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watched this completely as intended, on my ipad.
i know halloween has its shooters but i think freddy and this movie specifically are the best out of all of the og slasher characters/movies. there’s just so much to really dig into with this and the concept of a guy who can get you in your dreams is so chilling because sleep is inevitable.
this and alien were one of the first movies i watched when i first started exploring the horror genre and i always come back to this and still feel totally amazed by its craft by the time the credits roll. this is the type of movie that makes me feel that movies are magic feeling. such a wonderful piece of art.
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there truly is just something about this film that is so unbelievably magical. every time i watch it i find myself so completely enamored and with an appreciation for something new ive noticed. i truly think this is such a well rounded film, the script is so great, the editing really sets the film up for some pleasant pacing and truly gorgeous transitions, the musical numbers are electrifying, the vfx for robbie are stunning and work so seamlessly with all of the very real objects around him, god i just really love this film.
going to make it my personal mission to introduce this movie to as many of my friends as possible. my 4k blu ray is gonna for real get played hundreds of times.
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this film is so deeply rich and beautiful. a very tender reminder that life really is beautiful and it doesn’t matter if you’re just a teacher, bookshop clerk, nurse, street performer, famous dancer, or even an ant; your life contains multitudes. hundreds, thousands, and even millions of thoughts, interactions, feelings, experiences, all deeply personal and unique to making who you are.
i thought the structure of the film was particularly profound, it reminds me of the kierkegaard quote, “life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards,” nothing in our lives particularly makes sense, but once we see ourselves, or rather, who we were and how it led us to make the decisions we make today, then we can understand what led us here.
very proud of mike flanagan, and am deeply invested in seeing if he’ll continue to make films (or television) that is not horror based. i’ll him either way.
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JOHN WICK-A-THON:
this is actually the first john wick movie i’ve seen, i saw it in theaters upon its release with my boyfriend who loves this franchise. i agreed to go to see rina sawayama on the big screen (love her sm and have met her irl !!!) and also because i drag him to see so many movies the least i can do is let him do the same.
i liking it but not really understanding what is happening too much, but now that i have the full picture my god is this truly a phenomenal film. a beautiful love letter to the medium itself, but also elevating the action genre to a new level. so gripping, thrilling, but also rich and complete with storytelling and pathos.
i can’t help but worry what john wick chapter 5 is going to be. the man is literally dead…
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john wick chapter 1 review from same day
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JOHN WICK-A-THON:
john has always been referred to as the boogeyman or baba yaga, but i feel like this is the film where he really starts to reach levels that make him mythical or a demon that cannot be killed. the dramatics of the fights and injuries are stretched to their limits in this one. it starts to make the film as a whole feel more messy. despite what was probably countless hours of choreography, it’s so over-the-top ridiculous that it leans into its own comedy a bit too much for my liking. the series has always had its comedy, but it feels a bit out of place in this one.
i wish i knew more about theology to really connect this story to its heavily implied religious allegories and themes.
john wick-a-thon is almost over, just one more to go.
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john wick chapter 1 review from same day
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JOHN WICK-A-THON:
okay we are cooking now. pretty electric and so filled with wrath. there’s quite a few set pieces in this that are so stunning, it contrasts well with the onslaught brutality happening within them. learning more about this universe i think has helped create something more special than just guy-gets-revenge. things are getting complicated !!
not that the first one didn’t really have it, but i love the heavy leaning into religious iconography and parallelism through its story telling. really fascinating !
john wick-a-thon continues after this !
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john wick chapter 1 review from same day
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JOHN WICK-A-THON:
i think this film’s reputation and its following sequels amplify what is actually happening here. it’s still very thrilling and action packed, but not as fantastic and i thought it would be.
it’s very clear that there is a ton of potential with this and i guess a ton of others saw that which is why there’s now 4, almost 5, john wick films and 1 spin-off film.
i’m curious to see how 2 and 3 are compared to this. i’ve seen 4 before but a rewatch will do me good since im trying to marathon these all in one day.
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john wick chapter 2 review from same day
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obviously i wept so much when watching this, but when i was crying during the credits it wasn’t because of the films emotional core but because i am so deeply upset with pixar’s plans to stop making original and personal films like this and only continue with more sequels and spinoffs 😭 why why why
also happened to watch this the same day that renée victor died by chance 💔 rest in peace 🕊️
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i when this movie came out and feeling at least indifferent about it, but my god this watch was almost impossible to do. there’s so much in this that does not work at all. almost all themes explored don’t go deep enough, or the film itself contradicts them.
one of the most egregious is the commentary on how big corporations ruin almost everything they touch meanwhile the very existence of this movie is nothing more than a cash grab (contradiction #1) that is filled with very clear and blatant product placement (contradiction #2).
there are almost no characters here to root for except for the dinosaurs themselves. how on earth the characters in this franchise keep deciding to go back to these islands is beyond me.
all that said, this is probably the hottest jake johnson has ever looked so at least we can thank this movie for that.
i hate you chris pratt <3
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saw this again, but this time in imax for those lovely aspect ratio changes !!
a second viewing has made it a little bit more clear why this doesn’t really make much sense narratively, but i still do not care because that submarine scene is probably the coolest thing that’s ever happened in this franchise.
