just like….so vapid? themes of class divide and indulgence and duplicity are present but not threaded in with realized character development or actual INTERESTING motivations. just could’ve been so much more than it is and reads as a lesser version of much better works (eg talented mr ripley) through the lens of a discount xavier dolan.
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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes 2023
i don’t fw blonde people like that but tom blyth is sooooo hot in this
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Poor Things 2023
a bit on the nose at times but emma stone turns a STUNNING performance that carries the film through its more monotonous moments. very funny and beautifully made.
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Final Destination 5 2011
this was bad and i think they should make more of these movies to compensate 😁
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Mulholland Drive 2001
a gorgeous trance of a film, refracting hollywood’s machinations through a melodramatic, twisted lens then flipping the script abruptly. identity, perspective and performance intermingle in a really free way here; the film is a challenging watch but each moment plays out so clearly like a recorded memory or waking up from a dream that it’s enjoyable just to succumb to the rhythm lynch paces it at.
i had a really good time with this one but the masses (atmika and muskan) did not enjoy it 💔
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Final Destination 3 2006
deliberately soundtracking each death with diegetic music is insane. there is someone….walking behind youuuuu
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To All the Boys I've Loved Before 2018
the introversion the closely guarded emotions the daydreaming the finding safety in your room and pouring out emotions in writing and accepting self-subjected invisibility because it’s easier than the pain of being seen and known AHHHHHHHHH she’s in my head.
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