“Happiness” is one of Elliott Smith’s very best. it’s accessible without ever losing his distinctive beautiful style of songwriting

you make a good point, and you’re totally right that the entirety of the film is showing us the inside of his head, but I just can’t shake the gut reaction of my dislike for the big reveal. maybe it’s because I was entirely invested in Jessie Buckley’s character and thought Jake was basically there as someone for her…

apparently that was a reference to Oklahoma as was the song Jesse Plemons sung in terrible old-age makeup. I’m sure that means something to musical fans, but as someone who doesn’t know Oklahoma, it meant absolutely nothing to me and yeah felt like second-rate surrealism from someone trying to do a Lynch and not…

I would love to see this as a play. On the one hand you would lose that incredible rhythm the middle section of the film creates with the editing, soundscapes and the shifting makeup on Thewlis and Collette. but on the other, all actors involved are clearly talented enough to demonstrate aging just through their…

I (eventually) got the idea that the Janitor was Jake after the book was summarised for me, but that still doesn’t really address what bugs me so much about the film. Jessie Buckley is doing this absolutely incredible work and I was so invested in the character she was building, but she’s not even playing an actual…

yeah, I thought the last 30 minutes of this movie was actively bad, and I’m a huge Kaufman fan. when he was just focused on the four main characters and the incredible performance of the actors, the movie was fantastic. pretty much once Jessie Buckley disappeared offscreen it collapsed in on itself. I think this movie…

I don’t really disagree but I think her performance in the Marvel movies is pretty fantastic. she steals the show everytime she’s onscreen in Guardians Vol 2 (admittedly it’s not a very good movie when Nebula’s not onscreen) and her redemption arc in Infinity War/Endgame was very well written and directed

similarly, my experience of this movie went from good to great when I realised that it was never going to go back to the start and tie up all those loose ends. it just lets Connie’s night spin out and out of control and the moment you realise it’s the entire movie is just an “oh, fuck, here we go” moment

switching the focus to Shuri is the only real option I can see myself liking, honestly. from Boseman’s passion and love for this character I think he’d want to see it continue, but recasting or doing some time hijinks would just feel unfair to where the first movie left off. they have a fantastic, beloved-by-fans…

me so monster, me so scary

I enjoyed that movie a lot more when I watched the director’s cut and realised it’s really more of a character study than a horror. there a few unnerving moments, but the real horror is watching Danny struggling with the looming threat of a relapse and his demons resurfacing (and the one genuine yell-out-loud scary…

I would have been interested to see Batfleck with a, like, competent writer and director behind him. I think at least the seed of that character was interesting, even if the execution was a botched mess. But I’m ultimately not that upset it didn’t pan out for this particular movie, because Pattinson is the goddamn man…

I just hope this movie lives up to the now-massive hype I have for it. I mean Reeves’ vision is so clear and well-translated, even in a short trailer; the casting is absolutely impeccable; he’s doing a version of the character I’ve always wanted to see on the big screen in a genre that’s basically tailored to my…

“To Death’s Heart (in Three Parts)“ is fucking unbelievable. more people need to be talking about this song

this video is the 90s. the entire fucking 90s is in this video

I loved that device to mess with the audience haha. Having the death focused around an ostensibly positive image like a small cross, then having it go hot potato around the main cast - just really clever and great

Daisy and Mack were fantastic as odd-couple partners. I also really liked Mack and Coulson in the same kind of relationship in s4 - I wish they’d shared more time together after that

yeah, I knew that Joss had very little impact on the show after the pilot (seemingly for the best) - I was just surprised to read his name, instead of Jed’s, in the article attached to a quote about treating female characters respectfully. I guess you’re right that what people write isn’t necessarily how they act in…

you’re right, I was lumping AOS in with the MCU in that comment even though they’ve basically been separate entities since s3 of the show

Hive’s final scene with Lincoln in space is definitely one of my favourites the MCU has ever given a villain. such a stark, powerful moment