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2025

★★★★★ Liked Rewatched 03 May 2025

Watched this again in a different format (non IMAX). Was able to really sit and digest the symbolism more. The music, the spiritualism, the profound sadness mixed with humor. It captures so much so succinctly and the horror and fantasy genre on top of it feels like a cherry on top for the metaphors. Just incredibly moved by this film and the story. When Remmick said “I want you and I want your songs (music?)” (this is a guestimation at the quote) it hit so hard. I kept “mmming” the whole movie as if I was in church. Love love.

2025

★★★★★ Liked Watched 30 Apr 2025

Saw this in IMAX like Ryan Coogler wanted. This was an epic, beautiful, fantastic film and I’m gonna need everyone to this feeling come Oscar season. Michael B. Jordan acted his ass off. So did Miles Canton. Everyone did. Acting, writing, and directing all tops. This film manages to be epic in proportion yet there’s such a moving and grounded story at the root of it. And I screamed quite a few times. There’s more to unpack here but I’ll have to come back and do that later. Just WOW.

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1978

Liked Watched 16 Apr 2025

Got to watch the premiere of the 4k restoration of this at the Aero Theater in Santa Monica with a Q+A with Maya Cade and Charles Burnett. What a freaking niiiiiight. Got to meet both of them. Really thankful.

2024

Liked Watched 22 Nov 2024

Okaaaayy this was pretty perfect! I feel like Jon M. Chu gave us visuals that match the grandness of the music in a way the stage could not. It’s like, this is the way the music made us feel and now we get to see that feeling with our eyeballs too. Everybody did that. Great job. Worth the 20 year wait.

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