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I lied. One more little scream about Lust, Caution:
The thing I really liked actually was that she did not do the right thing.
Putting aside the moral question of whether it is right to murder a man like Yee, her choice caused everyone to die except for the man who tortured people because of their political views, and the guy who sent in university students to do his dirty work and had no intention of getting her out of there alive. Which sort of disqualitfies it from being the right choice if you ask me.
And I liked that this was how the story went. Yes, it can be great when the tragedy of an ending is that someone makes the hard but right decision. But to me, it was refreshing to see the main character go "fuck this, it might be stupid, but you are more important to me than literally any other thing in the world, including common sense and morality". Babygirl is getting a standing ovation from me lol
#let women be problematic#and not shave their armpits#(I know that was a period thing but loved to see it regardless)#and twist men twice their age around their fingers#if they so desire!!!#lust caution#nara is still not quite normal about this#just... stories#you know?#this movie was also just refreshing to me#because I think artistic freedom is very important#I don't think the pro-censorship usamerican teenagers of this site realize how much their views align with the literal fucking ccp's#just read what they did with this film: remove sex scenes nudity treason and “wrong” moral decisions#basically the soul of the movie lol#it's scary when you think about it
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I find it so funny how the movie made such a big deal out of Cleo and Deuce having broken up, and it’s this whole dramatic angsty thing and the first piece of info that’s given to us about these characters
And then in the cartoon show it’s just like. “yeah we dated for a bit but we’re defs better as friends, anyway-“ at like. episode 29.
#monster high#soli soliloquies#is this funny to anyone else because it’s hilarious to Me#it wasn’t even clear if they knew each other until that moment lmaooo#but also#the cartoon show for children has these characters acting more emotionally mature#than the live action movie presumably aimed at actual teens#the irony#to be clear: I’m not saying one is worse#I’m not above some petty romantic drama#but I AM saying the cartoon’s take is more refreshing in my eyes#no toxicity just vibes
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I honestly don't remember who I saw the link from, but I just found Bret Devereaux's analysis of the Siege of Gondor in the LOTR films and the book (the part most relevant to my Stewardist interests is here, but I read the whole thing once I started!). I don't agree with all his interpretations on the literary level, but they're generally defensible and the military analysis is fascinating.
An excerpt:
In contrast to the film, the book shows Faramir and Denethor’s handling of the battle as nothing short of a masterful execution of defense in depth. At each stage, the army of Mordor is forced to sustain casualties and disorder to surmount one set of defenses, only to be presented with fresh defenses and troops. At the end of it, Denethor’s sortie shatters Mordor’s vanguard and buys the escape of Faramir’s force. Thus for all of their pains and delays, the Army of Mordor faces a Minas Tirith fully defended, having lost the chance to destroy a good part of the army of Gondor in the field.
#someone who actually comprehends the strategies underpinning the siege!!!#i mean. one would hope a military historian would! but still—it's so overwritten by the films in the popular imagination#that tolkien and his characters are frequently blamed for things that the films made up#so this was genuinely refreshing as well as just generally interesting!#also as someone who is sometimes :| about the reliance on history in literary criticism#i think this is a good example of how to bridge the literature-history gap without dismissing literariness as valuable in its own right#anghraine babbles#legendarium blogging#anghraine's recs#not my meta#faramir#denethor#lord of the rings#lord of the rings movies#pj critical#(though devereaux is more generous than me by a mile. lol.)