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rewatched this for two reasons:
1. i am rewatching the final reckoning tomorrow and this had a lot to do with that one so i wanted to have a refresher
2. i wanted to try out the new crt tv my boyfriend got and we have this on vhs so why the hell not?
the langley scene is actually probably one of the best sequences in this entire franchise, like it has to be at least like top 5.
still fun but clearly pales in comparison to the future films, especially once McQ gets involved.
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it’s not that i don’t like eraserhead or that i think it’s bad in any means, but this being the followup is something truly spectacular. they actually feel so related despite this being an adaptation of a book about a real man.
eraserhead also features a child that is deformed, albeit a metaphor for anxiety surrounding parenthood or having a nuclear family. feeling ostracized or disgusted with because of their appearance, also without a motherly figure involved. i can’t help but feel curious about what drew lynch into this story so much to adapt it.
the elephant man’s description led me to believe it would be a sad film, and don’t get me wrong it was, but it also held so much comion and humanity for the subject matter. i teared up many, many times mostly on the moments when john is treated so kindly and you can tell it means so much to him. a deeply beautiful exploration of humanity, while also showcasing lynch finding his footing for his overall style. reminds me a bit of wes anderson’s rushmore where you can see the bits and pieces of what would eventually be his signature in filmmaking, but it’s not quite there yet.
the way this is filmed, the set design, costume and makeup, it all is so incredibly convincing for the time period, i truly felt like i was watching something of that era in london, rather than an 1980’s film. truly something so special here.
—- also unrelated but in my theater screening the girl in front of me was on her phone for like 85% of the movie and she was looking at the movie on letterboxd and was even reading the reviews, then switched to the wikipedia article for this film 😭 like cmon do that after ?! why are you on your phone in the theater anyways 😭 so inconsiderate and rude
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this movie makes me feel like the meme of spongebob where he is about to be crushed by the ice cream truck ✋😰🤚 WAIT
i only like this movie because it was my favorite jurassic park as a kid !! it’s purely nostalgia !!
the birdcage scene is actually so fucking cool tho idgaf !!!
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it’s all come to this. every mission, every job, every villain, every new team member, and every mask… all to one final showdown, the final reckoning.
i spent most of this film holding my breath, tearing up (and even crying three-ish times), cringing, gasping, and grinning. a truly gripping action thriller that is so over-the-top, edge-of-your-seat action packed that it allows for me to glaze over some of the unnecessary exposition of previous installments. none of the other mission impossible films do this, it’s not up to the filmmaker to remind the audience of previous installments, they are perfectly capable of reminding themselves on their own. it didn’t bother me as much as others because of the action sequences.
i watched all of these movies for the first time about a month before this showing, with the exception of the first movie, i saw that one about a year ago. i am so beyond happy that i decided to watch all of these in preparation for this final one and not miss out on this theatrical experience. it really does feel like tom cruise is the last movie star actively trying to preserve real filmmaking. helping create a whole two movies about how ai truly is evil and cannot be controlled by anyone while creating authentic set pieces where he is actually performing the stunts is such a testament to how he feels about filmmaking and art in general. as much as this is a popcorn action flick, it still has merit in the world of film and i’m so happy i experienced this.
i showed up to the party about 15 minutes before it ended, but damn it’s the best 15 minutes of a party i’ve ever experienced.
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somehow constructed in a way that makes this film feel both crushing and very tender/delicate. obviously a very sad film, but in ways that are not completely expected. i was doing fine until the last 5-10 minutes, then i started to become overwhelmed emotionally.
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other than deadpool and wolverine this is probably the most i’ve heard my theater laugh in i don’t know how long. the humor is ridiculous and over-the-top which was to be expected even from me who hasn’t seen anything tim robinson is in except the 55 HAMBURGERS 55 FRIES 55 TACOS clip i’ve seen on twitter. the guy sat directly to my left was laughing so hard that he was nearly screaming from how loud he was, slapping his knee, and clapping at points. im glad he thought this was the funniest movie in existence.
i didn’t particularly laugh aloud too much (this was actually pretty frightening but in a good way) but there is one part that made me actually laugh aloud but it wasn't even a joke it was just the set design.
going back to this movie feeling frightening, tim robinson’s character, as extravagant and caricature-y as a bro who just can’t hang is at such a level where it felt like an uncanny, yet relatable character. i mean, who doesn’t just wanna feel accepted even if they're a little weird? i think i only feel this way when i try and hang out with straight guys, i have like no idea what the hell to talk with or act like with them. also kinda reminded me of how crazy i was in middle school before i knew i was gay and had a crush on my best friend but didn’t really know what it was. it lowkey felt like watching a dramatized version of myself on the big screen, but not in a good way.
anyways, after the movie, i went to take a selfie with the poster (something i do for all my screenings) but there were two bros who were in my screening taking a pic there too. they asked if i could take a pic for them and i agreed. i took a couple pics and when i handed his phone back to one of the guys, i asked “what did you think?” meaning what did they think of the movie, but they assumed i was talking about the pics and one said “im sure they're good” and it was very awkward and i instantly felt like craig which made me want to cringe. so that was fun!
anyways, movie was pretty great, would recommend seeing it !
