#but objectively this is the best film

[somebodylovesyougcv]

the ballad of songbirds and snakes… im gonna say it… that’s the best hunger games movie they ever made. its like they learned from the original four and knew exactly how to capture this prequel perfectly with all of the elements of the old movies plus just simply breathtaking set, direction, writing, and ACTING. THE ACTING.

[art--harridan]

[Image description: A traditional drawing of Nancy Thompson in the film a Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors. It's a headshot which is drawn with coloured pencils. She has a large white streak in her long, curly hair. Her expression has a slight grimace to it with her mouth open to show her teeth and her eyebrows beginning to pull together. Her eyes look off into the distance. The glimpse of her shoulders shows she's wearing a red shirt with a v-neck, a necklace peaking out from under it. The colours are bold and warm and the coloured pencils give the piece a grainy texture. There's a pale yellow circle behind her, with the rest of the background being the off-white of the paper.]

Nancy Thompson - A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (Chuck Russell, 1987)

[hopeinthebox]

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[thebrideofreanimator]

i did the silly movie thing

[avephelis]

MUTANT MAYHEM THOUGHTS IT WAS SUPER AWESOME LET'S FUCKING GOO

BANGER BANGER BANGER FILM. definitely the thing i liked most was the visuals - the style is SO UNIQUE (with the deliberately misshapen designs and grungy colours with harsh neon contrast and the FUCKING !! SKETCH/SCRATCH LINES DUUDE), and the animation was just so full of personality and an absolute joy to watch.

AND SHOUT OUT TO THE EFFECTS AND LIGHTING ANIMATION ESPECIALLY HOLY SHIT ??? every time they had the scratched on light rays or scribbled smoke and dust i started like DROOLING dude.

the cinematography was also just absolutely amazing - incredible use of the medium to do these fantastic running shots with complex angles. favourite sequence was definitely the side shots of the boys fighting and interrogating people (SO smooth and the fighting choreography was incredible and showcased their styles and personalities so well, and the intercut sense of MOTION. dude. banger.)

AND !! THE FUCKING SOUND DESIGN!! especially the score dude MY GOD i loved the use of pitchy and unconventional instruments it fit the movie to a tee.

LOVED THE CHARACTERS! particularly the boys and the other mutants (mondo wingnut and leatherhead especially). all the interactions were super sweet and well-written and i just LOVED the VA performances - played off each other immaculately. i love how cringe and unapologetically TEEN the turtles are. and adored splinter too.

i think i'm glad they focused more on developing their relationship as a family than individual character arcs, because it helped reduce any bias or favouritism for specific turtles (COUGH leo and raph ahem), and also worked best with the super fast pacing, i think. didn't feel too cramped in all the busyness.

that said, i did struggle with the comedy a bit? particularly the reference humour. NOT THAT IT WAS ALL BAD! quite a few got a laugh out of me, but there were so many packed into such a small amount of time that it ended up getting a bit distracting. felt a bit like "let's wave all our properties in your face" and kind of out of place at times (i would've preferred for them to be less frequent, or for the references to be knock-offs)

i don't think the plot was the MOST compelling, either, but really that's fine, because it wasn't trying to be. the focus was on the art and action and dynamics and it is completely fine for it to focus more on that than thematic and emotional beats.

oh also i can't decide whether i love or hate the milking joke. funny at times but the more they retreaded it the more uncomfortable it felt lmao.

overall i think it is the most technically impressive tmnt movie, that i've seen at least, and from a cinematography point of view? ABSOLUTELY MIND-BLOWING. but it isn't necessarily the most emotionally compelling tmnt movie, and you know what? that's okay! because is wasn't trying to be, and it absolutely excels at what it aims itself towards.

