#my underrated fave barbie movie too

[enchanted-lightning-aes]

Currently haunted by my SamxBucky Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus AU. Sam as headstrong princess Annika and Bucky as sardonic blacksmith Aidan. Both getting on the wrong foot by their first encounter. Bucky nearly walking out until Sam says he made a mistake, wanting a second chance. To save his family and the kingdom's people that's been turned to stone. Then Bucky turning around after hearing how those words hit hard. Seeing the guilt in Sam's eyes, finding an unexpected kindred soul in him. Craving for a way to amend the mistakes he's made too. (This gifset as reference.) Joining him on his journey to build a Wand of Light, gathered by a measure of courage, a ring of love, and a gem of ice.

And when they part ways, Sam gets nearly killed from a pile of snow toppling down on him. Bucky shows up and digs him out of it, holding him close whispering 'I never should have left you'. And Bucky pleading for Sam to wake up. When Sam does, he's got the smile of relief and joy at the sight of Bucky, who's overwhelmed by the sheer fact that he's conscious again.

Yet also when they infiltrate Wenlock's fortress, Sam tells Bucky to follow his lead, who replies 'Maybe I can handle it'. Bc he thinks Bucky has never ice skated before. And then, Bucky shows off some moves and Sam goes 'Hmm, I guess he can'. Ala this scene.

This barbie movie can fit them so well, and it's haunting me so bad. 🫠🫠🫠

[zumpietoo]

Why I Haaaattteeddd The Barbie Movie

(and you should too!)

Okay, full transparency----moar often than not? I find acclaimed shit overrated and panned shit underrated.....and I think a lot (most) reviewers are full of shit and essentially informed what they will or won't love....

That said? This was pure and utter crap....

Which, honestly, would be fine.....but don't insist to me it's amazing genius----and when I point out it's crap, turn around and play the other end with, "it's a movie about a plastic toy, what do you expect?" Because you don't get to have it both ways....

First off, it's just bad: overlong, pointless/meandering, self-contradictory, stupid, abysmal dialogue, a plot akin to a porno, simultaneously pretentious, abysmal acting, crass, materialistic and full of smug, unlikable assholes at every turn.....

AND, that would be fine....if it were where it actually belongs, on Disney Channel or Nickelodeon, to pimp a new line of toys.

And no, it wasn't feminist----it was bad, pop/faux feminism and, actually, the sulky tween in her take down got it right.

Oh AND???? Gerwig has to fucking nerve to insult not one, but two of my fave classic works: The Godfather (which IS a work of genius and utterly amazing, even today, 60 years later---and actually moar contemporary in its way) and the BBC's early 90s Pride and Prejudice miniseries.....and the fans of those.....(people with working brains, per chance?).

To add insult to injury, the concept isn't even new----Disney had a TV(?) movie in the early 2000s (or late 90s), Lifesize, starring Tyra Banks and it was, honestly, sweeter, cuter and better done.

It's the same way Gerwig's accurately panned indie film Frances Ha is a fullbore ripoff of Melanie Mayron's way better from the 1970s Girlfriends.

Honestly? From where I'm standing the empress has no clothes and, inexplicably, everybody's terrified to admit it....maybe cuz they wanted to watch something really stupid and really plastic, but not feel bad about it.

It sucked. Admit it....

ETA: and, for the record, crass materialism, when handled correctly, works just fine......Clueless will forever be THE best, most accurate film adaptation of Emma, bar none....

[msclaritea]

Paul Schrader Says Elisabeth Moss Will Direct His “Feminine” Script & Names His Own 'Master Gardener' One Of 2023's Best Films

Paul Schrader Says Elisabeth Moss Will Direct His “Feminine” Script & Names His Own ‘Master Gardener’ One Of 2023’s Best Films

Let’s get to the new and then get to the semi-old, something we missed back in the day. Indiewire recently invited over 35 filmmakers to participate in a list of their favorite films of 2023. One of the filmmakers is the always-controversial Paul Schrader, who has named “Master Gardener” his own movie, one of his fave films of 2023.

Schader’s list in order goes like this:

Master Gardener

Oppenheimer (Lavender Mafia)

Barbie (Lavender Mafia)

American Fiction (Lavender Mafia)

Maestro (Lavender Mafia)

Fallen Leaves

Leave the World Behind

Last Summer

READ MORE: Paul Schrader Reveals Quentin Tarantino’s ‘The Movie Critic’ Will Recreate & Reimagine ’70s Films Like ‘Rolling Thunder’

Gotta love that he put it above Christopher Nolan and Greta Gerwig’s highest-grossing films of 2023 movies. And hey, maybe if you’re not your own champion, who will be, right?

