It’s so hard because if Fern was in her 20s this would be more of a coming of age A24 classic. It would be morbid but beautiful because she was young and was “figuring it all out”.
Even as a woman, and one who likes to think and believe that I notice my own internalized misogyny, Nomadland reminded me I have work to do. It was hard for me to watch this older women lost in life. I don’t know…
An incredible use of almost 90 minutes. Whether you are a Benji or David, you live jealous of the other. I think as much as I would like to be a Benji, I am a David. I have OCD, I lost my best friend to suicide and I don’t know how to enjoy things sometimes. My pain is unremarkable compared to the Benjis in my life and it’s hard to not resent them for that. But maybe I need to be thankful at the end of the day I’m not the one sitting in the airport
“Thanks, David.”
Genuinely insane when a writer creates a character that is supposed to be “feminist” and they hate love and they also make them the worst human alive to the point where I wish it was a movie about murder
“I'm sorry, it's just these movies they're... they're so formulaic. One person gets their heart broken and then the other person goes, "Wait, let me fix it by making a grand gesture with a big speech in public."
