#also whoever had the idea to give us these behind the scene film pics

[boilingcowboy]

I KNOW WHAT SCENE THAT IS I KNOW WHAT SCENE THAT IS I KNOE WHAT SCENE THAT IS I KNOW WHAT SCENE THAT IS I KNOW WHAT SCENE THAT IS I KNOW WHATS HAPPENING I KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING (pretend I am jumping up and down like a ball for full effect)

[agentnico]

Fool’s Paradise (2023) Review

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Mac and Charlie Write a Movie. *Cue music*

Plot: A down-on-his-luck publicist discovers a former mental health patient who looks just like a misbehaving movie star. He soon becomes an unlikely celebrity when he gets thrown into the bright lights and behind-the-scenes bustle of Hollywood.

Charlie Day is a funny chap. He’s proven this on the long running FX comedy series It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and also in his various film appearances, including the amusing Fist Fight which literally is about two teachers played by Day and Ice Cube getting into a fist fight. I mean, whoever came up with the idea of putting these two together in a movie to have a fist fight at school deserves some type of medal. Heck, give the guy a Noble Prize for outstanding achievement in pairing fun opponents for a fight! Anyway, now Charlie Day is giving us his directorial film debut with Fool’s Paradise where he directed, written, produced and starred in. It’s evidently a passion project of his that he’s been working on since 2018 and took his time to make the movie that he wanted by undergoing several reshoots, taking script advise from the one and only Guillermo del Toro himself, and overall put his heart into. 

So it is to much shame that I am here to report that Fool’s Paradise is not a good film. What’s worse is that its a movie that has so much potential, and Day’s ambitions come from a very good place, but the result is a movie that is kind of a waste of time. Inspired by silent films of the bygone era of the likes of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, Charlie Day seemingly is trying to bring back the good natured simple comedies that relied sorely on slapstick physical comedy and situational humour. Nowadays we primarily get raunchy American comedies or farcical entertainment reliant on pop culture references. Not dissing any of those, but I can see how Day is trying to bring back that old-school satire to modern screens. So from the get-go this movie wasn’t going to be a box office hit, as it is made for a very niche market. However for all its good motivations, Fool’s Paradise results in a bland satire with very unfunny jokes, a lazy confused plot and a stacked waste of a talented cast.

Fool’s Paradise strives to poke fun at the industry quirks of Hollywood, the mercurial nature of star power and the strange characters one can meet along the way. A fine premise that worked well for multiple seasons of Netflix’s BoJack Horseman, and even the recent Chazelle pic Babylon had something to say on the matter, however here Day seems to not have anything new or insightfully ambitious to add to the subject, beyond pointing out the obvious caricatures that are involved in the movie industry business. And on this journey it seems Day has forgotten to add the actual jokes, and if there is a bigger sin for a comedy to have is to not have funny jokes.

Casting wise Fool’s Paradise is a cameo cavalcade of stars. Obviously Charlie Day himself stars as the main mute, and though he did alright, I feel like for a character that is definitely inspired by Chaplin, Day misses the essence of what made Chaplin’s character so amusing. That being a character that physically reacts in funny ways to the world around them, and sometimes not in the most natural ways. However Charlie Day’s one and constant reaction to everything in this movie is puzzled looks and arched eyebrows. That may make for a somewhat adorable persona, but overall there’s not much else to him. Ken Jeong is miscast as the down-on-his-luck publicist, as even though Jeong is perfect for underlining the over-the-top annoying nature of this character, when it comes to the more dramatic elements and developing his central-to-the-plot friendship with Day’s Latte, Jeong simply doesn’t have that emotional depth to portray those elements. As for the rest of the ensemble, as I aforementioned it is very much see-if-you-recognise-them cameo stroll, and even though it is amusing to see some recognisable faces, a lot of them feel very forced and thrown it just for the sake of it. Common and John Malkovich especially suffer from popping in in their respective singular scenes to give some random monologues that feel as if they are attempting to make some needless political statement, and then folks like Jason Bateman and Jillian Bell are given even less to do. I’d say stand outs include Jason Sudeikis and Adrien Brody, both of whom are talented actors and as such know how to deliver even the worst of lines in a somewhat funny delivery, and to be fair when either of them were on screen I was at least mildly entertained. Also Ray Liotta in one of his final roles, again, brings his natural gravitas and umph-factor as a Hollywood producer, and I must say Hollywood really has lost one heck of an acting legend. 