In case you haven’t seen it, “Master Gardener” is quite good. It’s a moralistic crime thriller and the third in his recent “God’s Lonely Men” trilogy, which includes “First Reformed” and “The Card Counter.” The film stars Joel Edgerton, Sigourney Weaver, and Quintessa Swindell and centers on a meticulous horticulturist (Edgerton) who is devoted to tending the grounds of a beautiful estate and pandering to his employer, the wealthy dowager (Weaver). But the gardener’s life changes when he’s forced to take on the doyenne’s recently orphaned grandniece as his apprentice. It’s arguably the weakest of the three in his recent trilogy, but it is still quite good and fairly underrated, too.

Meanwhile, Schrader has updated us on a project we first broke details about because he announced them at the 2022 New York Film Festival screening of “Master Gardener” that we were at. At the time, Schrader said that his next film would be about a trauma nurse in Puerto Rico. Schrader has since said it’s about a female “Taxi Driver” character and would fit into his “God’s Lonely Man” trilogy. “So, I’m trying to write about this character again, but I’ll have to step aside, and it’s time to make him a her,” he said. “It’s [about] a trauma nurse in Puerto Rico.”

What we didn’t realize is that Schrader no longer plans to direct it; instead, having given it to Elisabeth Moss to direct, the actor who has shifted into directing during her time on “The Handmaid’s Tale” (she’s directed half a dozen episodes now, plus two more from her “Shining Girls” limited series she stared in).

In a recent interview with La Monde, Schrader talked about the project briefly, saying, “I wrote a “feminine” screenplay, which Elisabeth Moss will direct.”

Evidently, he told Indiewire more about the movie earlier this year, which is now titled “R.N.”

“I wanted to do a film about female sexual irresponsibility, mainly behavior that just causes trouble,” he said. “I thought, ‘This is really good.’ But there was a lot of explicit sex in it, masturbation. I’m an old male. ‘How am I going to direct this?’ This is not my part of town. There are a lot of female directors out there now, not like decades ago when there were only two or three. I feel out of place here, I feel like I’m in Spike Lee’s house telling him how to redecorate. And so, I decided not to do it. And then I subsequently have now offered it to Elisabeth Moss for her to star and direct.”

[deweyduck]

Hey girl hey 🎅🎄❄

That's fair enough, honestly YSUFT is that bitch

Also censoring ed sh**ran has lowkey sent me 💀💀💀

That's so cute about brooklyn and your sister 🥺🥺 I love brooklyn for the same reason 🤧 one day I will get my sister to listen to maisie 😆 also brooklyn, jhm and glowing review is a god tier trio of songs btw

Same honestly, I've never been to a concert on my own it's way too scary 😭 and at some point last year I thought i would have to go to this shitty sounding festival in my hometown that she was headlining if I wanted to see her but I knew literally maisie and one other artist (they weren't even playing the same day 😔) so I ended up not going but it was ok she came back here <3 tbh I feel like there's just way too much going on at festivals 😭

Anyway today's questions (plural bc I can 😌); which maisie songs represent your favourite characters in your opinion? & which underrated maisie song(s) is/are your fav(s)?

- MPNSS 🎅🎄❄

love this question bc i make so many playlists for characters!!!!

take care of yourself is about hunter and willow from the owl house i even made a gifset hehe 💛💚

brooklyn always makes me think of malibu and brooklyn from the barbie universe for obvious reasons lmao but i do think it reflects their friendship really well and big city big dreams (the movie that introduced brooklyn) came out around the same time as ysuft so in my head they're linked

villain is soooooooo audrey from descendants coded

i think some of my underrated faves would be place we were made, smile, milhouse, and happy hunting ground. honestly i'm not sure which maisie songs would be considered underrated/overrated 🤧 i know joanna hates smile so that makes it underrated to me iuhviusdfhvdfd

what are some of your favourite underrated maisie songs????

[borbi-edits]

barbie nutcracker (is it a fandom? if not, the classic period of barbie movies)

I'll do classic Barbie movies just because I don't know if I'll have an answer for all of them with just the Nutcracker 😁😅 (idk exactly what counts as classic so I'm just gonna say anything before 2010, mermaid tale feels like the first modern one to me)

blorbo (favorite character, character I think about the most)

My Blorbo - probably Annika and Brietta, the shit they went thru is crazy, and they're both hella badass!

scrunkly (my “baby”, character that gives me cuteness aggression, character that is So Shaped)

Like all of the animals, particularly the dragon from Rapunzel, she is baby. Also Lacey from 12 Dancing Princesses, she reminds me of myself as a child and I want to give her a hug and reassure her for her insecurities 🥺

scrimblo bimblo (underrated/underappreciated fave)

