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Watched on Wednesday February 19, 2025.

watched a while ago with friends and forgot to log! 

she bobbin on my dylan till a hard rain falls.

This review may contain spoilers.

I could go on and on forever about the subtext and themes contained within this masterpiece, but for now I’ll just point out what I noticed on this (3rd) watch:

- In the first half of the movie, the basement staircase is only shown on screen when a member of the family is having doubts about their place / class / role.
- The tonal shift in the movie doesn’t occur when the former housekeeper rings the doorbell, it happens at the lightning strike maybe 15s before when Ki-Jung takes a big swig of whiskey. Chilled me the way everything suddenly goes silent before the doorbell. 
- The mother upon discovering the couple living in the basement IMMEDIATELY jumps to use her newfound (false) power to attempt to remove them. In actuality, everyone in this scene is in the same boat; perception of social status is the only divider between them. They very likely could have reached a mutually beneficial agreement otherwise. 
- Water is referenced approx. 500 times up until the point where the house floods. Voss water bottles, bathtubs, showers, all serve as a class-created juxtaposition of its purpose. 
- Everyone in this movie is a capital F freak. 

Can’t wait for Mickey 17 this year!

would have made a great horror movie. bring back himbo brendan fraser.

i love having favorites. this is my favorite band.

austin butler is too bald in this. scary.

made me want to fight my friends with a sword. lots of little freaks in this one. 
watched with the gents at regal green hills.

‘he eats soap’
so healing to watch this with El.
life is beautiful y’all. it’s hard to forgive your dads but you should try.

not how i expected tom holland’s directorial debut to go

FUN

gorgeous

the movie ever

FISHY IN THE SEA

ralph fiennes my liege. 
continuing my wes education this is in my top 10 movies

i have seen fight club

“With friends like you, who needs friends?”

how do i review this after only watching it once?

gifted kid cringe in a proto-wes style meets maybe one of the best soundtracks ever. 
calcore. 

bill murray is unbelievable!

running out of ammo and then grabbing my second and third guns (in both hands) that were hidden in my really big coat instead of reloading

you are marching through a crowd of noise and things and people and balloons and all you hear is the stillness of the weight of your heart. 
there is noise in your craft and your work that claws so desperately at the silence in your chest. 
there is no control in love. no rigid constraints and roles or grids of stitch patterns. 
how do you let someone in?
how do you let yourself be treasured?
taken care of?

alma is a knife and a blanket. 
a comforter and an instigator. 
she makes noise; sings to tear his treasured quiet. 
she is far more than reynolds wants, and much more than he deserves. 

how love sours when it is hushed. 
how persistent are we to sing anyway.

this will stick with me for a while. 
i can’t imagine the effort and skill that this takes, but at the same time the pridefulness and utter lack of fear the athletes showcase is terrifying. 
mal and i were joking about how the average amount of times people die is simply 1. 
these divers literally die every time they practice. and then are resuscitated and get back in to dive AGAIN??
i’ve never been more afraid of water. and of humans.

holy shit

wow maybe this is my favorite movie. everyone involved in this is at the peak of their craft!
definitely had a moment.

reacting like this was a live sports game

humility heals a family

“I guess I’ve still got a lot of healing to do.”

funky little guys with big noses needed this representation!

“care for some gopher?”

too many words to put down on the damn page about this one. 
formative!! i will keep coming back to this movie probably my whole life.

laughed more at ansel elgort trying desperately to be cool than at any actual joke these poor writers made

*only watched half so maybe i just need to finish it

she move on my castle till i howl. 
five stars. my first ghibli. thanks mal!

cinematic event of the year

massive and brooding and beautiful. 
so many design elements felt like they were plucked out of my wonder-filled child brain and brought to life on the biggest scale possible. 
can’t wait for Dune 2: Sandworm Boogaloo.

really wish i would’ve liked this more

“it's 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses.”

“hit it.”

this movie is all my favorite things. anti-establishment, pro-music, and dumb as shit. 
it’s earned a top four spot.

fassbender is phenomenal as the world’s least neurotic Smiths fan. 
beautifully shot and choreographed, but writing and plot lines are smudged. 
this is fincher on fincher.

“who will sail the ships if not us?”

surprisingly heartfelt and everything i want from an action movie.
akiko is the cutest kid in the world. 
seeing it in black and white and 4D at 10pm was quite an experience!

this could have been all shots of willem dafoe smoking cigs on balconies and i would’ve been happy.

johnny boy. back at it again. 
honestly this one was great — the fight choreo was so tight

counting bullets to see if he reloaded at the right times. (he did, usually)

hell yea

most of the great moments in this film are touched on but not leaned into

yeah 🖤

imagine what would happen if we communicated our feelings!

i would simply. not kill everyone. and also not be at the grocery store an hour before the purge starts…

great movie but not how any of this works!

not the best thing ever made but also personally very meaningful so in my heart it’s 5 stars. rewatching because it’s that time of year.

everyone in this movie is so stupid

heavy handed and obvious. could have gone further. 
great writing and framing — will have more thoughts after a rewatch

took “orders from the house” quite literally

cool to see this one on letterboxd. 
this is what happens when a fun-loving show a-la JJK takes more risks and gets REALLY gross. clearly the animation and sound design is on another level, but can we talk about this writing?
never seen a shonen juxtapose subtlety against in-your-face craziness like this, making both perfect as a palate cleanser for the other. 
similarly, aki and denji make great foils and both are literally me.

i want a wes monster movie

rupert friend is incredible

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