starring Sebastian Stan as Armie Hammer
men will literally direct a 2½-hour Oscar bait movie before going to therapy /s
homegirl could've jumped AND pulled main dude down instead of just pushing him
another movie with Harris Dickinson cavorting around in various states of undress? sign me up (and give his agent a raise)
Almodóvar really said I'm gonna tease the audience with the prospect of seeing Pedro Pascal's cock for 2 minutes and call it art
didn't know skinny, soft-spoken teashop-owner Colin Farrell was something I needed to watch until now
I wish cancel culture would cancel this series
navigating the American Healthcare System turning into that Interstellar scene was chef's kiss
Sure it's kind of slight, sort of just ends, and hits upon certain themes and topics without fulling engaging but fuck it, I liked it. Out of recent director-plumbing-their-childhood-type movies of the past several years this one is easily my favorite, a rare 2-hour awards season movie that didn't feel its 2 hours to me
Anthony Hopkins is charming and charismatic in spades, if Judi Dench could get an Oscar nom for playing typical grandma role in Belfast (when Caitríona Balfe was RIGHT. THERE.) I won't be mad at Hopkins nabbing a nom (though this movie's awards prospects seems to have dimmed considerably and seems to be receiving a cool reception from audiences/online film people), another in a line of solid Hopkins performances of the last several years in a late-career resurgence (The Dresser, King Lear, The Two Popes, The Father). I keep rooting for Anne Hathaway to pick better roles and this just may be the first movie that lived up to her talents in nearly a decade and though I may be in the minority, I really enjoyed the kid actors, not showing signs of being overly-directed or too much Hollywood movie precociousness
Best Actor (Comedy/Musical) - Daniel Radcliffe
Best Actress (Comedy/Musical) - Evan Rachel Wood
Best Supporting Actor (Comedy/Musical) - Arturo Castro
failure to comply will result in a platinum album to the skull
You choose to sit on the sidelines because you're afraid.
Because your pride makes your head explode before it can come up with a little germ of an idea.
And now you wake up and you're 40 and you need someone to blame and you're the one to blame.
You're petrified by your own fucking standards and your fear of failure.
This is the truth.
You're smart. I know you know I'm right.
I SEE TOO MUCH OF MYSELF IN THIS AND I DON'T LIKE IT ONE BIT
Grumio being sluggish because it's between breakfast and his morning poo was a bit too relatable
I am not fucking ready for movies set in the '90s to be described as 'period' films
I'm gonna assume the camera operators were students at the school and cut them some slack 'cause boy oh boy was the focusing/unfocusing a constant MESS
I couldn't tell the difference between a good musical and a bad musical but I do know this deepened my general dislike of musicals
why was Cahya repeatedly putting the cup of M&Ms into Gabe's hand before realizing he wanted her to pour the M&Ms into his hand so damn funny
Everyone Else: Thoughtful Film Discourse
Me: Paul Mescal licking Andrew Scott's spunk off his chest > Barry Keoghan drinking Jacob Elordi's bathwater
every once in a while you come across a movie or show that feels like it was precision-engineered in a laboratory to be the antithesis of what you enjoy
Would I'd've preferred the ending to be 20 minutes shorter/more tightly edited? Yes
Would I'd've cut a single frame from the turtle thief B-plot? Absolument non
I believe in Barry Keoghan supremacy
heavy-handed scores taking more of a leading role in establishing a scene's mood vs a supportive role is something that often grinds my gears (most recent example being the flourishing score in a steamy scene in the first episode of AMC's Interview with the Vampire series instead of letting the on-screen action (heh) and nat sound do the work). 1976 has a loud, very leading score that really dials up the tension...and yet...I liked it! reading some mixed/polarized thoughts among early viewers but the score really takes simple, innocent scenes (kids frolicking and playing in a beachside forest) and turns into something menacing with a repetitive, clicking and clacking score, without the score the scene would play completely differently and because of that I really liked its use
the flaming tuba player should meet up with the flamethrower guitar guy from Fury Road and start a band or something
Knives Out :handshake: Everything Everywhere All at Once
A pastry with a hole in it being pivotal to the plot
she really sat on rehearsal footage for 3 years and thought the most topical time to release it was 2 Super Bowls / 1 pandemic later?
Nothing will ever convince me Judi Dench is more deserving of an Oscar nom for this than for Skyfall
(and if anybody deserved to get nom'd from this movie it was Caitríona fuckin' Balfe)
Gonna show this to people whenever they extol the virtues of the Scandinavian medical social system
America: Die from normal illnesses because you can't pay for treatment
Norway: Get radiated into oblivion in a medical waste disposal room by a cackling, mutated, medical waste homunculus
almost teared up at the last joke while listening at work, don't relate to all of it but way too much of it hit too close to home
printing out porn with dial-up internet (and subsequently hiding it) was 2REAL4ME
i dug the movie but i have absolutely no idea how anyone who didn't at least somewhat follow this story would understand it and all the memes and internet culture/jokes in addition to the financial side of it
not revolutionary but i'm here just for Sandra Oh and Awkwafina
