#I don't really like biopics

[greatsaladavenue]

Two things about the upcoming Beatle Biopics I'd like to know, more than who'll be cast or anything else is it's said director Sam Mendes annouced that Sony Pictures had approved plans for biopics of each individual member of the band. through the eyes of each of its members; Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and the late John Lennon and George Harrison but two are dead and wont have say in anything so it's not gonna be fair. They should have only made a biopic of Paul and Ringo and the other would be called based on.

My other thing is, we will propably, given how greedy Apple is, have to buy tickets for four movies. But are they gonna be released at the same time or one at the time? Or are we gonna be forced to buy four tickets to see them all.

[lightgaswaterelectricityrent]

you know I get that representation of something does not equal condoning it but releasing that Trump movie in an election year and deciding you had to make it while he was still in office is just complete clown behavior to me. like idk I don't even think it affected anything I just think that's such a weird way to act

[harmonicabisexuals]

i think everyone who is currently going cuckoo bananas about the timothee bob biopic needs to maybe smoke something and calm tf down lol. who cares if it's going to be terrible it's like a rite of passage for every great artist these days to have an absolutely unwatchable biopic! the beatles have several!! lets just have fun :)

[oleskellybones]

i got to try one of those super nice racing simulators last night and i think all the f1 tumblr girlies should make their own dashcon at one of these arcades

[daxite]

ok after watching oppenheimer i can safely say with confidence that 90% of people here clearly did not watch the fucking movie and those massive posts going around with thousands of notes are for the most part complete horsehshit lol 💀

[fideidefenswhore]

thomas cromwell-coded.

[eurosleaz]

man...we really suffered the death of the movie star, haven't we?

[kneworder]

going 6/10 on best picture noms rn!!

[beemovieerotica]

#it’s ok you can say maestro#i’ve never seen more obvious oscar bait

@littlegreenfag GODD i have yet to see it but. yeah. i just finished watching Nyad and thinking damn i could've watched a documentary instead with the actual real people and probably felt more emotion.

hollywood will make the most bland uninspired biopic and put 3 big name actors in it and the academy shits themselves

[lizbethborden]

There really is no female Jeremy Allen White. He is an objectively weird looking man who is now considered a heartthrob and is playing Springsteen in a new biopic--that's a romantic hero role if ever there was one. I'm not saying that's bad or wrong but I am saying no woman who naturally looks as wonky as he does would have success like him. Like he is actually UGLIER than young Bruce was.

They UGLIFIED Bruce Springsteen by casting him.

Meanwhile, women in human reality like Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Gilda Radner, who HAD strong, distinct features like his, are being played by these people in fictionalized versions of their lives:

The fact that this is how history is choosing to remember these women is insane and bizarre. Truly, you cannot exist as a woman in public eye or public memory unless you are ornamental. Worse than ornamental, you must be generically ornamental, made on an assembly line, as female beauty often is now via plastic surgery.

I feel that this kind of commentary is not being made because it's politically suspect to talk about women's looks--and don't get me wrong, I understand what's at stake in terms of not just human emotion, but falling into misogynist traps. But we MUST recognize that this is a problem. It's one thing for fictional women with no basis in reality to be cookie cutter--not a good thing, but certainly a different thing. But for real women who actually existed to have their simple, natural, human characteristics erased and replaced with flavor of the month plastic surgeried generic Hollywood Female nonsense is disrespectful in the extreme. (Especially because Gilda Radner and RBG were Jewish and their Jewish features would have deeply impacted their lives.)

[pinkcarsupremacy]

Okay in all the drama of yesterday's race I feel like we overlooked the F1 movie teaser and we need to talk about what the hell was going on in that.

So we start with 60yo racer Brad Pitt telling the audience and uh someone else that their car is beat on the straights by "Red Bull, Ferrari, Mercedes, Aston and now Mclaren" (as an Alpine fan I understand the plight) and that their only chance of beating the other teams is to battle in the turns and I quote "we need to build our car for combat" (never underestimate Americans and their ability to turn something into a war analogy)

After that bizzare statement the following exchange occurs:

Yeah fuck safety!! The FIA is actually involved with the making of this film if you're wondering.

From here on there isn't actually anymore dialogue and it's just a bunch of racing and track team shots set to 'We will Rock You'. It was here that it dawned on me that this movie is gonna be super bizzare. Despite all the noise about them filming on track at live race weekends it never occured to me the other drivers and teams would actually feature in it. I'm not even sure what I thought they were going to do but I assumed it would involve a lot of CGI.

