Film lover and co-founder of Portland’s longest running, (citation needed), weekly movie club.
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Julie & Julia 2009
I’ve been thinking about ‘Julie and Julia’ a ton since I watched it a few days ago, and I’m pretty sure I’ve convinced myself that it’s a masterpiece. My initial hangup was simple, and it’s the same low hanging fruit I see all the time about this film; “Julia Child is an icon, why is she sharing this film with Julie Powell? She deserves her own biopic!”
Here’s the thing though… I loathe traditional biopics, and I especially loathe Oscar…
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Saturday Night 2024
Pretty much a disaster for me. I’m not nostalgic for 70s SNL, so the endless series of blink and you’ll miss it impressions of real people were tedious at best and grating at worst. A couple characters get arcs, but even the best ones are paper thin because there’s so much crammed into this film.
Also on the not nostalgic boat, watching a room full of people, (including a bunch of executive stiffs), just lose their shit laughing over 3/10…
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Poor Things 2023
So beautiful and imaginative! I could have watched Bella and Duncan travel the world together for hours just to see all the amazing sets and the ways the former gets under the latter’s skin. Their constantly shifting relationship was one of my favorite subplots of the year, especially toward the end when Bella has clearly surpassed Duncan’s level of stunted emotional development.
What’s holding this back from the likes of ‘The Favourite’ and the small handful of films I connected…
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Saltburn 2023
I’ll take an ambitious mess over a safe and competent film any day of the week, and I was pretty happy to chalk ‘Saltburn’ up as the former during its eye popping last scene and call it a day. The problem that I have found since is that the film’s provoking imagery demands your attention after leaving the theater, and the more I thought about the film as a whole the less I thought of its quality.
A day later…
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