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very bleak but in a way that is unexpected. i’m very new to “slow cinema” but i found this really impressive and much more impactful because of the prolonged, lingering shots and sequences. it’s never been so imperative to not only view a film about this subject matter but to make one as well. frustrated, aggravated, compelled, and maudlin are all emotions/feelings i had when viewing this. women should have autonomy over their bodies, and doctors who wish to help them should be able to do so without punishment, scrutiny, or being ostracized.
wonderful film, but i do not think i can stomach watching it again. very emotionally brutal when facing the reality of the situation, and even applying it to an american viewpoint/perspective.
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yikes! first time revisiting this as an adult and wow oh wow does this have a ton of problems. way too many things happening in this messy script, but you can really tell spielberg is locked in on trying to make this as appealing as possible. quite a few phenomenal shots and a handful of fascinating sequences. i’ll always like this movie, but now i like it less than when i was a child.
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water is overwhelmingly powerful. it has the power to help create life for essentially every living thing on earth, but water also has the power to destroy. the way water is explored in bring her back is something i cannot stop thinking about. cathy is ultimately killed from drowning, causing laura’s insurmountable grief and relentless ion to bring her back by any means necessary. andy and piper’s dad dies when he is in the shower, ending andy’s abuse, but also starting his and piper’s grief from losing their dad regardless of the complex relationship from the physical abuse, not only after attempting to give him R. a similar action to that of the satanic ritual; taking life (air/flesh) and inserting it into a body (breathing/regurgitation). andy is then fearful of showering, almost superstitious that he is doomed to repeat his dad’s fate (perhaps because he has hit piper before and perpetuated the abuse given to him from his father). andy is warned that piper will be in danger if she goes out into the rain. the same rain that also washes away the painted white circle around laura’s home that warns her of the radius in which oliver must remain inside to prevent his possessor from leaving his body. rain that in addition to that, fills the pool back up to aid laura in trying to kill piper. the same pool where laura releases piper to spend just a few final moments together with cathy, one last time.
water as an element is rooted in cyclical nature. liquid to gas to solid, back to liquid, forever to repeat. abuse can also follow a cyclical pattern. many victims can find themselves in abusive situations time and time again, much like andy having his ab replaced by abuse from the foster care system. the circular flow of water, and abuse, along with the visual imagery and sometimes camera work showing the audience various circles, it all comes back around. it’s a hard cycle to break, abuse kills, and even when people can escape, just like water returning to a liquid state, the tears will flow.
i really enjoyed bring her back, there were some scenes that truly left me disturbed, namely oliver eating the knife and wood table (teeth stuff really gets to me). ultimately i found this to be so incredibly maudlin, which isn’t what i was expecting but still thoroughly enjoyed. this felt like a very calculated film and i was pleased that i could feel all of the work that was put into it. the performances were great, i suppose i can forgive sally hawkins for declining to return to paddington 3 if she’s going to knock out a role like this. i also liked how they ever so slyly slipped “talk to me” into the dialogue of this film without it feeling unnatural.
really enjoyed it, would love to revisit this and talk to me very soon. a great first scream unseen for me!
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forever enamored with how phenomenal this film is for me personally. from the festive fall aesthetic to the feverish rabid canines, there’s so much here to find fascinating. for such a fleeting runtime (fewer than 90 minutes), this film accomplishes a teeming amount for a full narrative without leaving me feeling famished, begging for more.
despite the film flowing from fiendish felonious foxes committing pilferage from unforgiving farmers to exploring flawed familial relationships and friendships or deforestation, subjects i can’t (fully) say i’ve felt or experienced myself completely, the film does feel familiar emotionally and resonates for some reason.
one of my favorite aspects of this film is how even if it’s an adaptation, it’s flawlessly fitting within wes anderson’s fervently focused, but flamboyant style and influence. this feels like a wes anderson film, not a roald dahl book frankenstein-ed to life.
a nearly flawless film that’s forevermore clearly a fan-favorite and obviously personal favorite to me.
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honestly had suuuuch a blast watching this, it basically had everything i could have wanted from a final destination movie. over-the-top (but still kinda predictable) kills, characters that i actually kinda care about, kitschy and silly humor, a reasonable amount of references to the previous installments, and a tony todd appearance.
i think tony todd’s scene is so well executed and im so happy it happened the way it did, may he rest in peace ❤️🩹
this is easily my favorite in the franchise and my rating for this is purely on my experience rather than anything constructive but i cannot give it anything higher than a four because i don’t think 180 is in the movie at all :( (unless i missed it !)
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“I’m lost,”
this is my first time revisiting lilo & stitch since my childhood and i’m kind of baffled at how leisurely i would watch this back then. of course childhood innocence and ignorance is bliss, just the silly alien dog movie (although as an adult stitch is soooo cat coded).
it’s absolutely no surprise to me that this film is such a knockout because of the sanders and deblois 1, 2, punch (who would go on to make two other movies that i am utterly in love with; how to train your dragon and the wild robot). i am also a huge sucker for the found family theme (unless it’s rupaul saying “you know? as queer people, we get to choose our family” for the 200th time on drag race).
this movie really gets to me because i was the weird kid in my family, i never experienced any familial bullying or intense school/societal ostracism, but i always being faced with confused or disgusted faces when i would talk about my interests, it’s easy to feel empathy for how alone lilo feels and how she is just as lost as stitch eventually feels.
this movie s batman: mask of the phantasm on a list of phenomenal animated movies that accomplish a ton for their narrative within a sub-90 minute runtime.