Fool’s Paradise is very much a meandering journey through a set of unfunny sketches, and an unfortunate result for Charlie Day, as this very much feels like a movie he’s put a lot of efforts into and it simply hasn’t worked out. As Will Ferrell once put it - “you start on these endeavours and you never try to make them bad but some just miss the mark beyond your control”. So here’s to hoping Charlie Day’s next endeavour does hit the mark.

Overall score: 3/10

[dlwritings]

Never Have I Ever | Tom Holland

masterlist found here

pairing - Tom x reader word count - 2,193 warnings - implications of sex and mention of nudes A/N - for the two anons who requested | the Never Have I Ever bit is based on this classic One Direction interview

summary - You and Tom had been dating for a while, and a stupid iCloud hacker caused some intimate pictures to leak. When things get a little awkward at an interview, your cast mates had your back.

It’s in the moments when life is going really well that one should start to get suspicious. Especially when your life is so publicized, you should always be on your toes.

You should’ve known when things were going so well with Tom that they were bound to come crashing down eventually.

Your relationship had been going on privately for about six months. You met on the set of Spider-Man: Far From Home. You weren’t playing an important character or anything, just one of the background students going on the European trip. Something about you just caught Tom’s eye. The more time he spent with you, the more he realized he was falling for you.

However, your publicists were both very strict about your relationship needing to remain private. While nothing about the two of you being together was illegal, the world didn’t exactly need to see Hollywood heartthrob 23-year-old Tom Holland parading around with up-and-coming singer-slash-actress 18-year-old (Y/N) (Y/L/N). Everyone on your teams could already see the headlines, and they wouldn’t exactly do wonders for either of your images. Tom would be seen as a perverted cradle robber, and you would be seen as a ladder-climbing slut. It was pretty much a lose-lose situation.

So, you kept it on the downlow. Your friends, immediate family, and fellow castmates knew, but you never went public about it. This didn’t mean you couldn’t go on dates together, but PDA had to be minimal to non existent. This wasn’t a huge deal, because you weren’t one to make out with your boyfriend in public anyway. So, everything was going fine.

Again, that was when you should’ve realized everything was about to go to shit.

There were a few weeks when Tom was filming in Prague and you didn’t need to be there, so you were home in London. During those weeks, it was only natural for you and Tom to have some intimate conversations. You were both young, and going from almost daily sex to none at all wasn’t easy. You sent him a few pictures, he reciprocated, there were a few steamy phone calls and some text messages here and there, but that was it. It was all normal young adult behavior. The only thing was, neither of you were considered normal young adults.

You got the phone call in the dead of night. One phone call you might’ve missed, but the endless stream that was coming in was impossible to ignore. You saw the caller ID read Monica - manager, so you answered it, feeling panic settle in your chest immediately. Monica was a friend at this point -practically an older sister- but she would have no positive reason to call at 1:00 in the morning.

“Everything’s fine,” she said as soon as you picked up.

“Monica-”

“Someone hacked Tom’s iCloud,” she said.

“Okay,” you said slowly. “So?”

She cleared her throat awkwardly. “Apparently, the two of you have shared some, um, intimate phot-”

“OH MY GOD!” you screamed. “NO! No way! FUCK!”

“It’s okay,” she said, trying to calm you down. “It’s okay.”

“It’s very clearly not okay!” you shouted. “My naked photos are on the internet! You know who has access to the internet?”

“I mean-”

“Everyone!” you said. “And you know who is a part of everyone?”

“(Y/N)-”

“My mom!” I shouted. “My mom is going to see naked photos of me. She probably thinks I’m still a virgin! Oh my god. The whole world is going to think I’m a slut.”

“Okay, but you’re not a slut,” Monica said, her voice soothing.

“But-”

“It’s very important to me that you know that this does not make you a slut,” she said. There was that older sister vibe coming out. “Everyone shares nudes, alright? Someone else stealing and sharing those doesn’t make you a slut. Okay?”

You took a stabilizing breath. “Okay.”

“We took the picture down where it was originally posted,” she said. “I’m sure people have already saved it though, but you know what? It’s going to be fine. We’ll tackle the PR when it comes up. There’s nothing we can do about it now except handle it like adults and remind the world that you and Tom are both adults.”

Tom.

“Okay,” you said again. “Thanks for calling me.”

