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“The Mask” by Ben Anderson (1997)
[mask1.zzt] - “Bank”
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REVIEW TOUR: Il signore della notte eterna di Ben Anderson
Cari Sognatori, Lily ha letto per noi il primo volume della serie Darkmourn Universe, retelling della Bella e la Bestia, scritto da Ben Anderson e pubblicato dalla Queen Edizioni!!!
SERIE Darkmourn Universe vol. 1
GENERE Fantasy Romance
DATA DI USCITA 27 ottobre 2023
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Ebook
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Il Signore della notte eterna è un romanzo autoconclusivo, M/M, ispirato a La Bella e la Bestia, ma…
I went to see Scrap with the wife. Our expectations were probably a 5/10 because indie films are usually a huge hit or miss. But I gave it a five b/c Hottie McHot Pants is in it and the wife agreed to the rating. Well, we kinda feel foolish now because the film was actually fucking great. Wife got emotional a few times, especially during the fertility-related conservations. But the overall delivery, the humor…it all felt honest. And real. Not actually something from a movie but real life. My admiration for Anthony Rapp came back in full force and honestly, it was such a pleasure to see him in something that was relevant (?) meaningful (?) to me at this point in my life. Again. But he’ll always be Mark Cohen to me.
Vivian Kerr. Christ she was great. Her delivery of Beth was so raw and real and even though it was hard at times to continually like her and support her self-destructive behavior, I like that she kept fucking up and it didn’t immediately fix itself. Actions have consequences and I’m glad that she learned that the hard way. And I’m glad Ben, the enabler, didn’t stop enabling her but she learned to do what was right on her own.
However, this did scare the fuck outta of me for parenthood. To go through the grueling fertility process and the ups and downs and drugs and time spent and effort and tears and everything else…only for it to not work. God, that was heartbreaking to watch. But it wasn’t even that, it was the fact that the film discussed the social aspects of families and family planning and IUI/IVF. The lack of control in the entire process. The motherfucking waiting. The social resentment of other families. Seeing people perceived as fuckups just have noncommittal thoughts and processes to conception…and then birth a child with no issues. It was kinda like an out body experience. We went through it but to see it on a massive ass screen? Then to feel slightly validated because Stacy (Lana Parrilla) is asking herself what kind of mother she’s gonna be? Why are they doing this? Not being able to handle another round? Fearing disappointment? Afraid that her marriage would fall apart if she didn’t birth a child? Seeing Beth shirk her responsibilities as a parent when that’s all Stacy wants and doesn’t understand how a mother could do that? Yo that shit got me fucked up.
Also, nothing like a movie highlighting the struggles of family during a huge new life chapter. Highly recommend paying to see something so you can hurt your own feelings.
On our long walk back to the Path, wife and I said that we couldn’t watch it again until the baby was born. We already have so much anxiety lol. We also said we would only watch it again from the comfort of our home because we want to dissect everything lmao.
Overall, 8.5/10. The delivery, content, and acting was 10/10. The time jumps confused me and I thought it was my goldfish attention span, but wife thought the same. I wish there was a little more clarification on the timeline of things but that’s because I’m anal retentive and need to control and know everything. Would purchase the DVD or whenever it comes digitally and add it to our never ending collection.
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
BEN DANIELS: This was one of the first jobs I’ve ever done sight unseen, just because it meant working with Rolin. From the outset, Rolin called up and said, “Listen, are you OK if we don’t make Santiago queer?” I was like, “Yeah, I can sort of see it.” But as the script started to come in, I thought the only way this level of vitriol that he has works is if he’s in love with Armand. There is this extraordinary psychological term called reaction formation, which is what Iago has for Othello. It’s a defense mechanism whereby your impulses are so unacceptable to your ego that they’re replaced by this opposite, exaggerated behavior. Santiago finds Louis incredibly attractive. Because Armand killed Santiago’s maker — who I think he was in love with too — and also finds Louis attractive, the whole thing must be destroyed. It gave such a drive to his hatred. It was just something ruminating in myself that drove him forward in a very aggressive, mad, extreme way.
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“The Mask” by Ben Anderson (1997)
[mask1.zzt] - “Rocket: Docking Bay”
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