put pro wrestling ppvs back on here
my ratings are subjective
you know I think this is the first time that Lynch has really kinda stumped me. and I don’t mean that in a “heh, I understand his work because I’m smarter than you” kind of way. obviously his works have left me feeling confused, wondrous, intrigued - but with twin peaks, blue velvet, eraserhead & mulholland drive, aka the only other works of his that I’ve seen up to this point…I felt like that beyond all of the unanswered questions and…
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NEW FAVORITE KUBRICK and new favorite Christmas movie in general. a beautiful deconstruction of sex - such a prevalent, driving force in our culture but...not because sex is awesome and horny or whatever. because to many, it's power. i mean, the entire film happens not because bill is horny, but because he's weak. because he feels powerless. everything the film is about is made clear from the argument he has with alice and from there, you get an entrancing experience…
I’m just not sure that I’ll ever see a film so stomach churning again. at least, not one like this, which isn’t trying too hard, most of the time it isn’t so in your face about it, but so much happened in just the first half hour that completely disturbed me. I thought Oppenheimer took the cake for my favorite closing line, but somehow “there was no mention of the murders” is even more terrifying. it’s spine tingling. all we’ve seen…
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you couldn’t have written a better conclusion if you tried.
i have a lot of mixed feelings about this one! but overall i had a great time watching. i feel so close to these characters as i have for 9 years, and i felt this did them great justice. the cons outweigh the pros in terms of quantity, but the pros outweigh the cons in terms of quality, if that makes sense.
the rocket flashback scenes are some of the…