But nope turns out this is actually just a strange self-insert film where an 11th team featuring 60yo Brad Pitt and his younger teammate will compete against real F1 drivers? The $300 million budget is starting to make sense - maybe they had to pay the other drivers a salary. I think one glaring problem with this is that it means there won't be other characters in the movie (excluding team members of the fake team) because the other drivers and team members are uh real people? Now that would be fine if it was a biopic like Rush where everyone are actors but here we have 2 actors and 20 real drivers (who are quite literally at work btw) and any interaction between them and the actors is gonna break the immersion of the film so badly.

Sidenote here's one of the Apex cars abusing a Williams - not the kind of behaviour that endears me to either of the fake drivers ngl. Probably should have picked a more disliked team to clown on.

Now I actually went and read an interview with the 2 directors to try and work out what is going on. At one point in this interview, Jerry Bruckheimer says: "It’s the only sport where your teammate is also your competitor, and that’s great drama in itself. Just think about that; you’re fighting with your own teammate for a place on the podium. And everything we use in the movie actually happened in an F1 race. Nobody can say: ‘That would never happen.’ It happened."

So in other words the teammates will fight and it will be based on real life events? Yeah unfortunately I'm getting Perez and Ocon in Force India vibes from that (those 2 shots pretty similar huh).

There was also this in the interview which is... I mean I don't really know what to take from this but it's certainly interesting. As an Ocon fan this quite literally strikes fear into my heart (why was he of all drivers named...) but we'll have to wait and see I guess.

[crucialplayer]

Thoughts on moon placements

!! everything is based purely on my experiences with signs, written with no other purpose than to share my observations and be unserious.

Aries moon. Will ask you a question and leave midway through u answering it just cuz little men in their head pushed a new button on the emotions console, inside out style. If they feel some type of way be sure everyone in the room will also feel it. Great at destroying social harmony. 

Taurus moon. Brick wall banging against which you risk irrevocably damaging ur head. Usually deal with stress or any negative emotions by falling asleep. Insanely bad at moving on from anything.

Gemini moon. Find an outlet for your thoughts and ideas and it better not be that one poor friend that is too nice to stop your rambling. Anxiety ride from the moment they wake up till the moment they fall asleep if they actually manage to. Never have a firm stance on anything. 

Cancer moon. If they feel sad they can suck the life out of the air. Feel a lot and usually stop at that. Somehow kinda bad at reflecting. Some of them could really benefit from rationalizing their emotions. Like to reminisce a lot. 

Leo moon. Every day is a Miss Universe contest. Don't understand the concept of putting yourself in someone else’s shoes. Live life like they’re being filmed for a biopic about them. Get offended easily. Having too many ego deaths on a daily basis bless them. 

Virgo moon. Invented anxiety and hating things. Genuinely think they are smarter than everybody but like to ignore the fact that they’ve been stuck in the loop of the same problems for a couple of years. VEry unstable self-esteem. 

Libra moon. Appear very carefree to the point of care actually not existing in their world I think. Like cute things and cute feelings. Dislike ugly things and ugly feelings. Shine best when surrounded by people and are needed by someone. 

Scorpio moon. If mood swings were a moon placement it’d be this one. Cutting ur hair at 3 am moon. Everything is profound and deeply personal. Identity crisis during a bus ride home. Being nonchalant is a hoax. 

Sagittarius moon. 3 minute emotional life cycle. Consider feeling down a random virus they caught somewhere and not a genuine state of being. Cure themself to the natural optimistic disposition by blowing up to someone’s face and proceeding to go with their day unbothered.   

Capricorn moon. Incapable of giving approval or being positive about anything. See three steps forward except only for the situations going wrong. Hence dissociate when they’re supposed to feel happy. The soul leaves their body when entrapped by loud people. 

Aquarius moon. Have ideas about feelings. When exposed to simple emotional stimuli fall into a theoretical spiral. Like to look for the signs and parallels. Without a social circle are like fish without water. 

Pisces moon. Kid lost in the mall vibe. Dreamed a more exciting life and are living it. Need alone time to survive but also kinda hate it?? Always care, would lose at the speed of light in the idgaf war. Do art please. 

[no-passaran]

what are your favourite catalan movies?

