#but AUSTRALIA???? this movie is SO LONG already 😐😐😐

[manny-jacinto]

i cannot BELIEVE that out all of the things he created, baz luhrmann is releasing the extended version of Australia AS IF it’s not ALREADY the longest thing he has ever done in his life 😭

like baby girl, people want the extended version Moulin Rouge!, Romeo + Juliet or The Get Down not fucking Australia 😐

[awfullybigwardrobe44]

2, 4, 20 <3

Happy New Year! 🎆

2. Album of the year?

Haha I just posted a song from this album in my other response! But I really fell in love with Cain’s Honest Offering (Live). It’s only 5 songs, but so far, we do 3 of them at church. They are actually pretty hard songs to do, so learning them is a fun challenge. The lyrics are great and very impactful. And “Blessed Assurance” is just the jazziest, most fun sound.

4. Movie of the year?

…. I feel like I’ve watched so few movies this year tbh. I really enjoyed Inside Out 2.

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever was not my FAVORITE movie, but it was a GOOD movie and a great experience because 5/5 family members came with me. My grandma getting to go was really special.

20. What’s something you learned this year?

I guess one thing I learned is that attempting something bold can have a huge payoff.

My article on religious OCD got published this year. At first, I went looking at several organizations to see who accepted submissions, and my top 3 were Desiring God (solely because the people who need to read my article are the people who read and run Desiring God), Crossway, and The Gospel Coalition. None of those websites had a submissions page, even though I knew someone who had submitted to one in the past. The only one that accepted submissions was The Gospel Coalition (Australia).

So I was pretty disappointed, but I decided to pitch my article to the Australian branch on the off chance that they’d see my article and like it enough to forward it to the US branch. It was a shot in the dark, honestly.

“I live in the USA, and this is the only submission page for TGC that I was able to find. I would love for this article to be published in the US version of TGC, but it would also be an honor to be published by TGC Australia.” —the second sentence of my pitch email

They actually did end up doing forwarding it, but in an insane turn of events, The Gospel Coalition (US) was already running an article on religious OCD, so they didn’t want to run mine. (Another long story—the other one is a decent article, but it directs readers to some pretty bad and harmful resources. 😐)

But the Australian branch did, even if they hardly ever publish stuff from outside Australia.

So TLDR, I guess I learned that age-old lesson, “You never know until you try.” I honestly didn’t expect this to work, and I never would have imagined it working out like THIS, but ultimately, I think some people read it who needed to. I’ve heard a few stories/hints that it helped some people, and that’s all I really wanted.

Thanks for the ask! ❤️

[letamreviews]

Top of 2022

With 19 films watched and 2 favorited from 2022, I composed a list of my top. To coincide with 2019′s pure happenstance, the list is ‘almost’ an exact third (7) of the total films watched. Anything seen after the end of February, 2023, isn’t included (with 1 exception).

Honorable Mentions: Infernal Affairs remastered trilogy (2002 - 2003), Skinamarink, Vesper, TÁR Exception: Aranock’s Queer Relativity Why’s this so late? Yes, it is late.

Blind Rating is how worthwhile the film is watching “blind” (or knowing nothing). The scale is 1 (worth it) to 5 (you must). ‘Eh is essentially a 0.5.

1. Queer Relativity | Aranock (Canada)

Saw on YouTube in early March twice and listened to atleast once. i don’t even know (i guess: i fucking love it). Y’all, this movie fucked me up. Had to pause it so many times during first viewing this shit took me back so much. fuck Also, i fucking hate it. Blind Rating: 0.5/5 | film | Teaser | Description:

Hope you all enjoy my film on queer temporalities, language, and journey of discovering self

2. RRR (India)

Saw on Netflix in Hindi with English subtitles and again in theatre in Telugu with English subs. i fucking love it. Best (official) movie of the year. Don’t waste my time. Blind Rating: 1/5 Thoughts

3. Please Baby Please (USA)

Saw at Sie FilmCenter. i really like it (? tier). Holy fucking shit, this movie. lul Definitely put some people in the mood. Thoughts Quickie

4. Avatar: The Way of Water (USA)

Saw at Hawkins Theatres in 3D HFR and again at AMC Theatres in Real 3D. i really like it (mid tier?). Thoughts 1 & 2 Quickie

5. Everything Everywhere All at Once (USA)

Saw in theatre. i really like it (mid tier?). Y’all, I saw this in a theatre with 2-3 other dudes and we all bawled during the same scene. Shit was great. Thoughts Blind Rating: 0.5/5

6. Three Thousand Years of Longing (Australia & USA)

Saw at Hawkins Theatres. i really like it (high tier). Did not expect to enjoy it so much. Glad I went (and disregarded certain reviews). Thoughts

7. Nope (USA)

Saw at Harkins Theatres and again in VR (don’t ask). i really like it (mid tier?). Really enjoyed the entirety of it, especially as a story of two siblings. While I do see this as the director changing the horror genre (again? 🤔), I’m now wondering how much of it already exists in widely unknown indie films. 😐 (shout-out to LambHoot’s “The Resident Evil they keep Remaking...” video) Thoughts 1 & 2 Blind Rating: 1/5

[puppychacco]

🌸15 questions!🌸

thank you for tagging me besties <3 @murderyoursoul and @skzandnct mwa mwa

1. Are you named after anyone? I don’t think so

2. When was the last time you cried? Yesterday 🤪

3. Do you have kids? No

4. Do you use sarcasm? Ya

5. What's the first thing you notice about people? Oh I don’t know I wanna say like body language/expression but is that too obvious lol

6. What's your eye color? Brown

7. Scary movies or happy endings? Happy ending please I will cry

8. Any special talents? Besties not gonna lie I thought about this for a long time and couldn’t think of anything 🫠

9. What are your hobbies? Dancing! Does exercise count as a hobby? I’ve been really enjoy reformer pilates hehe umm looking at kpop boys obviously

10. Where were you born? Australia

11. Do you have any pets? I have a doggy she’s the love of my life actually

12. What sports do you play/have played? I have been doing ballet for…. a long time I think this will be my 21st year lol anyway didn’t have time for anything else 🙃

13. How tall are you? 169cm! (Annabelle we are nearly twins..)

14. Favorite subject in school? English! Genuinely used to enjoy writing essays likeeee that was fun

15. Dream job? Honestly being a ballet teacher was always my dream when I was younger! But I have also always thought about being a school counsellor or a child therapist etc idk I have just always had so many wonderful people in my life who have helped me and I would love to be that for someone 🥺

Ok ok guys if you have already done this pls ignore meeeee but I will tag: @faehae @stickyyong @sebin @bewby @nohshinwoos @skzuu no pressure but I will be watching 😐