V For Vendetta (2005) Dir. James McTeigue

I watched Heart Shot last night, a short film on Netflix.  It’s so short that pretty much any discussion is going to have Spoilers, so beware.

The plot itself is generic, and you’ve seen it a thousand times: A person raised by assassins/criminals realizes they want out, escapes, finds love, but is tracked down by their former associates who kidnap their loved one in revenge.

Like I said, generic.

But the execution is actually really good.

I’m going to point to the soundtrack first, because there’s this overlay of heavy breathing which plays during periods of stress or danger and it is visceral.  I felt tense just hearing it, as thought I were in danger right alongside Nikki.  It ratchets up the fear and suspense which is how it would feel in these situations even if you were a trained fighter.

The story, despite being generic on its surface, is nonetheless still a break away for the simple fact that it’s about two women of color.  Yes, that does matter.  It’s been pointed out many times by better analysts and critics than I, but so many stories that are “cliché” or “already been done” with white cis/straight characters are nonetheless new to everybody else because they weren’t allowed to be in those stories for the seventy years that Hollywood was churning them out every week.  There might be a hundred action movies with the same premise starring white men chasing after their white female love interest, but how many are there where it’s a nonbinary Filipino rescuing a black woman?

The action was well done.  It was very subdued, with minimal special effects or sound effects, which gave it a sense of realism.  Nothing EXPLODED, no cars were catapulted through the air, no gravity-defying acrobatics, etc.

I desperately want this to become either a full-length movie or a TV series, because I need to know happens next and see more.

Literally obsessed with this image.

looking for a heterosexual explanation

SHAMELESS 5x03 | DELETED SCENE

when you subconsciously pucker your lips after your boyfriend Cas slams you against a wall

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Did u manage to find the vid where Leo got pushed down to his knees by his backup dancer 💀

oh when he climbed all over the guy? OFC i have 😭😭😭😭 this lived in my head rent free for a week

cr. wonderful1110

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Illustration in Ladies Home Journal, June 1940

some ancient gay greeks, red figure pottery and rainbow versions

🌈🌈 happy pride month!! 🌈🌈

🌈🌈🌈🌈 this is how Tae Joo's entrance look like to meet his future Husband Kang gook, using a rainbow gate, we stan.