waited 2 years for this film, saw it opening night
“I’ve trained for this moment every day of my entire life. I’m gonna be Mr.Olympia one day”
waited 2 years for this film, saw it opening night
“I’ve trained for this moment every day of my entire life. I’m gonna be Mr.Olympia one day”
I remember when I 1st saw this in high school, my gay theater teacher giggled like a little girl when the 1950s score started on Brando’s entrance, and then he thirsted when Brando took off his shirt. I also distinctly remember the famous scene “Hey Stella!” and how it shows Brando’s back muscles, and I didn’t know why or how his back looked like that. I thought he was really cool. Like super fucking cool and dope and chill and aesthetic.
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
I felt like a child watching this again. Not only in the fact that I remember how much I liked it when it came out, or how the last time I saw it was during the pandemic re-release, or how I used to rewatch this film on repeat during the summers, but how at its core it’s a story of a father and daughter. How Murph goes her whole life as that same child who refused to give her father…