#I have THOUGHTS about the film

[inspiteallthedanger]

Truly A Day in Life is THE Beatles’ song.

There could be no better representation of a day in the life of John verses a day in the life of Paul. And then the absolute beauty and peace that comes from them being together.

[peridot-tears]

Truths that Co-Exist

Barbie (2023) is a giant product placement that profits off nostalgia.

The writing is profound and life-changing and understands why we seek nostalgia in a way most nostalgia-driven entertainment doesn’t.

The film is self-aware about how even now, Barbie dolls set incredibly unrealistic beauty standards. Their “body diversity” does not even scratch the surface of what that phrase really means. I don’t expect this to change.

The film still made a beautiful statement with the scene on the bench about how societal beauty standards are narrow and restrictive! And that beauty comes from experiencing life and the marks it leaves on you!

Its feminist statements are validating. Many of us see our reality onscreen, and the great thing is that it includes how cishet men fall down a pipeline of toxic hypermasculinity. It also shows the solution, and allows men to express themselves despite what society expects them to be.

The film is a capitalist venture.

The cast (aside from the leads) and crew were probably overworked and severely underpaid during filmmaking.

We can still appreciate that something fun was made, and we all made another wonderful memory where we and our loved ones went to the movies color-matching in pink.

We should not feel guilty about seeing ourselves in this film.

Meanwhile, support the WGA and SAG-Aftra strike.

[goblins-riddles-or-frocks]

forever obsessed with dynamics between vampires, specifically that of a maker and fledgling, as a way to explore abuse. the creation of a vampire itself can so easily be a literalization of the lasting impacts of trauma and also much more simply the ways a perpetrator might shape their victim’s very identity. the extremes of isolation in the way that the new vampire, in most narratives, must cut all ties to their mortal life, or else go through an elaborate charade to maintain the facade of humanity, while forever still being removed from it. and the sheer dependence and vulnerability of being in an entirely new state of being, wholly uncertain of what it entails, and relying on another person to define… everything.

[avianssphere]

the man you love, your best friend

[toxxenn]

I haven’t seen people talk about this yet but just like fucking kudos to the marketing team of this movie because with the way everything was edited and marketed we all believed The Spot to just be some silly little guy. None of us, like Miles, was taking him seriously and that was ultimately the way he gained power.

[theposhperyton]

Is this anything chat

[dayas]

This post contains spoilers for Wicked (2024) and the Broadway musical!

A word on Cynthia Erivo’s performance as Elphaba in Wicked: Phenomenal.

In regards to the critique that she plays her too timidly: in my opinion, she plays her exactly as she is meant to be played. Watching Elphaba navigate Shiz University was so clearly a parallel to how Black women have to operate in Predominantly White spaces. Every single time her powers went out of whack, she was labeled as dangerous, and at the end, the Wizard and Madame Morrible immediately painted her out to be monstrous, vicious, and angry. Seeing her poster produced a visceral reaction in me — not because it was terrifying, but because it reminded me of those old fashioned racist posters 💀 which! Isn’t a bad thing, I think it speaks to the larger message of making Elphaba out to be the Wicked Witch, despite her only crimes at that point (that we know about) being attempted Animal Liberation and further Civil Rights movements. To me, watching Elphaba at Shiz was watching another Black woman try to fit in despite knowing she will never truly be like those around her, and to not draw any more of their ire and to not fly off the handle and be labeled as ‘angry’ or further outcast. When she sings I’m Not That Girl, it hits harder having been in that position and truly understanding what it means to not be desired or considered pretty or beautiful by anyone around you while your friends are. Honestly, it adds more in my opinion. I think Cynthia Erivo’s performance carried an excellent nuance that speaks specifically to Black women and our experiences. While it is perfectly okay to have a differing opinion, it would be a major disservice to overlook that very intentional lens painted by the film. As many have noted, having Elphaba be played by a Black woman adds so much depth to the character. It also shifts and adjusts how she presents herself when her Broadway and Book counterpart may be considered bolder (which begets a whole other essay on White Women, oppression Olympics politics, and needing elements of Whiteness to appear in oppressive narratives for the sake of ‘relatability’ despite them coming off, in my opinion, more disingenuous than not). All of this to say: Elphaba is still fierce in her own right. She stands up for herself, sets her own terms, but she does so within the realm of what is socially acceptable for a reason. I’m gonna need y’all to think a little more critically ❤️

[space-sheep08]

Actually so tired that people mainly focus on the bdsm when they talk about La Pianiste when we literally have this dynamic right here. Like, that's insane.

What if you were a little girl in her 40's who couldn't grow up because of your mother-wife who made you sleep in her bed and forced you to repress every sexual desires and thoughts of becoming your own person just to keep you close to her ? What if you fought back and yearned for dangerous things out of her reach ? But also, what if you let her because it's all you've ever known and been taught to want ?

[katabay]

PAGLUIB

way back in like. march?? I took a stab at writing some kind of kabitserye type of story but it was a mess: it kept veering off into murder mystery drama territory because I was reading a lot of murder mystery novels around then and it Wasn't Good because I hadn't tried writing mysteries, let alone murder mysteries, before lmao

I did write a handful of short mystery stories since then, so next year I might take a stab at this idea again now that I'm no longer jumping head first into a genre pool I don't know how to swim in :)

[bellamysgriffin]

JOAQUIN PHOENIX as THEODORE HER (2013) dir. Spike Jonze

[local-space-gay]

There’s just something so vindicating about the fact that Nimona got an Oscar nomination and Wish didn’t. Disney refused to finish the movie only for it to get picked back up and completely outperform the movie they released in the same year. Something something something we win.

[misandriste]

La Belle Endormie (2011) dir. Catherine Breillat

[peachy-keenss]

yeah im one of Those People sorry. I have drawn NOTHING BUT THIS for several days straight

[cyberdull]

in okinawa, hoshino meets death thrice, each encounter carving away at who he was

the sea drags him under, salt filling his lungs, until a girl pulls him back. innocence is lost, left drifting in the tide. a venomous sting pierces his foot, pain seeping into his heart, hollowing him from within. at the cliff’s edge, despair calls to him, but a voice pulls him back from the brink. the darkness, however, remains

the traveler’s words echo

「人は三回死ぬって言うんだ。最初は身体が死ぬ。次は心が死ぬ。そして最後は魂が死ぬ。」

"they say a person dies three times. first, the body dies. then the heart dies. and finally, the soul dies."

after, yuichi says,

「彼はもう、僕たちが知っている彼じゃない。」

"he’s not the person we knew anymore."

hoshino returns, but pieces of him remain lost to okinawa.

[gimmeshelter]

"who would have thought about joan of arc doing amateur film?"

ingrid bergman behind the scenes of joan of arc (1948)

[skitskatdacat63]

okay.