“Try and get some sleep,” she said. “I’ll call you in the morning.”

“Sleep,” you scoffed. “Right.”

As soon as you hung up with Monica, you called Tom. He picked up on the first ring. “(Y/N)-”

“Why’d you put it on the cloud?” you shouted, unable to stop yourself.

“Everything backs up automatically!” he said defensively. “This isn’t my fault!”

“Well it isn’t my fault!”

“I’m not saying it is!”

“Whose fault is it then?”

“The 40-something-year-old pervert who hacked into my account and leaked the photos!”

You couldn’t help but let out a short laugh. Tom did the same, and you ran a hand through your messy bedhead. “This is a disaster, Tom,” you mumbled.

“I know,” he said. “I’m so sorry.”

“It’s okay,” you said, waving a hand dismissively even though he couldn’t see it.

“You know, it’s going to be brought up next week during press,” Tom said. In your sleepy state, you had forgotten that next week, you were starting press for the film. You sighed into the receiver.

“We’ll cross that bridge when we get there,” you said.

The following week came, and neither you nor Tom had responded to any of the internet’s comments on the nudes. Your publicists both decided it would be best to address the situation only when it arose during an interview. That way, the words could come directly from your mouths without any chance of misinterpretation or poor wording from a tweet or Instagram post. It would also come across as more professional than if Tom blabbed about it during an Instagram live.

The first interview that happened was on Jimmy Kimmel Live. You had both done an interview with Jimmy before, and he was one of the nicest guys on late night TV. You hoped he would be kind about it all. Maybe, if you were lucky, he wouldn’t even bring it up. To make the night even better, you would be sharing the couch with Jake, Jacob, and Zendaya. You knew you’d be a little bit more at ease with them there.

Everything about the interview was going fine at first. Jimmy was asking you all questions about the film and what life behind the scenes was like with such a crazy cast. After the commercial break, Jimmy informed the audience that you would be playing a game. The game, of course, had already been approved by your PR team. That didn’t mean you had any idea what it was.

“We’ve asked Twitter to send in their best questions for never have I ever,” Jimmy said. “Now, I’ve not seen any of these questions, but they have been cleared by our team.” Jimmy handed the five of you paddles that read I HAVE on one side and NEVER on the other. “I will be playing too, because I think it’s only fair,” he said with his usual smile.

You could hear your heart beating in your ears, but you painted on your superstar smile to mask your nerves. Surely the questions wouldn’t be that bad if Jimmy’s team cleared them.

“From Paula comes, Never have I ever danced naked in the rain,” Jimmy said.

“In the rain?” Tom said.

“Naked?” Jacob clarified. Jimmy nodded with a laugh as he flipped it to the NEVER side. Everyone put NEVER except Jacob.

“Alright, Jacob?” Tom laughed.

“Listen, we’ve all had some wild nights, alright?” he said. “This is a judgement free couch.”

“Alright, next,” Jimmy said with a laugh, “comes from John: Never have I ever joined the mile high club.”

You and Tom looked at each other for a millisecond that you hoped wasn’t caught on camera. Even though it was a lie, you put NEVER. There were some things you just weren’t going to reveal about yourself, even if the whole world had already seen you naked. Jake put I HAVE, and swore he wouldn’t say who he joined with. 

“From Alex: Never have I ever-” Jimmy cut himself off with an awkward laugh. You could tell he wasn’t too thrilled with the questions either. You wondered if someone would get fired after this. “Never have I ever been naked in public.” More questions went by like that: smoked a joint, slept with someone twice or half my age. All things that could stir up PR nightmares and just made you into a liar. 

Jimmy started to read the next. “From Kayla: Never have I ever-” It was evident he was upset, and you wondered for a moment if he’d even read it aloud. “Never have I ever taken a nude photo.”

Laughter spread across the audience as you all played with the paddles in your hands. You couldn’t even get yourself to look at the camera, and Jimmy threw his paddle over his shoulder. “Whoever picked these questions,” he said with a slight laugh, “is in for a stern talking to tonight.”

