i was surprised at how much nope 2022 resonated with my experiences working for a national park, in particular dealing with a certain subset of guests who approach nature as a sanitized commodity which they can consume. the scene at the commercial shoot where oj’s trying to tell everyone how to act safely around lucky and they ignore him, causing lucky to freak out. the tmz man on the motorcycle desperate to get a picture of jean jacket despite oj telling him again and again to run away. jupe’s belief that he understands and can control jean jacket while ultimately reducing it to another part of his spectacle. it all feels very familiar to the experience of telling off a group of tourists trying to take a selfie with a bear or feed the elk.
it’s like, our society is so divorced from nature that the only way a lot of people experience it is through this diluted lens of spectacle which ultimately warps it into something palatable for the viewer. which then, of course, convinces people that nature really is like that and exists solely for our entertainment. they can’t fathom that the elk or alien or whatever poses a threat to them because they’re the viewer, they’re above that. so when they encounter those things in the real world they’re unable to treat them with the respect they deserve, reduce them to spectacle, and end up getting eaten alive
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Ok I love this movie even more now.
Go off Queen
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Willem Dafoe in promo pictures for “The Loveless” (1981)
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Tim to Bernard: I lied to you, I don't have Netflix.
Tim: I have the entire How to Train Your Dragon trilogy and we're watching it.
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I want to erase Wakanda Forever from my memory so I could go through that experience again
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Seeing Past Lives today, I realized how certain unnoticed moments with strangers can be meaningful. The movie describes the Korean term “in-yun” as fated past life connections with others, including people you marry or people you sit right next to on a train ride.
An older woman sat right next to me for the movie. I thought she had a husband who was going to sit next to her, but no one came. I was supposed to see the movie with my friend, but he couldn’t come. She said she could probably sit a seat over, but didn’t because of the assigned seats. I thought about moving over to the seat my friend bought, but ended up not moving. Before the movie I chatted with her a bit, and when it was over I turned to her right away to talk about the movie. How I had the realization we were in a way experiencing “in-yun” with each other. She lit up at this and agreed. I talked with her as we walked out of the theater together, gushing about the movie.
In short, I hope to be more present to “in-yun” in my life going forward, to share more moments with strangers.
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Just watched Encanto and oh my god oh my god the way everyone forgets to include mirabel in the family photo, the way everyone doesn't talk about Bruno but no one ever thinks why he went away or how he is doing, luisa must always be strong, isa must be perfect, everyone should have a gift, mirabel must not mess anything up,bruno gives up living with his family for mirabel, the way bruno sees his family through a crack and eats with them, bruno secretly filling up the cracks while abuela thinks he hurts the family, the embrace and reconciliation between Isabela and mirabel so fucking sweet, abuela and mirabel getting together, abuela's past her losing her husband and the suffering with it, mirabel being the gift herself, she doesn't need the gift because the gifts are for the people and people are not for the gifts, abuela hugging bruno, townspeople helping madrigals built their home,mirabel being the centre of the new family photo along with bruno and me crying as fuck
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Watched Pearl today and I’ve never felt more seen in my entire life 🥹
Besides murdering people ya know
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✨The Squad✨
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Big fan of metaphors and allegories in this house
Based on this analysis by @starleska
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Wolf children is such a beautiful movie and also Yuki is my favorite ADHD metaphor and Ame is my favorite autism metaphor.
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I know it’s not necessary but every time I watch the Breakfast Club I always think about how I would’ve loved to have seen what happened on Monday in school like the aftermath idk like to see Allison and Andrew together and all the jocks acting confused and seeing Claire and John hanging out in the parking lot and then all of them hanging out at lunch or something idk it’s weird but I do think about it 😅
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JIMMY JUNIOR SAW THE BARRETTE AND THOUGHT OF TINA!!
So in love with them. 💞 💞
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