Film Diary 2016 No.1 

Me, Earl and The Dying Girl - 2015 

It isn’t often that a film truly knocks me off my feet and leaves me with just a lot of feelings. There is a quite a short list and this is the latest entry.  Me Earl and The Dying Girl is the third film by  Alfonso Gomez-Rejon and is the story of Greg (Thomas Mann), a teenager just floating though his final year of high school. His final year radically alters course after he meets the titled dying girl( Oliva Cooke). Now that my sound like a classic shitty set up for a teen high school comedy, in a lesser script it would be but its filled with this amazing story and compelling characters. Cooke plays Rachel the dying girl perfectly. She is not a pixie dream girl, this is not a rom com, she plays this awkward girl going though one of the worst things a human can endure. Her chemistry with Mann is the core of this film. The friendship they form is so real it creates the  core of the film. RJ Cyler plays Earl, Greg’s acquaintance and co-film maker+ and is great in the film. Now you would think a film about dying girl would be depressing but it’s not. The film is filled with hilarious scenes and stellar supporting performances from Nick Offerman, Connie Britton, Molly Shannon and Jon Bernthal. The film treats its subject matter with this honesty, I have never seen a high school done so well. And i haven’t even talked about the numerous film references scattered thoughout.  It may look simple and cliche from the out side but this little film is heart felt, honest, funny and beautiful.

It gets 4/5 grown man tears.

Two very different nights

The reviews of Adam Sandler’s new movie are quite something.

“The Kubrick Stare, sometimes referred to as the Kubrick Glare, is a common camera shot of an actor in most of Stanley Kubrick’s films. The Kubrick Glare has been called the “heavy-browed look of insanity”. It symbolizes that the character in question is either really, really pissed or really becoming deranged, and the person they’re looking at is really, really screwed. Other times—usually when combined with a smile—it means they’re feeling really, really clever. Either way, it’s really creepy and ominous.”

‏@MargotRobbie: Such an idiot, only just found out what #wcw stands for hahah. Ah well my ego just expanded exponentially.

dipping my toe back in

Once i logged back on and saw my notes ……. #thetumblrscare

New detailed look at Batman’s armor in Batman V Superman at SDCC

I wonder when The Fray was writing “How to Save a Life” they knew that it would be used in every hospital/doctor TV series ever at some point.

Michael: What the hell is the matter with you?

Ryan: I don’t know, man, I worry about it sometimes.

Michael: Keeps you up at night?

Geoff: Hey! Knock it off.

Michael: What?! I just asked a question! [mumbles] You ever wonder why we’re here?

Russia’s space agency on Monday confirmed that five geckos, launched into space for an experiment on weightlessness and sexual behavior, have died.

Russia confirms death of five geckos on space sex mission | Science | The Guardian

I shall mourn you, space sex geckos.

(via tbridge)