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rewatched the hunger games on my flight after watching it 11 years ago and yea.. a limoreau hunger games au would eat BAD
#i know other ppl said it but now that my memory’s been refreshed i truly see the vision#jordan is katniss and marie is peeta yuppp!!#limoreau#mariejordan#x#💌#also imagine my surprise seeing jack quaid as marvel like 😭😭#i did not remember him at all i was like hughie??!!#also found out he’s a nepo baby i’m skdhdjsk#hollywood doesn’t want talent without connections anymore we are DOOMED#update: someone just told me the director is a fucking zionist omg we cant have shit.. i wont be watching the new movie in that case#not this director but the one who directors all the sequels after smh
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Idk if its just me but ive never seen tigress and po as romantic or even like. Implied to be? Like when i was a kid but also upon rewatching the movies even now i dont really see them as anything other then like... A close friendship. I cant really think of any scenes where their relationship had romantic tones to it
#it just seems like girl +boy = dating! when thats not even a thing in canon#totally fine if you do ship them btw i respect it fr and i am also a big fan of their relationship its really sweet#i just. maybe its just me being aroace about everything but im pretty good at picking up these things i think and i never did from them#if anyone has any scenes where its implied that im forgetting lmk but i did just rewatch all three movies#maybe its in side material i havent seen any of that#kfp#anyway i was just thinking about it because i thought it was pretty cool how close they were WITHOUT being explicitly romantic .#its refreshing tbh#mad rambling#kung fu panda
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watched a yhara zayd review of saltburn and... wow that sounds like a very boring film, ngl
#sometimes handsome actors or beautiful actresses really can't do anything to a film#compared that to my experience yesterday#when i saw a tweet of two bloodied men holding onto each other#and the tweet only say 'draw your toxic ship like this'#really intrigued me because i wanna know how actually toxic they are#to my surprise... THEY AREN'T TOXIC AT ALL literally one of the good things that happened in the movie#compared that to the deaths and violence that happened#their relationship to each other is actually pretty refreshing and sweet#and that movie actually got pretty low rating too lol but i personally really like how gonin turn the yakuza#narrative of just pure exaggerated violence#into an emotional study of deaths and how the criminal underworld is something very difficult to escape from#how most of the time people who get involved in that kind of stuff will just... die#without anyone knowing or caring about who they are#it's very tragic but also just... honest#i love that movie#tmi tag
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seven comfort films + pinterest tag game
the first character, real person, outfit, and quote when you open pinterest is your vibe
thank you so much for the tag my dear @anna-hawk
7 comfort movies:
-pretty woman
-enchanted
-tenet
-lilo and stitch
-the twilight saga: new moon (i used to watch this religiously as a way of ignoring the problems in my life PFFF)
-tangled
-sweet virginia
tagging: @chellestrash @castle-of-ruin @xxdrixx @castlesnchurches and anybody else who wants to participate!!
#i could NOT get a quote for the life of me i had been scrolling for five minutes 😭#i ended up pinning some and then refreshing but goodness PFFF the amount of mads i scrolled through to get there CKSKSKS#don’t judge my taste in movies i’m a disney girl#also is it bad to say the gray man is climbing up and might become a comfort film soon?! i just love it so much#tag game
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i gotta stop looking at pics of margot robbie or im going to lose it completely
#she.. i mean HER… i mean oh my dear god she’s so beautiful and so charming i literally was mesmerised throughout the movie#the way her face moves is so truly beautiful like the under eye bags and the way her forehead wrinkles it’s so refreshing to see a 30+ year#old woman aging in a normal way and i am just sooooo.. like im literally ken rn though everyone calls me barbie#also that one scene in the movie (slight spoiler ahead) where she’s crying over not being as beautiful as the original barbie anymore and i#had JUST rolled my eyes bc yes she is and the#movie stopped and they broke the fourth wall like#‘note to directors if you want to make this line work do not cast Margot Robbie’ LMAO so real so true