[possum-quesadilla]

The lighthouse is infamouse in my house

Cause if i am correct about what film we're talking about

Its really artsy i think

And I have a brother who is a cinema nerd and likes artsy movies and once for movie night with my older siblings he showed em the lighthouse, now whenever someone puts a bad movie they say

"Hey at least its not the lighthouse"

Wich is so funny to me because my brother keeps getting bullied for it years later

He showed them the light house during quarantine

I dont doubt it being good i just want you to know whenever you mention the lighthouse this is what I think about, my dear brother who i talk theater stuff with.

That’s. This is so funny to me. But also devastating /lh

[fakin-friendos]

Finally watched the first 2 Alien movies and I'm delighted to report that the cat survives both of them

[politedemon]

aisling bea choosing superbob as one of her four favourites 🥺

[bulkyphrase]

Sunday movie report

Went to see Amerikatsi. It was very good! One of the best films we’ve seen this year.

Set mostly in a 1950s Soviet prison, it’s probably a little more lighthearted and hopeful than is realistic, but not in an obnoxious or cloying way. It’s heartwarming and funny and full of love for Armenia and her people.

Honestly, no notes or complaints. I loved it.

[sl0wdiver]

No Ben it isn't bad speak your truth cause frankly we all need to admit that Elf is a FUCKING AWFUL film and the only good thing it did was give Zoey Deschanel greater prominence

[yepthatsacowalright]

"I still sometimes say that's the genre I'm interested in: monster movie, but only if it's costumes and miniatures. I don't want CG monsters, I don't care." "Old school kaiju." "Yeah, only if I get to be the kaiju."

[cruelsister-moved2]

my ranking so far btw am i controversial

[haleths]

Curious to know what your top 5 films of the year would be? 👀

haha i was gonna say ask me again when the year is over, but then i started thinking about it and well...

barbarian

the batman

the banshees of inisherin

nope

decision to leave

worth saying that i've yet to see the fabelmans, glass onion (i adoreddd knives out so i wouldn't be surprised if this ultimately makes the list), tàr, and the whale

some of these won't be released in the uk until next year so idk if they count? but there you go 💕💕💕

[figsandtea]

Guillermo Del Toro, actual certified monster lover, would probably bop Tim Burton on the top of the head like a post driver and bury him 6 feet deep given the opportunity. And then write a touching and psychologically fraught horror story about the price of deifying famous people that ends with someone keeping the ghost of Tim Burton as a pet. He would haunt a hat box filled with rusty old keys.

Forever baffled by the fact that Tim Burton is still thought of as a defender of oddness. He treats monsters as things to be gawked at, to be drawn and imagined, then put away in a safe little box. He doesn't love monsters, he loves freak shows.

[proustianrevelry]

"You can't call a creator "bad" at art if the commodities they produce sell millions of copies and get translated into a billion other languages and comic books and movie deals and theme parks and-"

Stephen King dominated the entire English-language fiction market for decades, to the point that the entire publishing industry warped around him, and calling him a hack is the least controversial thing in the world! The Harry Potter books are not well written, their themes are trite and the positive moral lessons they contain are undone by the text's own sneering school bully mean streak.

They suck shit, stranger. Sorry you liked the literary equivalent of the milk left in the bowl after you ate all the cereal out of it. Kids love that shit, but that doesn't mean it warrants a recipe card.

[felidthing]

nausicaä and princess mononoke are not The Same yes they are similar in Having Environmental Themes and A Cool Princess Character but they are very different movies. very very. nausicaä is about a societal ignorance of the nature around it its about conflict between nations and a desire for a peaceful solution. its about taking the time to research the land and animals you live alongside and challenging your current beliefs about them. its about genuine interest in and compassion for animals no one else will love. princess mononoke is about hatred and revenge and how those things can ruin you and its about humanity's impact on its environment and respect for the environment and other animals and sacred things. its about being ostracized and finding new companions and having stronger relationships with them than could ever happen between you and your original home and its about finding those relationships again despite everything. both movies are about war and nature but so are countless others even from the same studio. san isnt even the same kind of "princess" nausicaä is