective but pedophilia is not, I don’t care if it’s important cinema. Same reason I fucking hate Leon: The Professional. That will ALWAYS sour a film experience no matter the artistry or filmmaking. The ferret was cute though.

Honey, I Shrunk the Watchlist Challenge 2023

Prompt 3: The longest movie on my watchlist

Powerful, beautiful, horrifying, and I don’t think I’ll ever want to watch it again. It’s hard to comprehend that this happened to people (and is STILL happening to people) because reckoning with the fact that this level of evil exists in the world is enough to make anyone go insane. Keep teaching history and keep teaching it correctly. We can’t forget what we’ve been through.

Honey, I Shrunk the Watchlist Challenge 2023

Prompt 14: A movie from the 2020’s

I firmly believe that international horror filmmakers are the most fearless people working in the industry. They hold nothing back, take you to places darker than you could ever imagine, and say “fuck you” to filmmaking norms and standards. This has to one of the biggest leaps of faith into bizarre world I’ve seen in recent memory. Julia Ducournau is THAT BITCH!! Her mind. Unmatched. Also reading the summary after watching this is making me lol.

Honey, I Shrunk the Watchlist Challenge 2023

Prompt 17: A movie starring one of my favorite actresses

She’s better than me I would’ve blown up the whole house if I was forced to live such a miserable existence under the control of shitty old British men. Florence slays as per usual!

Honey, I Shrunk the Watchlist Challenge 2023

Prompt 13: A movie from the 2010’s

Holy fucking hell. What can you even say about this?? Not what I expected but damn did it shock me beyond what I ever could’ve imagined. Fucked up beyond belief.