It would have made less sense for him to have NO money if he were an associate at a posh firm (or solo practice, it isn’t clear) like Henry’s...but everything else makes less sense. What does a valet have to do out at Bly Manor to take care of Henry’s affairs when he never goes there, whereas an associate could at…

Okay, want to spoil all the other stuff that aren’t in the later episodes. Maybe tell all the mysteries that aren’t touched on. Yeah, I can guess that there is going to be a lot going on the last final episodes, especially considering Hill House season, still doesn’t mean that you have to start spoiling stuff because…

You can’t have it both ways. You can’t demand that there be better queer representation in media, then argue that any poorly written character is a step back for that representation. Sometimes writing just isn’t good, regardless of who a character wants to fuck. If you want more queer characters, you have to accept…

The season does remarkably well with most of its material given how utterly overstuffed it is, but there are aspects of it that just aren’t given time to cook, and the Rebecca / Peter romance (“”) is one of them. I didn’t believe in their connection and the show relies on telling more than the showing that an actual…

I watched it last night and it’s a huge waste of talent. It doesn’t reveal it’s point until the last 30 seconds, and the previous 2 hours are just a slog of nearly entirely unconnected stories. Magnolia did this “Microcosm of violence” and breaking the cycle thing so much better.

“There [are] no surprises. The form is identical to what is done everywhere. The lighting, the acting, everything is predictable.”

Watch the trailer. Tom Holland’s and Robert Pattinson’s accents are terrible. It’s like they watched an episode of Hee Haw and said to themselves, “that’s bloody brillant.”

“This is a grim picture about unhappy people; and it’s reasonable to wonder what the ultimate purpose is.”

I’m sure their acting is great - but I feel like Tom Holland and Robert Pattinson are just too pretty to be believable backwater coal-country bumpkins.

I listened to it again and I think it’s almost an aggressively bad song with an immature central metaphor. 

I’m not a fan of the sort of pop culture discourse wherein fans try to force other people to love their faves. I also think we need to watch out for signs that critics are pulling their praises from a press release. 

Jesus Christ. Can we stop judging this work...

I’m not a big Swift fan, but I like her stuff more often than not. That being said, “Cardigan” sounds like a warmed-over Lana Del Rey cover.

Media:
2012-2015 - we love Taylor Swift
2016-2017 - we hate Taylor Swift, she’s definitely a Republican and she said she had a great year on Instagram, burn her
2019-2020 - we love Taylor Swift, her new album is a masterpiece and we’re going to pretend us dragging her relentlessly in 2016-2017 for the most innocuous…

Honestly, I would rather she stick to the pop stuff than try to be “authentic”. At the end of the day, this is still “authenticity” by committee, anything that might actually be real or interesting was ironed out 2 board meetings ago. When you iron out out all the wrinkles on a plastic pop song, you can still get a…

I think she overuses prosaic detail as a proxy for genuine insight. It’s a variation on a hook, I get it, especially for someone who churns out the sheer volume of work that she does. I do think she nails it sometimes. “You made a rebel of a careless man’s careful daughter,” “it turns out freedom ain’t nothing but…

I think the missing piece in her writing is that there’s a certain type of lyric that doesn’t quite work outside of country music, and it’s sometimes an awkward fit for pop. It’s better in this type of undue folk, where it passes as earnestness and not awkward over sharing. 

I sincerely have respect for Swift; she’s talented, in charge of her faculties, writes her own music, and just seems like a generally decent human being.

I’m surprised they made a movie. The book is unrelentingly gruesome.

I have read the novel & I agree that it is a relief to learn that it is not actually very autobiographical as had earlier been thought.