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absolutely fascinating how lynch is able to just make these complete knockout films. lowkey a little proud of myself for being able to comprehend what’s going on in this, at least to some degree. definitely excited to revisit this one in the future again and again.
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if this is my sixth time watching this, am i legally allowed to start cornplating? if so, i never noticed before that the billboard that nate and him are sitting on in the beginning is an ad for knebworth 👁️
watched this with headphones connected to my apple tv and i swear to god i was hearing sounds that i’ve never heard before it was kinda like a first watch a little bit.
this genuinely is a perfect movie to me idc !!!
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when i was in community college, i was taking some art history courses and for one of them the professor asked me if i’d be interested in volunteering to take notes for another student in the class that requested it with their individualized education program (iep). i was asked personally because this professor was my advisor and i had a few classes with her before.
at the time, i was still taking handwritten notes and i always strived for perfect grades, especially for my art history courses because that was my main concentration in school and eventually became my minor at university, so i thought this would be no issue at all. the school would provide me with carbon copy paper so all i needed to do was take my notes as usual and then tear off the back copy for the other student. i confirmed that i would be more than happy to volunteer for this and i couldn’t wait for class.
on the first day, my professor introduced me to who i’d be writing notes for. his name was gideon and he was deaf. he had an interpreter with him that was appointed to him from the college and she was a great liaison for the communication between us. i even found out that my professor also knew asl because her best friend (also a professor at the college who taught music classes — i ended up taking jazz history with him and it was tough as nails!) was married to a deaf man. i was now introduced to a world that i had never paid attention to because i am a hearing person.
over the course of the semester gideon and i grew closer and eventually our conversations went strictly from professional to more casual due to his extreme friendliness and my curiosity about asl and deaf culture. he eventually shared with me a facebook group he put together for social events for those that are deaf or heard of hearing (hoh). i ed and told myself to go to the next one. i went and i felt so completely out of place. everyone sitting at different tables in that fast casual restaurant all g, not very much speaking involved. just that one single event, it nailed it for me that feeling so completely out of place and so unaware of what anyone was communicating, is exactly how gideon felt all the time.
since then, i made a bigger effort to learn as much asl as i possibly could during that semester so that i could demonstrate to gideon that i truly did care and didn’t want to be an audist, or at least try to unlearn any audist behaviors i was exhibiting. i’d share with him new phrases or words i’d learned and he would help me with my g.
i learned a lot about deaf culture that semester and i really wish i could end this review by saying i kept at it and am fluent in asl, but after that semester, it wasn’t long until i moved away and didn’t have much motivation to keep studying. it’s never left me how much i didn’t know about deaf culture, and frankly still don’t know too much about.
this documentary really highlights a lot of those key concepts i learned from gideon and i really think that everyone should watch this at least once. it’s extremely compelling, wonderful storytelling, and of course the sound design is so well done. blew me away.
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this movie is so wacky. lowkey was kinda enamored by how this looks, you really couldn’t make a movie look like this nowadays. i’m just really hung up on how this of all things got one of the first really big legacy sequels in modern time….
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absolutely phenomenal. the writing in this is so incredibly good and i literally gasped aloud during the end credits (despite knowing for years that this is a problem in the catholic church).
nothing really beats a good investigative journalism movie! kinda funny how mark ruffalo is in this and dark waters.
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if you think this is a bad movie… you just don’t get it…
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all style, no substance. performances are good, although i’m not really sure about abel’s since he’s playing himself. i think it’s no surprise that the best aspect of this is it’s soundtrack and score. i’m not even the biggest fan of the weeknd (basically only really paid attention to him during beauty behind the madness back in 2015) but i will always artists trying new mediums for artistic expression. unfortunately, this suffers from having almost no narrative and with what it does have, it’s almost ridiculous.
lens flares were lowkey blinding when watching this in a dolby theater….. blinding lights reference… 😳🧐
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“how does it feel?”
”crippling,”
had to rewatch this because i got my blu-ray in the mail today. still completely electrifying. such a wonderful film and a complete marvel to me. extremely compelling and overwhelmingly dazzling.
better man i will always be there for you and i will avenge you.
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matilda is one of those really strange movies where it feels like a perfect movie, but you know it’s not a masterpiece in the cinematic art form. perhaps it’s the nostalgia talking, or maybe i’m onto something. definitely a staple in the greater sense of american cinema, more closely related to wacky, children’s stories and not the great “oscar bait” period dramas. the delicate balance of basically so over the top child abuse (that it circles back to extremely silly) to the tender love and iration to the little ones, matilda feels like a wonderfully warm heated blanket with a bowl of hot soup on a cold, snowy winter evening.
also if for some reason this were to get a remake (god please no) sarah paulson would be such a wonderful miss honey.
