Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Was a little worried it would be one of those the trailer is better than the movie things but I should've trusted bong joon ho - and another treat where there's a book in this universe I can read after :)
So fun felt a little too real honestly like tr*mp and El*n are gonna take us to the dark side and we're gonna wish there were cute little creeper aliens (honestly how I felt seeing a musk shuttle and…
Hmm this may have started my metal era...
bedazzled nail/claw gloves (need) || Freddie Kruger gloves
- definitely has the feel of a student film but also gives generally nostalgic/trapped in your hometown vibes
The lingering works sometimes and sometimes it doesn't - which is better than my recent watches where lingering shots are used in a predictably boring/standard way - at least half the time here I was actually feeling antici...pa...
Nihilistic white dudes feeling righteous in their nihilism…
One of my bigger bones to pick is the title of the movie - what she says about names having no significance in America might be true for some (even though this is clearly not even true for Ani) but it is important to be called what feels right to you
Baker deciding not to call the film Ani (in my opinion) accidentally hints to his ineptitude in fleshing out Ani's journey/purpose in the story - this discomfort with her…
Lily Gladstone - phenomenal, it was hard to care when she was not on screen...so much exposition/telling not enough showing after initial setups for relationships
I feel like maybe halfway through or 2/3 something about the lighting / shooting style changed (not for the better) - I feel like it tried to add style and only succeeded during the "crossing over" scene for one person
Modern Jumpscares: Alice from the L word and Jack White (not his best)
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