I don't know much about Marilyn Monroe but this made it seem to me like she lived her life like a baby in a washing machine.
Extremely uncomfortable watch, both intentionally and unintentionally I think.
It spends a fair amount of time infantalising her and critiquing her over sexualisation while also really fetishising her, which hit a particularly sour note for me.
I did like some of the abstracted dreamy scenes.
A poignantly soulless waste of a huge amount of money.
It wounded me deeply when they played Mother by Danzig to introduce Pratt's "Cool" character.
So did the orchestral wonderwall.
I maintain this is the best piece of star wars media.
The performances are magnetic especially Jones, Luna, and Mendelsohn and Mickelson.
Tudyk pulls off a baddass robot with a nice dry humour and still a little bit of characteristic Star wars goofiness.
Mostly I like that there is still the fantasy Sci Fi grandeur mixed with a more grounded perspective of the individuals in the conflict. That it feels like there are more parties in the universe with their…
There's baby Buscemi! And Baby Sam Rockwell! (who isn't related to the director and who plays a slightly weird role)
I think the black and white film makes the texture of the set and scenic elements really stand out, making everything feel very gritty and grounded, which really works when it goes into surreal elements.
Stanley Tucci does the weirdest performance ever.