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“alone, but not lonely,”
two wolves. carefully stalking their prey. aware of the other’s existence, occasionally aware of the other’s presence. complete packs and all. two wolves after each other. nothing more important than making sure all enemies are gone so they can continue their hunt for their own prey. they chase each other and lose one another, and the cycle repeats until running is not enough. the territory is not big enough for the two to coexist. two wolves instinctively ready to sink their teeth into the other’s throat. killing is not a thought to them, it is in their dna, instinctual. through the barking, clawing, and biting, these two wolves know that this fight will wear them down. they are a match made together and there is a level of respect and intimacy that comes with meeting your match. despite this, it is nothing personal, it’s all nature… survival of the fittest.
captivated by the duality and mirroring in this that mann has brought to life so brilliantly and loudly. aptly named heat, this film feels hot, sweaty, gritty, dirty, and bloody. it’s as beautiful as it is tragic, what more could you ask for?
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there’s a split diopter shot in this where ace is in the foreground and literally nothing in the background is happening and at first i thought it was silly but the more i think about it, the more i like to think it’s to show that he is always paying attention to what’s around him and that he cannot let his guard down.
nicky really pisses me the fuck off which means joe pesci did a really good job in this.
casinos do not fuck around, but neither does life (or karma).
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i’m forever enamored with lynch’s exploration of love and power’s relationship in his work. lost highway, in my interpretation, is exploring these two along with some other closely related themes like lust and obsession.
the idea of these men all believing they have ownership and/or power of the women they’re involved with whether through marriage, secrecy, or coercion, ultimately being and leading to their corruption and demise is satisfying to some extent, but unfortunately is not completely due to the fact that the women are either discarded and ignored or quite literally murdered. regardless, the men can kill each other all they want for these women, but as alice puts it clear as day, they will never be theirs.
lust can make us act completely out of character, but so can obsessive love. if i cannot have you, no one can.
from what ive heard, this feels like a baby step towards mulholland drive, im curious to see how that works compared to this film.
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this is essentially just a copy of a new hope which is… something i guess. however it’s so interesting how this has some sauce regarding the visuals. this is mid to me because the plot is so unoriginal but because some of the executions of the sequences is cool, it saves it.
daisy ridley i love you so much.
kinda a crime that they somehow made oscar isaac un-hot in this.
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this movie is fine but once those last 5 minutes happen i cannot stop laughing. it’s soooo ridiculous and i cannot believe this movie was made.
robert pattinson is like so unbelievably hot in this tho. it’s straight up just not fair !!!!!
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helps with some of the context for fire walk with me obviously, but i understand why a majority of these were removed from the final cut. so great to see the entire gang all back together. was wondering if some people just didn’t get a call back, didn’t want to come back, or if the story just didn’t require their characters. now i have some clarity (it’s always wonderful to see jack nance)!
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good god this is shit from a butt. the only one in the franchise that i actively do not like (or don’t care about). acting is ass, kills are mid, and the ending honestly just induces an eye roll tbh i don’t think it’s clever. lowkey kinda giving deadpool & wolverine.
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i going to see this in theaters with my mom back in 2018. i was either 20 or 21 and i still felt awkward being openly gay around my mom. the movie completely enamored me and the scene between simon and his mom was probably the best thing for my mom and i to watch together.
i come back to this movie every now and then when i don’t really know what to watch, but i did a double feature of the perks of being a wallflower and this. however i watched the director’s commentary for this one. it’s always so fascinating understanding just how meticulously calculated films are. i always try to that everything we see is on purpose, nothing is on accident, but i always underestimate exactly what this means. this is only the second commentary ive seen, i need to watch more.
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this movie meant the world to me when i was a teenager. probably the first time i felt so incredibly seen and heard that even if i generally had a good life, i could still be happy and sad at the same time. i was grappling with my queer identity and suffering from anxiety and depression all while self medicating with opiates and foreign pills i was buying online. i watch this movie every now and then and read the book even less, but it still always comes to me fondly. as i’ve grown and my problems have changed and morphed, this film is always a reminder of where my life was and how things ultimately have changed and that if i could get through all of that, i can get through whatever im going through now.
the film itself has some clunky dialogue, and it definitely feels very 2010’s “indie” coded, almost like it meant to be converted to gif format to be reblogged on tumblr to death (which is did religiously), but i don’t care. it means so much to me and i wish i could write back to charlie and let him know that i still think about him even if he stopped writing to me.
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damn this shit kinda sucks?
i can totally see why fincher directed this, it’s right up his alley; grimey, gritty, and gross. i’ll chalk this up as chuck’s fault.
i read invisible monsters by him a couple years ago and it did not sit well with me, so not sure why i expected anything different here. i guess the only good thing to come out of palahniuk‘s books is panic! at the disco’s iconic 10/10 banger debut album a fever you can’t sweat out.
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it’s sooo crazy how close the mcu is to making good movies. 17 years into this and still cannot consistently make good movies.. if only they would completely abandon this god awful “he’s right behind me” humor 😭
all that being said, i thought the camera work in this was pretty good, and the choreography was decent, and the visuals were touch and go. narratively, this felt very much like the same as it would be if it were a hulk movie? superhero guy who can’t control his powers… needs his friends to calm him down…. except for depression instead of rage.
i’m very middle of the ground on this one but one thing i thought was kinda fire was the line “righteousness without power is just an opinion” like okay wait…..
does this mean florence is stuck in marvel jail now 😕
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tim robbins is soooo yummy in this and there’s some pretty cool visuals, but other than that there is not much goin on here. the allegory is soooo heavy handed i almost didn’t believe what was happening was the twist and was waiting for some even more insane twist? i guess this film’s reputation has overshadowed its own merit for what it accomplishes. i do think it could have done away with the last couple minutes because it’s just overkill, but i don’t think that would have saved it.
