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i understand disliking this as an entry into the alien franchise, but ridley scott takes some big swings here and i ire that! this is an enjoyable sci-fi romp, i love the idea of a robot that cares about his appearance enough to bleach his roots (is it vanity or are there daddy issues??)

so is there some kind of billionaire predator funding this game park?

couldn’t see a thing and the avp conflict was just set-dressing for the boring human drama which is the worst possible decision to make for franchises like this! what a waste of the cool xenomorph/predator hybrid

this was one of those movies i ended up seeing in theaters because it’s what my friends were seeing and we were still enjoying the high of getting into pg-13 movies on our own — i really don’t a lot from that viewing* because i’d seen none of the source material before, but i am left to wonder how influential lex’s relationship with that predator was on my young psyche.

anyway this was such a cool movie and an excellent battle between icons made by people who clearly know how to compose a beautiful film shot (those flares!!), what more could i really ask for?

*i’m not marking this as a rewatch because this was honestly like watching avp for the first time, there were some vaguely familiar visuals and that’s it

all i do is watch my girl ellen ripley suffer!!

putting bishop right next to k-2so on my shelf of weird robot crushes

jonesy is such a top tier movie cat

i picked the right time in history to have a josh hartnett phase!!

a deeply formative film for me in many ways, but in particular kyle reese was the blueprint for which so many professional loverboys would follow into my heart

knocking off half a star from the original because the men were way less beefy and homoerotic but wowie what a GOOD sequel

possibly my favorite m. night film, definitely the reason for my later-in-life josh hartnett phase

Watched on Saturday May 17, 2025.

i was not ready for this movie to rule so hard

no offense but WHY jeremy renner? he does not give science nerd to me

Watched on Sunday May 11, 2025.

my long-standing crush on bill pullman most DEFINITELY extends to his son lewis

i don’t usually log hotel/tv movies but literally watched logo to credits so i’m counting this even though there were commercials

the 10pm IMAX crowd at the amc16 was a good audience to watch this with — there was an actual blood-curdling scream at one point

Watched on Sunday April 27, 2025.

there hasn’t been a hot werewolf depiction on screens since mtv’s teen wolf, when will hot werewolves return

there’s a really cool movie in here somewhere but this version was way too influenced by studio execs

Watched on Friday April 25, 2025.

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oh ludwig göransson you deserve another oscar for that moment when annie is striking a match alone

finn wolfhard casting himself as a certified loverboy...incredible.

an impressive debut feature no matter how you slice it, even if it wasn't as much of a slasher as some people expected. there were some very cool film-making/editing choices and the comedy part of this horror-comedy was S tier imo.

i experienced so much secondhand embarrassment that i watched like a third of this movie through my fingers but for my trouble i was rewarded with some awesomely artistic camera shots, cool lighting moments, and meghann fahy’s audition for the fast and furious franchise

elite unicorn design!!

i’m really enjoying the career decisions jack quaid makes and how often it includes him getting his ass kicked/covered in blood

i ire how well sean baker executes crosstalk

oh i need like twelve little creepers please and thank you

Watched on Tuesday March 4, 2025.

glenn howerton?!?!

Watched on Sunday March 2, 2025.

you know a movie is going to rock when martin mcdonagh casts sam rockwell as a pathetic idiot

sebastian stan, the actor you are

imho this movie has one of the best cinematic sex scenes in existence

in a movie full of quotable lines, the one that gets the most use between my brothers and me is bradley whitford’s hilarious delivery of “let’s do it”

does this movie make any sense? no not really. is it totally incredible and something any horror fan should watch? absolutely yes.

this monkey and death from final destination should compare notes some time, i think they’d give each other fun ideas

my favorite part of any given adam sandler movie is when steve buscemi shows up, but kathy bates makes up for his absence in this one

Watched on Monday February 24, 2025.

i didn’t know vlad the impaler was a wife guy

things about this movie that shocked me (some good some bad):
- samuel l. jackson being like the third most important character when i didn’t even know he was in it 
- the cgi lions looking so much better than the mufasa movie
- the scene where tarzan makes a bunch of different mating calls to tell jane he’s horny
- the unabashed shot of tarzan’s neck flexing to break the cord wrapped around it
- when it was over and said “directed by david yates”

maybe i should start a list for films that send me to AO3 after i watch them

“we played in a graveyard” fucking brilliant

Watched on Saturday February 22, 2025.

ilu james ransone and ur big brown earnest puppy-dog eyes

julian u are so deeply unserious

kieran culkin i fear i’ve become quite fond of you

i can’t express how often “harriet, sweet harriet” gets stuck in my head also it’s fun to see mike myers workshopping the shrek accent ten years early

my credits these days are all in the post department on non-scripted tv shows, but in my early days i was on set a bit! i’ve got a fond place in my heart for all these little guys no one has ever heard of 💕

• 1000 to 1

  my first post-college job but filmed at and about my alma matter lmao i was asst props baybee

• Apparition

  i came in on this film halfway through to PA, filmed across the street from my local regal theater ✌️

• This Isn't Funny

  this was one of my first jobs in LA and a super fun time — one night we ran around west hollywood with go pros genuinely bar hopping and filming like five minutes in each bar. i also got pulled to be an extra a lot so you might notice me lmao 🫣

• Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha

  i worked on this film in a “volunteer to PA as many or few days as you want” capacity which was actually perfect for me at the time, it was a fun gig and i got to help the camera department every day

• Those Left Behind

  my first (and currently only) non-PA set job!! was primarily DIT but also edited the dailies on set. deb mooney is the sweetest lady ever!!!