I'm going to be very mainstream here but I loved Casa en flames (A House On Fire) so much. I think it's the best movie I've seen this year 2024 (not best Catalan movie, I meant best movie of any nationality). Btw, this movie is now available on Netflix with English subtitles! It's a comedy-drama about a family that meets in their holiday home before selling it and all the problems and secrets are brought up, revealing the character's insecurities. It's very well written and shows again how Emma Vilarasau is such an amazing actress.

Another movie I absolutely adored was El mestre que va prometre el mar (The Teacher Who Promised the Sea). I doubted on including this one as Catalan movie or not because it's a Catalan production with a Catalan actor as main character representing a real Catalan man, but the movie is mostly in Spanish since most of the events take part in Spain and not in Catalonia, but I think it still counts. Either way, it's a beautiful movie and definitely my favourite movie of 2023. It's explained from the view of a woman who wants to find out what happened to her grandfather's family and ends up visiting a mass grave being dug up in central Spain (context note: the state of Spain is the 2nd country in the world —after Cambodia— with a highest number of disappeared people because of all the people in mass graves during the civil war and the early years of the dictatorship, thousands of families are still looking for their relatives). It leads her to uncover the real story of Antoni Benaiges, a teacher from Catalonia who was sent to teach in the landlocked Spanish countryside in the early 1930s (pre-Civil War). It's a very heartwarming antifascist story about what a teacher can be, about children's freedom, and a reminder of the importance of historical memory. I really recommend everyone to watch it. (The movie can be streamed in Movistar+ and rented in many other international platforms.)

Other Catalan movies that I liked a lot are La Vampira de Barcelona and Salvador.

La Vampira de Barcelona (The Barcelona Vampiress) (2020) is a thriller with drama and some horror based on the real story of a woman who lived in Raval (poor quarter in Barcelona) who was accused of being a serial killer kidnapping children to use their blood in the early 1900s. I really liked this movie because I think we've all heard the legend but here the filmmakers went for a more historically-accurate version of what happened and how she was used, with a strong social critique, so it was a very interesting take on the story. It talks about very heavy topics though including children kidnapped to be forced to prostitution. (It looks like in some countries it's on Prime Video but I don't know what subtitles or dubbing it has been.)

Salvador (2006) is a biopic showing the events that led the 25-year-old Catalan anarchist Salvador Puig Antich to be sentenced to death in 1974. It's been years since I watched it now, but I remember when I saw it as a teenager it impacted me greatly even though I already knew the story. (The whole movie is on YouTube but without English subtitles, for streaming platforms it's on Filmin but it looks like it doesn't have English subtitles either, but there are downloadable subtitles online.)

[venomtheally]

It's been 16 days since I saw the 2024 film "Better Man," about British pop star Robbie Williams, and I can't think about anything else. There is a demon inside of me, possessing me, taking over my mind and body, so that instead of saying normal things to people, like "How's your week been?" or "The weather's been so cold lately!" I say things like, "Hi! I can't stop thinking about the 2024 film 'Better Man,' about British pop star Robbie Williams but he's played by a chimpanzee. I really wanna see it in theaters again but they took it out and I'm so mad!" or "Have you heard of British pop star Robbie Williams? No, not Robin Williams, Robbie -- so, basically, he has a new brilliant biopic out where he's played by a CGI ape and it made me cry!"

The longest I've gone without listening to a Robbie Williams song in the past 72 hours is the 7 hours when I was asleep last night - I fell asleep listening to "Angels" live at Knebworth and woke up and immediately put on "Come Undone."

I had some friends over today for the first time in a month and I sat them down and showed them several Robbie Williams music videos by way of greeting.

I wish I could function normally again but every time I close my eyes I see him... that CGI chimpanzee doing cocaine and heroin and beefing with the Gallaghers and singing "My Way" in a reconciliatory moment... free me from my curse, but also don't, because I need more people to see the light and go watch this goddamn movie.

[firespirited]

Robbie Williams has always been aware of the fourth wall. He has that Bo Burnham sixth sense of the audience. He's been so self aware since his mid twenties that he talks like he can pre-hear his words filtered back at him by an editor happy with a money shot moment, by the tabloids cherry picking the quotes, an uncomfortable smirk on his face as each word lands as he expected it to like he's hearing echoes.

The man has a beyond choreographed, over-thought, over-media-savvy demeanour forged by being so incredibly visible and having to orchestrate his image. The very careful rascal pushing at the boundaries without losing your attention or affection.

It makes sense for him to be played by a CGI chimp, Robbie Williams has been a construct of a construct of authenticity since he was a kid. Which is not to say that Williams isn't real just that he's existed in a hall of mirrors so long he knows how to make eye contact with them all and it's uncanny.