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“when this kind of fire starts, it is very hard to put out. the tender boughs of innocence burn first, and the wind rises, and then all goodness is in jeopardy.”
i saw this film three days ago and i've been waiting for something in my brain to happen to coherently write a review for it. i don't think that will be happening anytime soon.
back in february, my boyfriend decided to show me twin peaks. the very unfortunate catalyst for this decision was david lynch's death a month prior. he's seen it before and for christmas last year, i got him the complete blu-ray set. we began watching the show leisurely, and all of a sudden my local indie theater decided to have a rollout event dedicated to lynch and his filmography. they would be showing one of his films a week in release order. may 2nd would be the weekend that fire walk with me would be playing. we now had a goal to completely finish the first two seasons before then, and we did it.
the show, as i have talked about in my review for the behind the scenes documentary, is so incredibly special and magical for a myriad of reasons. it feels like a show that i could revisit often and find new meaning and understanding of what exactly is happening, as i get older and become wiser in my age. i was fascinated with the show, but it still has it's problems. i'm with what appears to be the majority of people that began to lose interest once laura's killer is revealed and the narrative shifts away from her and her impact on the community. however, knowing fire walk with me was a prequel to the series and it's been given high praise with almost everyone i know, i was so very excited to see this film.
i truly do not think ive had such a visceral reaction to a film like this ever. once the film is finished setting up the beginning with the fbi and we move onto laura's final days before her untimely demise, i cried the rest of the runtime. sheryl lee is giving the performance of a lifetime here, breathing a full and complete life into laura palmer. a character that we have only known from a distance. a girl whose always on everyone's mind and tragic fate has decimated the community. we learn parts of her secrets within the show, her drug abuse, her sexual escapades at one eye jack's and the roadhouse, sneaking around with james. but this is when we finally see her actually doing these things.
actually seeing laura palmer, the actions she taking, the way her life is shrouded in darkness, pain, and suffering. it was completely unbearable. just even looking at her was enough to reduce me to tears and by the time we reach the credits, uncontrollable sobbing.
this film is really fascinating in contrast to the show, because it really does have all of the same elements that make the show, the show. however, you can really feel the restrictive weight of television that has been lifted off the production. this is extremely intense and grittier and dirtier and much, much more horrifying. i do not think i've seen anything more horrifying than bob crawling through laura's window with that slimy, devilish grin slapped on his face.
i do not think anyone other than lynch could have told this story of laura's final days. going from a young woman who has ended up in such a dark, tormented life to getting her relief once she realizes that the angels have not given up on her, even after her death. the moment is so holy, it conveys an overwhelming sense of relief for laura and the viewer that not all of it was in vain. laura is now free from her suffering, as we also are from witnessing it. dale at her side, a man who eventually would also never give up on her.
i have some thoughts about the parallels between ethel cain's story and laura palmer, but i will save those for a rewatch review or perhaps on the missing tapes.
i do not think i will ever really forget about laura palmer or twin peaks, this series really has impacted me in a way i didnt think it would.
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the way this movie has like almost no redeeming qualities
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i would be sooo curious to see verified statistics of peoples fears of the activities in this franchise before and after these movies are released.
the rollercoaster and tanning bed kills truly are so frightening.
i absolutely adore how these movies are always around 90 minutes too. they know to just get right to what we want to see and that’s it.
since mary elizabeth winstead is mother this is automatically my favorite in the franchise.
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you guys fr just don’t get it like i do…..
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pretty tough to follow up fallout which is arguably just a perfect action spy movie. dead reckoning does its absolute best to keep everyone on board with mission: impossible as a franchise. what i’m most fascinated by is the pacing in this film because those near three hours just flew by for me.
there are some things that i wasn’t a huge fan of, such as the “he’s right behind me, isn’t he?” type humor (mostly present in the car chase scene in italy) and the most obnoxious amounts of dutch angles, even for really tame scenes.
overall, still a fantastic entry in the m:i franchise and i cannot wait for final reckoning.
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i’m doing a deep dive into lynch’s filmography currently and i finished season 2 of twin peaks last week so watched this next. it’s such a shame that we’ve lost him because you can just feel the love and immense respect that everyone holds for him. twin peaks is a very special and magical show for a myriad of reasons.
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so wacky and silly. still can’t believe that this is so old and it’s still so engrained in the societal knowledge that we do not drive behind log trucks.
]]>all films i saw in 2025 released in 2025 ranked
no concert films
- Better Man
- Sinners
- Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
- Ne Zha 2
- The Life of Chuck
- Mickey 17
- Final Destination Bloodlines
- Bring Her Back
- Deaf President Now!
- Black Bag
...plus 29 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>5 star films.
no concert movies.
