What I thought was just 12 Angry Men but for The Pope was actually a scathing and urgent call to recognize and squash fascism when it comes knocking. This movie was rich and sensitive and careful, masterful acting from everyone involved, especially from Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci, but that’s like saying you’re surprised that trees know how to grow so well.
To step out of the bit for a hot second, I’m very pleased at the person who ended…
This and the other two movies (stay tuned lol) are truly some of the last great film epics and I am so serious. The amount of care, depth, soul, love, and JOY put into this film is outstanding. Like, everything is done so well it actually kind of makes me mad. You mean…..EVERYONE cared about what they were making????? The WHOLE squad????
The way each character is introduced is perfect, Frodo the bright eyed baby, Sam a shy guy, Merry…
This movie had me thinking about tragedies. Not just in the fact that the movie was very sad, but tragedy in the sense that everyone is doomed by the narrative. It feels a bit odd to call this a “narrative”since this is a movie based on real people who went through these horrible things, but that’s the best way to describe it. Going back to the tragedy element, the thing that makes tragedies what they are is knowing that, no…
CW: slip and slide
In fall of 2021, my thoughts went to a pretty dark place. I was struggling with social life things and believing all the nasty, incorrect things my brain was telling me. I never acted on them, but I was swirling in a pit of really just—really awful and scary feelings. I got out of that time, and it was a few months later that I watched this (after it had won all its Oscars because I…