After watching Christmas Carol for the first time recently, I want so say Catherine. I feel like Eden gets a lot of love (understandable) but Catherine is pretty amazing too. The things she did for the orphans? The fact that she continued to believe her best friend was still a good person deep down long after every one else? Iconic and beautiful

glup shitto (obscure fave, character that can appear in the background for 0.2 seconds and I won’t shut up about it for a week)

All of the sisters from 12 Dancing Princesses that aren't Genevieve! I know they aren't super fleshed out but the fact that Mattel managed to make them all have a somewhat distinct personality in like a 90 minute movie is impressive.

poor little meow meow (“problematic”/unpopular/controversial/otherwise pathetic fave)

Laverna maybe? She's a good villain

horse plinko (character I would torment for fun, for whatever reason)

Ooof definitely Mouse King or Premmy, they are both SO extra their reactions would be amazing

eeby deeby (character I would send to superhell)

Debated between Wenlock and Mouse King but I think I'll have to go with Wenlock. They both PG-version-of-murdered countless people by turning them into inanimate objects but at least Mouse King didn't take multiple teenage brides

[the-yunhaneul]

OOC WEEK: DAY FOUR

When and how did you get into Harry Potter?: Honestly, HP was one of things where when the films started coming out I saw them, owned the DVDs etc. but I wasn’t hugely obsessed with it? Keep in mind I was 4 when the first film came out so my interests were very different, I was too busy watching Barbie movies and dealing with a new baby sister to be bothered by films in the same way I am now. I continued to get the films and watch them but it wasn’t until I was about 13/14 that the obsession got deep. I think that’s really the age tbh where I needed HP, I needed this idea of magic and this whole other world within our own where things seemed so much better and I needed to be a part of that, and ever since it’s been a growing love tbh. Though I’ll also admit I have a love/hate relationship with HP, for as many things it’s given me there are many things I question or find a little faulty?? If that’s the right word. Basically I feel like HP is my problematic fave of series :’)

Favourite HP movie? Why?: Without a doubt Goblet of Fire. I just love the whole thing, how much new information it gave us about the other schools, the more vivid inclusion of dragons and other magical creatures/beings. Also I love Cedric Diggory, I think he’s such an underrated character and frustratingly he’s only in that one film when he’s mentioned more in the earlier books. I also feel like poor Cedric gets hated on a lot because people think he’s a bit of a dick and forget that the books are basically in Harry’s POV and he’s jealous of Cedric so obviously the way he’s described and viewed is more negative then it needs to be. Basically Cedric deserved better and I love him in that film and the Twi-Wizard Tournament was a cool plot, I think.

Favourite HP book? Why?: I won’t lie, I feel like a sham... I haven’t read all the books, but hear me out on this, as I said earlier I didn’t get into HP until I was about 13/14 and then I started to read the books but then suddenly my GCSE exams were coming up and any reading I did ended up being reading for school and if I did read anything for leisure they were short stories or things that could help towards my GCSE exams. Then I went to college, took English Literature and as you can imagine that meant a lot more reading for school soooooo I never finished the series, I do intend to but I have like a long list of books I want to read/am reading/series I need to finish so who knows when it’ll happen. However, I will say I like the first book, I think the first book is a lovely introduction to the world of HP.

Favourite HP character? Why?: I love Neville. Adore him. Honestly, a part of me would’ve really liked Neville to have even more significance throughout the series, I feel like he played the part of a fool for so long and even though by the Deathly Hallows he’d matured and became a hero I still think he deserved more. I think there’s not a lot of appreciation for young Neville and everything he’s going through, there’s not enough recognition for the fact that he’s in a really difficult family situation and he deals with everything so well, he’s a kid who’s unpopular and not initially great at magic, living knowing his parents were tortured into a state of madness and I feel like not enough of that is appreciated? Plus tbh I think it would’ve been the best plot twist if he were actually the chosen one and Harry was just some diversion and Neville saved the day, I also would’ve liked it if Neville killed Bellatrix tbh or if he’d played more of a part in her demise because of her involvement in making his life extremely difficult.