- Jurassic Park
- Monkey Man
- Nosferatu
- Knives Out
- The Batman
- Longlegs
- Paris Is Burning
- Spirited Away
- John Wick: Chapter 4
- Ne Zha 2
...plus 36 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>all the films i’ve seen in 2025 ranked
no concert films
- Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
- Better Man
- Memoir of a Snail
- The Social Network
- Se7en
- I Saw the TV Glow
- Mulholland Drive
- Lost Highway
- Blue Velvet
- Sinners
...plus 146 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>films i watched in 2025 (in sequential viewing order)
- Oddity
- Se7en
- Memories of Murder
- Ronin
- Wolfwalkers
- The Last Showgirl
- Better Man
- The Thomas Crown Affair
- Tampopo
- Nickel Boys
...plus 146 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>all films distributed / produced by neon i’ve seen ranked
- Anora
- Longlegs
- Robot Dreams
- Perfect Days
- Pig
- Immaculate
- Cuckoo
- Presence
- Eileen
- The Seed of the Sacred Fig
...plus 4 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>films i watched in 2025 in the theater (in sequential viewing order)
- Se7en
- The Last Showgirl
- Better Man
- Nickel Boys
- Grand Theft Hamlet
- The Brutalist
- Presence
- Dog Man
- Companion
- One of Them Days
...plus 40 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>all of the john wick films i’ve seen, ranked.
]]>all pixar films i’ve seen ranked
]]>all of the films from the jurassic park franchise i’ve seen ranked
]]>all films i’ve seen directed by david lynch ranked
]]>all of the mission impossible films i’ve seen ranked
]]>films distributed or produced by a24 i’ve seen ranked
- Eighth Grade
- Past Lives
- The Iron Claw
- I Saw the TV Glow
- Lady Bird
- The Lighthouse
- Moonlight
- Bring Her Back
- Sing Sing
- The Farewell
...plus 32 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>films distributed or produced by NEON
- The Year of the Everlasting Storm
- The Worst Person in the World
- Wild Rose
- Vox Lux
- Triangle of Sadness
- Totally Under Control
- Titane
- Three Identical Strangers
- Stress Positions
- Spencer
...plus 81 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>all films directed by wes anderson i’ve seen ranked
]]>all of the final destination films i’ve seen, ranked
]]>every film in the mcu in release order
- Iron Man
- The Incredible Hulk
- Iron Man 2
- Thor
- Captain America: The First Avenger
- The Avengers
- Iron Man 3
- Thor: The Dark World
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier
- Guardians of the Galaxy
...plus 27 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>all films directed by michael mann i’ve seen, ranked
]]>films i own in 4k uhd blu ray
- A Nightmare on Elm Street
steelbook
- Barbie
standard
- The Batman
steelbook
- The Boy and the Heron
steelbook
- Bram Stoker's Dracula
steelbook
- Candyman
steelbook
- Coraline
steelbook
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
a24 collectors edition
- Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
steelbook + “black & chrome” edition steelbook
- Ghost in the Shell
standard
...plus 47 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>films i own.
physical format only.
- A Bug's Life
vhs
- A Charlie Brown Christmas
vhs
- A Goofy Movie
vhs
- A Nightmare on Elm Street
BR4KUHD steelbook
- Aftersun
BR1080P a24 webstore edition
- Air Force One
vhs
- Aladdin
vhs
- Aladdin and the King of Thieves
vhs
- Alice in Wonderland
vhs
- All Dogs Go to Heaven
vhs
...plus 259 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>every star wars film i’ve seen, ranked
]]>all films from the mcu i’ve seen ranked
]]>all films directed by david fincher i’ve seen ranked
]]>every film i’ve seen directed by david cronenberg, ranked
]]>films distributed or produced by A24
(rereleases not included)
- A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III
- Ginger & Rosa
- Spring Breakers
- The Bling Ring
- The Spectacular Now
- Enemy
- Under the Skin
- Locke
- Obvious Child
- The Rover
...plus 173 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>films i own in standard 1080p blu ray
- Aftersun
a24 webstore edition
- The Amazing Spider-Man
standard with dvd
- Arrival
steelbook
- Avatar
paper sleeve
- The Breakfast Club
criterion collection
- Eighth Grade
standard
- Elemental
steelbook
- Fantastic Mr. Fox
criterion collection
- The Fast and the Furious
steelbook
- Gone Girl
paper sleeve + amazing amy book
...plus 21 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>all films ive seen directed by steven soderbergh, ranked.
