I had fun. The nostalgia was strong. I remember in grade school I dressed up as Matilda for a book report.
I wouldn’t say that any of the songs really stood out. I didn’t mind them but I can’t say any were catchy.
Late period Emma Thompson is so much fun. However, please stop using fat suits to equate ugliness or evil. I know Dahl is very guilty of this but we can evolve above this bs.
Started in December, finished in January
There is a beautiful scene between the two leads as it lightly snows. There is a glimpse of what a real friendship might have looked like, then some intentional cruelty and it is clear all things will not end well. It is a real bright spot in a miniseries that tells the stories too fast and forsakes it’s most interesting side characters.
I don’t see much of a point for the time spent watching…
It was fine enough. Nothing made me groan. I just felt like the way the movement happened was so exciting giving voice to the voiceless, that any of that excitement would have been appreciated manifested into the storytelling. We are so conditioned to witnessing trauma but how about those moments where a movement brings about the joy feeling seen or that they were not alone?
New Body Rhumba cast dance break > LaLa Land cast dance break
Weirdly proud of Adam Driver. He defied the odds and stayed bizarre, despising the Hollywood game, and tries to make the world a little better low key behind the scenes. And he is getting great roles right and left because he remained true to himself as far as I can tell.
I had fun. I felt a little alienated but I think that was intentional.
Waste of Andre…
There is a false sense of intimacy when I watch Nick Cave after seeing Once More With Feeling. He looks so haunted and we largely know why. What is amazing is that he lets his grief wash over him and infect every moment and is better for it. His humanity is worn on his sleeve.
I would have watched this regardless but this article was the tipping point.
I liked this quite a bit. The narration made me want to read the book because I was into the way it framed the story.
I usually am not a fan of Jesse Eisenberg vehicles. He was fine here but it took me a bit to get into it. I think it would have been stronger with Adam Brody as the lead and Eisenberg as the friend.
Eisenberg gets a really cute dachshund which is the second movie where he…
I identify with his wife singing Sublime. Not because we are fans but because we enjoy being silly and committing to a bit.