Least favourite HP character, plot, or ship (or all three)?: My least favourite character is Peter Pettigrew because tbh I just feel like he was a twat and I feel like he was undeserving of being in Gryffindor, undeserving of the friendship he found in that house and undeserving of forgiveness. Plus it really urks me every time I hear Ron tell Harry there wasn’t a Death Eater who wasn’t Slytherin and I’m like “YOU’RE FUCKING RAT IS A GRYFFINDOR TRAITOR, RON!” because I’m very defensive of my house :’) My least favourite plot... erm... I don’t really like the whole sort of plot of Harry in pursuit of Cho Chang? I feel like maybe because she’s another character we hear barely anything of and then suddenly Harry is smitten with her and then not like a year after him and Cho are smooching (in front of Cedric’s picture and the pictures of all the relatives who are dead, which is super like weird in my opinion, like ‘oh poor Cedric, he was a good wizard, he really fancied you and now we should make out in front of his picture’ or maybe not, Harry?) but then he’s suddenly into Ginny and I feel like when his attention turns to Ginny our lovely Cho Chang gets sort of thrown to the side and she becomes unimportant again? Basically I feel like Cho Chang was used as a bit of a tool to make the Harry/Ginny thing more of a ‘surprise’ and she deserved better. My least favourite ship is... erm... I’m gonna be honest and go with Tonks and Remus. Don’t get me wrong I love Tonks, I love Remus and I love we get Teddy from them but I just never saw it? Maybe it’s again because in the films Tonks wasn’t really important for such a long time and then suddenly she shows up and oh by the way she loves Remus and suddenly she’s having a baby? And it’s like ‘woah ok what is happening?’. Plus I just think it’s really lame that JK was ‘going to have Remus be LGBT’ but then chose not to... but still made him a werewolf and used the metaphor which must not be named.

What’s your favourite HP-related memory?: You know one of my favourite HP memories is probably becoming part of the HP RPG community, I feel like I’ve learnt so much more about the series from interacting with other people but, more than that, I’ve heard so many new ideas and own headcanons that, to me, make the whole HP universe so much more interesting... Mainly ‘cause JK left a lot of gaps in information that I desperately need.

Why did you decide to start roleplaying HP-related stuff?: Honestly, I’ve only ever really been part of the HP RPG community and I got into it because a friend of mine was in a group and she told me about it but when I was scrolling the tag I found OL instead and the rest, as they say, is history.

Most interesting part of the HP world?: Erm... I think the creatures, tbh most of the reason I liked Fantastic Beasts was the creatures, I’d happily watch a film of just them in their little homes doing their thing.

Your wand: I’m gonna be honest, I have no idea hahahaha so basically when I first got Pottermore it was so great and fantastic and I loved all my info... then they re-did Pottermore and I couldn’t get my old information back because of an email issue so I made a new account and tbh was bitterly disappointed, the house quiz alone in my opinion is just shit now compared to how it used to be, I literally found out my house and then logged out and haven’t logged in since soooooo I’m not sure what my wand is any more :’)

Your patronus: Again, no idea :’)

Your boggart (if you’re okay sharing!): I’m not really sure what my boggart would be, I’m sort of scared of lots of things tbh, I’m a bit of a wimp so Merlin knows what could come out to greet me, could be just about anything and it’d be too much.

What classes would you be best at in Hogwarts?: Probably potions and arithmancy because I have a lot of patience, like to be precise with things and like working with numbers. Though also possibly divination because I’m learning the Tarots.

What classes would you be the worst at?: Probably History of Magic ‘cause at school I struggled with History XD I loved it, I was just not great at remembering dates and stuff like that.

Your favourite thing to do if you were at Hogwarts: The library. Guaranteed.

Favourite supernatural creature from the HP world?: I actually think dementors are like super cool and an awesome idea... though it’s gotta be a niffler, hasn’t it?

Death Eaters or the Order?: I like to think I’d be part of the poor Slytherin group who when shit went down got blamed for everything when they didn’t do anything like ‘send all of Slytherin back to the dungeons’ and I’m stood there like ‘all I’ve one is read all these years’. Tbh I like both groups though, like although the DEs are obviously insane nutters I think some of them are super interesting and a lot of them are products of their families and how they were treated by other people, like is it really a surprise Draco becomes a ‘DE’ when you think of who his family is and how everyone in Hogwarts hated on Slytherin anyway??

Marauders era or Next Gen?: Marauders.

Would you join the quidditch team or cheer from the sidelines?: Ngl I don’t really like sports so I’d probably be in the library, chilling with a book like “siighhh these athletic types”.

If the Triwizard Tournament were allowed, would you put your name in?: Not a fucking chance.

Dorm life: good or bad?: Erm... I dunno, I feel like tbh I’d be a pain to live with or find other people a pain to live with because I’m very organised and neat and space lacking that would drive me crazy.

From canon HP, who would be your favourite teacher?: Flitwick, without a doubt.

If you could make J.K Rowling write another series (and write it well), would you? And if so, what would you have it focus on?: I’d have it focus on minor characters and what they were doing while Harry was getting into shit, like I’m all for big plots and death but think how much just daily random stuff must happen in a magic school? Like give me a series on the rest of the Gryffindor dorm and what they were doing during the year. Give me a book series about Luna, Cho Chang, Oliver Wood etc.