The monkey forces a remove and brings back the human essense of this biopic. It makes us reconsider the overly exposed man.

I don't like musicals much and really don't like biopics that force a hero's journey framework on to lives that aren't at all that linear.

However, Better Man finds it's 'rise and fall and rise again' story by doing 1990-2001* and not his still eventful career and personal life in the past twenty years.

*there are songs from after 2001 used to score the film and likewise the Knebworth concerts were in 2003 but the film's arc ends with the Swing When You're Winning era.

The conceit of the monkey works: it feels authentic, it winks at itself. It knows that it's a mix and match jukebox film that's slightly out of order on events and very out of order for what songs were written when

... but it makes emotional sense. It makes more emotional sense than a straight documentary where where any interview with Robbie has five layers of irony and fame-meta bouncing off him.

It works whether you know him or not because it feels honest in its artifice. The core story is real.

The film has realistic scenes of drug use, self harm, suicidal ideation and some gruesome metaphorical-made-real fight scenes.

I get the sense that RW has been able to be so raw about this time in his life and still seem open despite being a very private person because this is a part of his life that hasn't belonged to him for a while, played out by a facet of himself. In many ways he's not even the same man.

It's hard to explain. Like, most biopics and documentaries about British celebs have a whole section about the shock of fame and the shock of the tabloids.

RW doesn't. He wanted fame for sure, and he saw the tabloids and their narratives coming. It was even part of his self harm to see himself in print being a mess. His relationship to himself partly played out in what he let the press, the music and the fandom reflect of him. I guess I *hope* he's not the same man and has a self that's entirely separate with his wife and kids that's none of our business.

Monkey film is worth watching as a human story and maybe as a warning to avoid chasing views, likes, etc instead of enjoying your craft.

[ddejavvu]

you should do a spencer one where he accidentally calls shy reader a pet name and it’s kinda awky but cute and they both are blushing

"Popcorn," You hand the bowl over to Spencer so that you can sit down on the couch without spilling any, and when you fold into his side, he wraps his arm over your shoulders.

"Check," He hums, and you reach for the remote.

"Movie," You select the title you've decided on, a biopic on a late cancer scientist.

"Check."

"Blanket," You fold the edge of the throw over your lap, and finally your movie-watching date is ready to roll.

"Check," Spencer reaches for a handful of popcorn, but presses a kiss to your temple first, "Thanks, honey."

You freeze.

He's never called you a pet name before.

The sweet tone of his voice whenever he speaks to you suggests that he totally and irreversibly adores you, but never before has he dared to adopt a pet name for you. The way he says your name makes it like one, there's never been any need.

"Uh... -bunches? No, that's- that made it worse." He decides, rambling to fill the awkward silence, "I- I'm sorry, Y/N, I didn't mean to make it weird, or- or freak you out, I just- it just came out? Like, I didn't even think about it, but I'll stop, and-"

"No, Spencer," You reach for his hand above your shoulder where he's trying to retract it, bringing it down over you again, "It's okay. I- um, I just wasn't expecting it. But I-" You pause, cheeks so hot that you could fog up glasses, "I liked it."

"You did?" Spencer breathes, cautious as the biopic starts its intro.

"Well, not- not the 'bunches' part," Your face curves into a soft, giddy smile, "But yeah, I really... really liked it."

"Okay," Spencer melts against you, his nose pressed to your temple. You can feel his smile against your skin, his slightly chapped lips in a sweet grin, as his hot cheeks press to your face, "Okay, uh- honey. I'm glad you like it."

You let out a feeble whine and turn your face in to hide against Spencer's neck. He's still intent on mashing his face into yours, so you don't get very far, and end up pressed nose-to-nose like cats.

"That was cute," He admires you, nose slotted beside yours.

"I'll cry," You threaten, and you're sure he can feel how hot your cheeks are, "I mean it, Spencer. No more teasing."

"Sorry, honey." He's been emboldened, and you scarf down a handful of popcorn just to get away from his sickeningly sweet puppy eyes, "I'm not teasing," He swears, "It's just- it's really easy to get you to blush."

"You too," You gush, pinching at his rosy red face. He's equally as sheepish, ducking his face so that you can't see his poorly-concealed smile.

"No more teasing." Spencer finally relents, and you release his cheek after one last good squish as he grumbles, "'Thought I was gonna have to add 'bunches' back in there to get you to stop."