“At times I believe the dead haunt us because we love them too little. We forget them, you see. We don’t mean to, but we do. I believe they feel most cruelly deserted and so they clamor for us.”
Creators: Rachel Kondo & Justin Marks (based on the novel by James Clavell)
Mini-review:
Damn, this is one masterful piece of television. It's outstanding in pretty much every regard (save for one, but I'll get to that later). From the very first episode, you can just tell the show's cast and crew poured all their passion into making this. The sets and costumes are amazingly detailed, and the writing is nothing short of spellbending; it's pretty much impossible to pry your eyes away from the screen. And the acting... just WOW. This is one superb ensemble. Everyone is so f**king good that I can't even pick an MVP. As for the one thing I didn't like, that would be the cinematography. This show falls prey to the Hollywood trend of making some scenes so dark that you can't see anything. But still, everything else is absolutely incredible, so I can forgive them for the darkness. Anyway, if you haven't started Shōgun already, you really should do it as soon as possible. It's a true must-watch.
OK SO. since i feel like we have the same taste in movies i wanted to ask u which are your fave movies !! (and also how was passenger bc i saw an edit you reblogged yesterday and thought mmmm maybe this is worth watching...)
passanger was so much better than i expected!! i thought people on here liked it based on vibes™ (and that it's kinda gay. quite so, if we are being honest) but actually the characters are quite nuanced & i really enjoyed how the conflict progressed. i would 100% recommend it to you, honestly it really deserves the thriller label because i was very tense during some scenes lol. but ultimately i laughed with the movie it's ridiculous (good ridiculous, not bad ridiculous) during some parts
anyhow moving onto your other question: i don't watch that many movies (for whatever reason i find easier to watch shows now) but if i were to say my favorites, they would probably be stoker, there will be blood, memories of a murder, natural born killers, the nice guys, saw, phantom of the opera (this one is mostly out of nostalgia), crimson peak and company of the wolves.
Films watched (2000s): Glorious 39 (Momentum, 2009); written & dir. Stephen Poliakoff. Starring Romola Garai, Bill Nighy, Eddie Redmayne, Julie Christie, Charlie Cox, Jeremy Northam, David Tennant & Christopher Lee.
hii- dropping in to ask what kind of movies claire stars in- your mcs are gorgeous btw🖤
hiii!! thank you very much!! they are my babies ��
claire tends to favor more dramatic films than anything else. coming from a background in classical training, she likes to take on roles that allow her to showcase the full range of her acting skills. she loves nuanced roles. but i’d say she’s a pretty versatile performer. she likes to challenge herself (in fear of being typecasted) and avoids picking roles too similar to her previous ones. but she mostly goes for drama. i think she’d ace a psychological horror.
so ben barnes went on a podcast and was like how he doesn’t wanna take any more dark/villainous roles because he doesn’t want people to associate the qualities of those characters with him and because he doesn’t want the essence of the characters to seep into his life and I’m like bro like idk WHO you been talking to but no one thinks you’re like that irl fgdhdhgdgshjsjsjsjsjsj like this is so funny to me
In The Fire - A doctor from New York travels to a remote plantation in the 1890s to care for a disturbed boy who seems to have inexplicable abilities. She begins treating the child, but in doing so ignites a war of science versus religion with the local priest who believes the boy is possessed by the Devil and is the reason for all the village's woes.