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you guys will never believe what movie was JUST starting when i boarded the plane home
#prince art#scc e au#i mostly redrew scene i thought i could manage without tearing my hair out#sorry define dancing . one day i'll draw you .#also i know i haven't done much for them lately i just . lack ideas a lot of the time#but you know when the movie is RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME and my ipad is good and charged . i mean it's just begging for me to make stuff#there was a little sketch i was gonna make of sw-t holding their equipment over their head all excited#bc i noticed mo holds its equipment arms over its head while it runs#and i said yeah . sw-t would do that#actually now that i got a movie refresher maybe i'll make some more content#no promises but i'll definitely try#ok enjoy post these poly robots#also don't ask me how the hand on sw-t's sketch turned out so good . even i don't know
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Do you think these 4 people know that at this point I've pack bonded with them and would kill and die for them if they asked
#Every day I refresh my tabs and every day I scream internally#Right now I'm betting on us either getting a trailer for the new episodes or a movie/game with It as the main draw OR#Or we are getting a first look at the new opening#I don't know what else could be a special announcement because I would think premiering an episode early would be a mess schedule-wise#So a trailer for a movie/game/the next few episodes would make sense#But also the new opening has been in the works for months at this point. So this would be the perfect time to show it#Cruddy rambles#I'm trying to maintain my expectations to 'I will be disappointed if I expect the best scenario'#But also being realistic in what this special announcement is and what they're gonna show#I really think it will be a trailer or the new opening. I think that'd be perfect while not showing the full episode it'd still build hype#And just show people what they're there to see and what they're promoting (G5)#Like come on don't tell me we wouldn't all lose our minds over a teaser trailer featuring G5 showing us it fully animated for the first time#Because in Film Red we just got static G5 Luffy. Which was dope BUT I want to see how he's gonna move.#And even if it isn't relating to the upcoming episodes seeing a game/movie get announced with G5 as the main draw would be so fucking hype#I loved film red don't get me wrong but I think they're gonna announce another movie soon#And what perfect time to do it!! G5 is gonna be in the anime soon so a whole movie based on rubberhose antics would be so fucking fun#And hey I'm in the minority here but I do love the one piece games despite them being super simplistic#And I would kill for a game where you can play as Nika. I would KILL FOR IT#I will say tho my worst fear is what G5 will have CGI components#They've been using them a LOT in Wano and it's so obvious every time and well 🤢 they don't look good...#It's too smooth and obvious and sure that *could* lend to the whole unnatural rubberman vibe Nika gives off but like...#You have a whole genre of non-CGI animation to be inspired by!!!! If they forgo rubberhose and make it even partly CG I *will* cry
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barbarian fans have rapidly become the actual most insufferable people in the horror community
#i hesitate to even say in the horror community bc thats literally the problem#they cant just be like oh it was a good movie they have to be like 'the ONLY scary horror movie to come out in DECADESSS'#'ohhh it was sooo refreshing for a horror movie'. 'it was the first unique horror in years'#MAN. SHUT UPPPPPP. we have to do this every fucking time you people like a movie from The Dumb Genre.#i cannot stand it . there is absolutely a reason why most of my horror fan circle has not talked abt this movie#meanwhile the wider film community cant shut up about it. its bc we actually know theres better horror out there.#avpost#im also a touch bitter because i really didnt enjoy watching it i cant put specifics on why but there was such an undercurrent of misogyny#like. not outright sexist but near lethal levels of Made By Men energy pouring out of the entire experience#could be just me because nobody else seems to have had that issue but it was really suffocating my brain.#anyway yeah i hate to be That Person but i am silently waiting for the backlash to set in. even though it probably wont
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yeah so apart from a small assignment a professor gave me an extension for, i am all done this semester and thank goodness for it.