]]>most recent watched: chungking express
categories:
1. a film from the cc40 boxset
2. a film from the year i was born (1997)
3. directed by robert altman
4. a film that would be your first choice in the criterion closet
5. great soundtracks
6. john turturro’s adventures in moviegoing
7. 1920s
8. a film that will be added to the physical collection in 2025
9. 1930s
10. andrew garfield’s closet picks
11. 1940s
12. celine song’s top 10
13. 1950s
14. a film from the criterion channel’s all time favorites lists
15. 1960s
16. a film that is currently out of print from the physical collection
17. 1970s
18. william friedkin’s closet picks
19. 1980s
20. spine #451-499
21. 1990s
22. documentary
23. 2000s
24. janus contemporaries
25. 2010s
26. bill hader’s second closet picks
27. 2020s
28. noir and neonoir
29. all time top criterion closet picks
30. criterion releases never picked in the closet
31. north american film
32. ayo edebiri’s closet picks
33. wim wenders’ adventures in moviegoing
34. south american film
35. random number generator (#626)
36. aapi filmmakers
37. a film shorter than 80 minutes
38. european film
39. cult movies
40. isabella rossellini’s adventures in moviegoing
41. winona ryder’s closet picks
42. african film
43. john carpenter’s top 10
44. horror
45. asian film
46. dark comedies
47. rachel kushner’s adventures in moviegoing
48. australian film
49. female filmmakers
50. ben wheatley’s closet picks
51. a film by a director whose work you have not seen before
52. watch any criterion film from your watchlist
- My Own Private Idaho
1: a film from the cc40 boxset
- Happy Together
2: a film from the year i was born (1997)
- Nashville
3: directed by robert altman
- Uncut Gems
4: a film that would be your first choice in the criterion closet
- The Virgin Suicides
5: great soundtracks
- Seven Samurai
6: john turturro’s adventures in moviegoing
- The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
7: 1920s
- Last Summer
8: a film that will be added to the physical collection in 2025
- M
9: 1930s
- Tampopo
10: andrew garfield’s closet picks
...plus 42 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>all films i’ve seen directed by bong joon ho ranked
]]>all films directed by denis villeneuve i’ve seen ranked
]]>tapes we have :3
- A Bug's Life
clamshell
- A Charlie Brown Christmas
sleeve
- A Goofy Movie
clamshell
- Air Force One
sleeve
- Aladdin
clamshell
- Aladdin and the King of Thieves
clamshell
- Alice in Wonderland
clamshell
- All Dogs Go to Heaven
clamshell
- Amadeus
clamshell
- An Affair to
sleeve
...plus 168 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>films i own in standard dvd format
- Batman & Robin
snapper
- Erin Brockovich
standard
- Fight Club
standard
- Magnificent Obsession
standard - criterion collection
- Panic Room
standard
- Pay It Forward
snapper
- Saw III
plastic sleeve
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
paper sleeve
- The Shawshank Redemption
standard
- The Silence of the Lambs
standard
...plus 5 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>all films i saw in 2024 released in 2024 ranked
no concert films
- Memoir of a Snail
- The Wild Robot
- How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
- Anora
- Longlegs
- Nosferatu
- The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
- The Substance
- Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
- Robot Dreams
...plus 114 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>all the films i’ve seen in 2024 ranked
no concert films
- Memoir of a Snail
- Interstellar
- The Wild Robot
- How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
- Anora
- Longlegs
- La La Land
- Nosferatu
- The Matrix
- WALL·E
...plus 301 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>films i watched in 2024 (in sequential viewing order)
- A Man Called Otto
- Poor Things
- The Color Purple
- Night Swim
- The Tale
- Mean Girls
- Beautiful Boy
- Licence to Kill
- Zola
- Confessions of a Shopaholic
...plus 303 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>films i watched in 2024 (in the theater)
- Poor Things
- The Color Purple
- Night Swim
- Mean Girls
- All of Us Strangers
- Founders Day
- Fitting In
- Argylle
- Sometimes I Think About Dying
- American Fiction
...plus 103 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>all films directed by robert eggers that i’ve seen ranked
]]>all films directed by yorgos lanthimos i’ve seen ranked
]]>all films directed by christopher nolan i’ve seen ranked
]]>films i watched in 2023 (in sequential viewing order)
- Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour
- RoboCop
- Gone Girl
- Aftersun
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Cruising
- No Hard Feelings
- The Nightmare Before Christmas
- Us
- Anatomy of a Fall
...plus 53 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>films i watched in 2023 (in the theater)
- Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- The Nightmare Before Christmas
- Anatomy of a Fall
- Five Nights at Freddy's
- Priscilla
- What Happens Later
- It's a Wonderful Knife
- The Persian Version
- The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
...plus 12 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>films i watched in 2023 (ranked)
no concert films.
- Past Lives
- Monster
- The Iron Claw
- Gone Girl
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Elemental
- Saltburn
- Godzilla Minus One
- The Boy and the Heron
- Princess Mononoke
...plus 52 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>films i watched in 2023 that came out in 2023, ranked
no concert films
- Monster
- Past Lives
- The Iron Claw
- The Boy and the Heron
- Elemental
- Godzilla Minus One
- Saltburn
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- When Evil Lurks
- Wonka
...plus 22 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>charlotte film festival 2024
9/24 - 9/29
films i saw
- Paper Marriage
9/26 - 5:30pm
*Director, writer, and actor Jeff Man (with his parents) in attendance for a post-screening Q&A.
- Your Monster
9/27 - 7:50pm
*Co-star Tommy Dewey (Saturday Night, The Mindy Project) in attendance for a post-screening Q&A.
- Timestalker
9/28 - 7:45pm
- The Birthday
9/28 - 9:50pm
- A Different Man
9/29 - 7:30pm
every studio ghibli film i’ve seen ranked
]]>friday the 13th films i’ve seen, ranked.
]]>- Dr. No
- From Russia with Love
- Goldfinger
- Thunderball
- You Only Live Twice
- On Her Majesty's Secret Service
- Diamonds Are Forever
- Live and Let Die
- The Man with the Golden Gun
- The Spy Who Loved Me
...plus 16 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
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