“Honestly, what did they expect?” Jake asked. “You give us these paddles, and you really think we’re suddenly going to answer these questions? Like Yeah!” He waved his own paddle in the air. “I’ve done all the drugs! Cocaine, heroine! Marijuana is a pussy’s drug.” At this point, you couldn’t tell if he was being sarcastic or serious. Still, the audience laughed, and Jake threw his paddle behind him too. He looked at the camera and pointed at it. “We know what you sick perverts want,” he said, “but listen here. These kids-” He pointed at you, Tom, Zendaya, and Jacob. “-are media trained superstars, alright? You really think that Tom “Spider-Man” Holland is gonna stand up and say, This morning, I woke up, rolled a joint-” He was doing a terrible British accent while miming his actions and had everyone dying. “-and then took a dick pic before running through the streets of Los Angeles butt ass naked? You really think this guy is gonna say that? They’re not gonna say that!”

Zendaya took the paddle from Tom and took yours as well, then put them together so the I HAVE sides were touching and both sides of the paddle said NEVER. “They might as well say this, Jimmy,” she said, thrusting the paddles back into your hands. “Never, and never. Never. Never.”

“Yeah!” Jacob agreed. “You all are sick!” He folded his arms across his chest with a sarcastic huff, and everyone applauded him while laughing. You almost had tears in your eyes.

Within a few minutes, the show went to commercial break, and Jimmy apologized profusely to the five of you, mostly to you and Tom since everyone knew the questions were directed more at you. “I honestly had no idea what the questions were,” he said. “I have no idea why they were cleared.”

“It’s fine,” you said. “I think it’s safe to say though that you guys-” You looked at Jake, Zendaya, and Jacob. “-saved us.”

“We’ve always got your back,” Zendaya said, giving your arm a comforting squeeze. You smiled and laid your head on her shoulder while Jacob reached out and squeezed your hand. Jake was talking quietly to Tom, and you could see in both of their eyes that Jake was saying something meaningful. Tom was smiling appreciatively and nodding along.

By the time you and Tom got back to your hotel, the clip of you on Jimmy’s show was already trending. You showed Tom all the tweets, and the two of you shared a laugh. “Glad we can laugh about it now,” Tom said, getting under the covers of the bed beside you.

“Oh believe me, I’m still crying inside,” you said, “but the others made it a little easier.”

“And I didn’t?” Tom teased.

“You’re the one who got them leaked in the first place,” you said.

“You said-”

“I’m joking, div,” you said, hitting him with one of the pillows. Tom laughed and lightly smacked you back. You eventually curled back up to his side, and Tom put his arm around you.

“In all seriousness,” he said, “I’m really sorry this all happened.” You looked up at him to see him already looking down at you. “It’s not fair that this shit is already happening to you. I feel like, like I’m supposed to protect you, you know? And I just fucked that right up.”

“You don’t need to protect me,” you said. “That’s an extremely outdated gender role.” You placed a kiss to his neck, just below his jaw. “But I appreciate you looking out for me. We can’t control the rest of the world. Just ourselves. Just because I can’t trust the rest of the world to respect my privacy doesn’t mean I can’t trust you.”

You were both quiet for a long time, and just when you thought Tom had dozed off-

“You’ll still send me nudes when I’m away, right?”

“I hate you.”

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[taekooktimeline]

November 2019

Filmed in November. Jk and Tae both were very affectionate to each other. Jk was attentive in his gift to Tae.

Jk worked really hard on his snow globe, keeping quiet, which the other members teased him for.

Tae’s expression when he found out the snow globe was for him:

The letter Jk wrote to Tae, the winter bear:

Jk says the letter is short because “the closer you are, the shorter the letters.” he also agrees minimalism is done for those you love.

(see Ship Queen “Jungkook and Taehyung Moments Winter Package 2020”, see also Vkookism “Winter package – Taekook”)

BTS read letters to ARMY. When it’s Jk’s turn to read his letter to ARMY, he tears up.

The members ask Jk about an acronym he created.

Jimin and Tae both create acronyms to cheer Jk up.

All the members comfort Jk. Hobi and Jimin even get up to give Jk a hug, while Joon leans in for it.

Tae waits for the shoot to end and then goes to Jk, proceeding to rub his cheeks and tousle his hair.

(http://kweendeoks.com/wp20, timestamp 40:36)

While in the car heading to a shoot, Tae suggests the members play a word play game.

Jk shouts “V!”

And the members - joining Jk’s habit - begin to sing Tae’s part in “Jump” while Tae smiles shyly.

  (http://kweendeoks.com/wp20, timestamp 49:43)

Once there, Jk was shooting Jm but left and ran, almost slipping, to take photos of Tae. The following includes the maknae line being playful. Do not view negatively.