#wrote my last exam this morning and you know what? even if i fail i really did do my best given my circumstances#which were INSANE these last few months and constantly changing too#idk im just im so proud of myself for surviving through this far its been really difficult and its still all difficult but yeah#celebrate the victories you do get#attempting positivity and bright thinking is so hard after being so sad and bitter for such a long time but also refreshing#already today i got myself yummy treats and watched a movie under my blankets for fun and it was so nice to just watch the movie and#not have to check my phone to sew if i was needed or to get back to working on a deadline or some task#and i actually have time to play video games now and i always say ill play for 12 hours but i usually get a headache after like 3 hours bu#but the point is having fun i just want to have fun i have not had any fun in months im not exaggerating#everything really has just been so grim and bleak for me but hopefully dedicating some time to forcing myself into an activity will help#i really need to shift gears and focus on recovery now because i let things get so bad#yeah sometimes i experience hope and various types of positivity#ezra.txt
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after i wake up tomorrow, i know I'm gonna have to yap about Ramattra. for a moment i had been considering to make yips over on twitter cuz i kinda did already do a bit of brain dumping over there-
but then i quickly reminded myself how shit twitter is as a platform for spewing over fandom stuff, so expect my rambles to be on here instead. i totally need the space to just howl into the abyss over a probable new fixation forming/re-encouraging an already deep fixation for mecha in general hhhh
#fam- ive also gotten a sponraneous interest in godzilla too lately cuz i just finished watching the godzilla vs king kong movie yesterday#and it reawakened a suppressed obsession#because lemme tell you that i was OBSESSED TO THE CORE with the manhattan/2000 godzilla when it came out#like holy fuck#im just vibing here#absolutely refreshing after the exhausting hyperfixation i had with mha/bnha for a good 2 years#mha is cool and all but man idk i feels so dull to me now#kinda embarrassing how embedded i was#tfw i was 95% interested because of the pairing dynamics and learning from the style to improve with my own art#which im super thankful for hori dont get me wrong on that#and bakugou was a really fun muse to practice on#the unholy scriptures
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bro Wendell and Wild had no right being that good of a movie
#melon rambles#I put off watching it for awhile because I wasn't really in a spooky movie mood#but I sat down to watch it today and bro. bro#I knew going into the movie that kat's parents were dead so I thought I was prepared#and then the movie was one emotional gut punch after another#the writing/story of the movie was AMAZING#I'd seen some people review that it was too fast or difficult to understand what was going on#but I actually felt like it did a great job of always keeping the plot moving without making it seem awkward or have an unnecessary lull#and then I also ended up really liking the visuals of the movie#stop motion animation my beloved <3#when I first saw pictures of the movie I wasn't sure that I liked how the characters were styled#the exaggerated features of everyone's faces kind of caught me off guard because I've never really seen a movie styled like that#but I ended up really liking it when I watched it#and it's refreshing to see characters that all look different from eachother and don't just have a basic round face shape#also I really liked the music#both the soundtrack and the rock songs they included in there#anyways yeah good film
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About 10 mins into The Avengers rewatch, title card shows and these thoughts so far:
- This movie gets sometimes critiqued for looking flat/like a tv production and... yeah. It kinda does. But also look very comic book. It chooses a lot of fun angles and poses and just... it feels VERY well matched with the energy of a fun comic book superhero story. For example comparing it to Thor 1 which I think looks better on its own, that also is trying to match a different tone.
- This script is efficient. All the lines are quotable but in general I think what strikes me is how efficient and tbh simple a lot of the script is. But it also makes it accessible which leads to the next point,
- This will be even more clear when we get to all the introductions but this movie is so "beginner" friendly. Ofc this was a hit. You could see it with limited knowledge of the characters and still understand the vibe and the basic plot.
Yeah. This movie gets it.
#i think it is always gonna be just a miracle movie to me. the timing of its release. the energy. yeah.#amanda rambles#marvel blogging#the avengers#a lot of these may seem like backhanded compliments but they rly atent#LiKE. AFTER SEEING SOME CONVOLUTED MOVIES#Both from mcu and others#that ends up missing the mark...#this is SO REFRESHING HOLY SHIT#also YES it took me abt 2 minutes until i had to say to myself “oh this RULES”
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my parents just had a meeting with someone who worked with lin manuel miranda and tomorrow (the next day? i don’t remember) they’re meeting with a writer/producer that’s worked with halsey meanwhile i am sitting here editing my little pictures to print out and put on my wall. and havin a great time
#my brother is going with them to boca raton tomorrow but i have a cold and am not feeling up to it#so me and my sister are gonna stay home with the dog and just order in and watch movies#but there’s this little part of me that’s like. this guy knows halsey. what if he’s also met yoongi. 👀#as tho going to boca raton would mean somehow i would meet yoongi and my brain is like WAIT I NEED TO GO but. no#why would yoongi be there. he is not. i can stay home and watch him on to instead#*tv#besides work trips with my brother give me a migraine i avoid them whenever i can#anyway how is everyone else today i’m currently sipping a strawberry açai refresher and it’s healing me
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