81/100
Fun!
Intermittently moving and thought-provoking in ways I wasn’t expecting while being cartoonishly unsubtle (not necessarily bad) in other ways.
Caught this at a really good personal time I think. My mental health and self-image have been, broadly, Not Great As Of Late, and so watching a movie that is, in essence and TRULY, more of an existentialist odyssey about a guy who sees himself as a loser who’s lacking any real sense of pleasure/joy/purpose that discovers…if not Meaning,…
99/100
Shameful how long it took me to watch this oh my god.
One of the most thrillingly edited movies ever made, documentary footage so intimate and authentic that it feels surreal, potentially the most electric, kick-ass subjects of a doc ever, and, at this moment, the most moving celebration of joy and found family in the face of national pain and oppression I can remember seeing. Thing’s a damn miracle.
What’s lasting more than all of that, for me,…
92/100
ahahahahahAHAHAHAHAHA oh my GOD
Having trouble thinking of where to begin with this one; subtlety be damned, I guess? I have nothing substantial to add to the discourse on this movie’s deconstruction/critique of the absurd, harmful beauty standards that women, especially in the limelight, are forced to undergo—although, there is a moment where the effects of beauty standards on men is explored, albeit briefly, and I did appreciate that; not gonna even pretend like men go through the same…
94/100
My heart rate is SO elevated right now and I can’t stop smiling oh my god
Ok, so, attempting to organize my thoughts: my biggest concern/question about this movie heading into it was simply wondering what, exactly, the movie was ~about~? Is it a tennis movie, an erotic thriller about this crazy throuple-ish type situation, or a movie about Zendaya manipulating the hell out of two boys and kicking ass, or what exactly?
In short, Challengers is about power dynamics within…
