karl

karl

reframing the film bro stereotype one feminist step (with silly reviews) at a time

Favorite films

  • Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • The Edge of Seventeen
  • La La Land

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  • Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire

    ½

  • Barbie

    ★★★★½

  • (500) Days of Summer

    ★★★★½

  • The DUFF

    ★★★½

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  • Barbie

    Barbie

    ★★★★½

    "we mothers stand still so our daughters can look back to see how far they have come."

    yeah yeah basic ass quote but i still cried.

    barbie was such a refreshing interpretation of girlhood, womanhood, the battles of beauty standards and the expectations set for anyone on the gender spectrum. it had a quick plot (a little too quick for my liking perhaps, we see barbie's mid(doll)life crisis within the first 10 minutes of the movie and jump right into…

  • (500) Days of Summer

    (500) Days of Summer

    ★★★★½

    “i just…i just woke up one day, and i knew”

    “knew what?”

    “what i was never sure of with you” 

    DANGGGG that got me. i audibly gasped at her (rightful) audacity. 


    500 days of summer was … a journey. see it’s one of those movies i lie to people about watching but never have and i’m glad i finally got to experience it. overall, tom is a bitch, even when he was super positive and whatnot at the beggining. he…

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  • The Social Network

    The Social Network

    ★★★★

    made me hate mark more = loved it

  • The DUFF

    The DUFF

    ★★★½

    im rlly only rating it this high for nostalgias sake but it’s def not a bad movie. sure, bianca and wesley’s chemistry fueled my delusions to believe “ugly” women can get with steroid filled and extremely basic but beautiful men. IS THAT A CRIME? no!! middle school me would’ve loved this movie (but still hated her ugly creation of a dress at the end) but i wasn’t allowed to watch the very influential raunchy teen movies of the 2000’s when…

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