Jk is filming members for his GCF. In this scene Jimin is the subject:

Tae’s official shoot begins:

Jk realizes and arrives in a rush saying he needs to get Tae’s shots from this picturesque location:

Jimin calls out for Jk since they were in the middle of shooting. The subtitles in brackets are comments from the official dvd and are not meant to be serious.

Jk can be seen taking pictures of Tae  (black pants and light brown jacket):

Jimin continues to be playful:

Throughout the unit shoot Jimin kept getting close to Jk - who was not engaging - and Tae can be seen eyeing them. At one point Jk stops him and turns him around:

Tae approaches Jimin and appears to be putting on an “are you challenging me?” façade: hands in pockets as he sniffs and holds a silent hard stare - in a joking manner, of course. Both Jungkook and Jimin look at Tae who locks eyes with the latter:

Jk audibly chuckles:

Jk’s smile grows as Tae keeps his stance:

Jimin compliments him as a peace offer:

(https://kweendeoks.com/wp20, time stamp 55:40)(In case original gets taken down: https://youtu.be/VHdLvjlMgFE, and Hollywood movie by NK - https://youtu.be/5a5uZQODUt0)

Please understand this is how they joke around and they are comfortable enough to do so. They have a strong bond and big trust. Jimin has always been playful and flirty and he does it to other members as well. 

  A shot of Tae through Jk’s GCF just because - 

The next day Jk smells Tae’s hair during a photo shoot with him and Joon.

Jk tries to put his arm on Tae but it doesn’t work. They laugh.

(http://kweendeoks.com/wp20, timestamp 56:58)

Bonus photos in the winter package photo book -

(see more winter package photos at taekook_rainbow insta - https://www.instagram.com/p/CAdn6qrp0HY/?igshid=4ffwa4y1o7p9) 

sweet moments captured in winter package: (note for the first pic of the series, Joon was cropped out by whoever is the original owner. Since it’s still a sweet photo showing Taekook, it was included). 

(http://kweendeoks.com/wp20, timestamp 59:21)

That night - while writing in their diaries - Tae playfully rolls over Jk.

(Timestamp 2:35)

Tae then sits behind Jk.

Jimin laughs and nudges Jk to turn around. They both then laugh at Tae.

(Timestamp 2:32)

Jk also asks Tae to say the word “suwon-menjinna”.

When Tae repeats it, Jk turns around with a big smile and scrunches his nose.

(All diary moments above from https://youtu.be/rPe1Rwi4tx0, final moment is at Timestamp 1:35)

Please note for the diary entries, we chose to use an analysis video because it zoomed in on the actual interactions between Tae, Jungkook and Jimin, whereas in the raw footage, it’s a small footnote in the corner of the diary entry. Example of how it looks in the raw footage: 

A soft moment in the winter package included Jk running his hand through Tae’s hair and calling Tae “innocent” when Tae enjoyed playing with a doll. Jk says this in his deep voice that people jokingly say is reserved for Tae. Tae gets shy. 

Continuing with Tae’s innocent doll play, here is an example of Tae and Jimin getting along perfectly fine and being playful:

(http://kweendeoks.com/wp20, Timestamp for when Jimin and Jungkook join Tae starts at 1:07:51). 

Notable mention about Tae’s travel notebook - Jimin and Jk both wrote in it (captured on film). It’s speculated Jk was the one to write the lyrics “when I say I love you” with a music note. The song is by Kim Dong Ryul and the title is “like a child”. See below for English lyrics. (photos from Vkookism)

Jk’s doodle is seen in the first pic circled in red.

another shot showing what Jk wrote, circled in red.

Tae’s travel notebook:

Confirmation its Jk’s handwriting:

Another screenshot showing Jk’s writing in Tae’s notebook:

Lyrics:

Also worth nothing - The smiley faces

(Screengrabs taekook_rainbow insta)

Funny moment - close to the beginning of the DVD, when Tae said his team name with Yoongi would be “team holding hands”, Jk’s expression was interesting. We believe that this moment is dramatized since Tae and Yoongi have always been a bit awkward together (that’s the reason they had the idea to hold hands in the first place) and they all have trust but a writer still gets a laugh out of it:

(Hollywood movie by NK - https://youtu.be/5a5uZQODUt0)