#about movies

[bestanimatedmovie]

Don't you think that Wes Anderson article is a reach?

No, I don't think it's "a reach"

I haven't seen the other movie the first article mentions, but I happened to watch Isle of dogs in cinemas while I was living in Japan.

It was weird, in a bad sense. It was subbed, so it felt really weird that the dogs spoke English, aren't they supposed to be Japanese dogs??? Why set it in Japan if you're going to put an exchange student as the hero who defends the dogs? I didn't even know until I read submissions that the Japanese dialogue doesn't have subtitles. Don't you find that icky? I don't remember details very much, but I remember there was a scene with a mushroom cloud and that also sat very bad in my stomach.

About Fantastic Mr Fox, the racism is set in a very American context, which I don't know much about as I'm neither from there nor have lived there, so I don't think I'm the best to give an opinion on that, but considering what I saw of Wes Anderson in Isle of dogs? Not surprised.

So. No, I don't think it's a reach.

#best animated movie #ask #not a poll #wes anderson #isle of dogs #fantastic mr fox #about movies

[indie-queer-movie-tournament]

Nina's Heavenly Delights

A feisty young woman returns to Glasgow to run her deceased father’s curry house.

Letterboxd:

The thing is a lot of films are artistically 'good' but do they make me feel as cosy and warm as this? No. Do they have a cool ghost dad? No. Do they have a Bollywood drag dance number with Scottish country dancers at the end? No. This film is so sweet and just really enjoyable and I kind of forgot how much I love it.

#about movies #haven't seen this

[meilas]

guess I need to face the fact that I am Picky

#about food #about books #about movies #about clothing #about music #about games #about tv shows #neurodivergent? #or just a pain in the ass? #you decide

[byebyelemonpie]

byebyelemonpie's july 2023 recommendations

My july top 5 movies:

Nimona (2023, dir: Troy Quane, Nick Bruno) [First time watch] Nimona is a shapeshifter who wants to be an evil sidekick. This premise is already brilliant, but this movie adds to it a lot of love, acceptance and so many feelings that made me cry a lot, and it suddenly became one of my favourite movies of the year. Add to this wonderful animation and really funny sequences: genuinely a perfect movie. -

Rye Lane (2023, dir: Raine Allen-Miller) [First time watch] This was cute and fun! A very nice indie British romcom that is mostly set over the course of one day. Almost like Before Sunrise, but with more messy situations and, maybe, lies? -

Fire Island (2022, dir: Andrew Ahn) [First time watch] Five guys spend a week at a gay retreat on an island: will they find love? I still cannot get over how this movie is a queer version of Pride and Prejudice. I loved how clever it was at translating the story in a more modern (and more gay?) setting and I loved how well the characters were developed. -

Barbie (2023, dir: Greta Gerwig) [First time watch] My goodness, this was just a fun movie! The photography and direction were perfect in composing this story about the dolls most people grew up with. It was fun and lighthearted (the songs sung by the Kens were hilarious), but it was also a thoughtful piece of media talking about feminism and inequality, and the fact that not everybody knows what their place in the world is, but just being there is (K)enough. Just lovely. -

Another Cinderella Story (2008, dir: Damon Santostefano) [Rewatch after twelve years] This was a blast from the past! Sometimes I still hum to myself Tell Me Something I Don't Know, but rewatching the movie it came from was an experience. Recently I had also rewatched the Hilary Duff Cinderella Story, but I found the Selena Gomez one a bit more fun: maybe the dances and the songs made it feel less long? I'm not sure.

Favourite series in july:

Good Omens - season 2 (UK/USA, 2023) [First time watch] Aziraphale and Crowley need to take care of an Archangel with amnesia, make two women fall in love, and reminisce of their history together while not talking about any of that at all. Binge-watching this show is always tragic, because sure! I want to see my favourite supernatural entities do things and interact and fall for each other a little, but once I arrive at the last episode wide-eyed and speechless (actually in my notebook I wrote "Shaking Crying Screaming", but who's counting), what am I supposed to do to wait for the fated conclusion except re-re-re-re-rewatch the whole thing again? -

Little Women (South Korea, 2022) [First time watch] This is the story of three sisters who are poor and try to live in a rich world. What could happen if they found each other involved with rich people and join a long string of suicides, murders, money laundering, and political scandals? The three will have to investigate in the name of justice and to protect their family from the privilege and power that people who are richer than them have. It was very hard to watch the first episodes of this series: they were so heavy that I couldn't get through more than one of them without a headache, so watching this whole thing took me months, but I was fond of the characters and the cinematography being stunning were great incentive not to drop the series at all. -

3 Will Be Free (Thailand, 2019) [First time watch] Three people find themselves inside a mob family affair and they try to escape, while getting to know and growing fond of each other. I loved the characters!! The three main character were very easy to like, from an audience perspective, but I found myself rooting for Mae most of all: she was the best character of the show, in my opinion. -

Abbott Elementary - season 2 (USA, 2022/23) [First time watch] As usual, this sitcom brings me laughter and happiness, and makes me think fondly of my time as a kindergarten teacher (which ended last May). The situations these characters find themselves in as usual are blown out of proportion and their response to them is always hilarious, but the fact that they could happen is very realistic and fighting for the right to a free education for all is very important. I hope that after the Writers and Actors' Strike this show will continue, because it is lovely, and one of the few US sitcoms from recent years that I enjoyed watching.

[byebyelemonpie's 2023 recs]

#a post #byebyelemonpie's 2023 recs #about movies #about series #nimona #rye lane #fire island #barbie #another cinderella story #good omens #little women #3 will be free #abbott elementary

[brainmoss]

Is no one really going to comment on Goncharov's musical spin off (!!!) and it's hilariously spot on portrail of Andrei's and Ice Pick Joe's relashionship in just a few seconds of the background while Goncharov and Katya are dealing with their own stuff? 🤣

#goncharov #goncharov andrey #goncharov katya #gocharov ice pick joe #unreality #the band wagon (1953) #fred astaire #cyd charisse #ive wanted to share this clip for so long and never knew how #will use this oportunity #but like i just find it so hilarious how the background dancers just slide across shooting and looking so intently at each other #like my previous post i was just browsing my stuff and i found this but then i remembered goncharov because they are mobsters #and the lady is blonde so it fits katya! #ok im rewatching the girl hunt ballet and this had potential for goncharov posting #mypost #about movies

[sevenhundred721]

I know that film analysis on YouTube has always been pretty bad, but I'm irked that one of the big trends for obnoxious hack YouTubers right now is to find a bad movie and then show a bunch of clips while doing the worst and most shallow observational comedy. There are a few YouTubers who do a lot of interesting or funny reviews of poorly made movies, but you can tell with them that they actually care about the art of film making. They pay attention to the plot and don't misrepresent how bad the movie is because they paid enough attention to have something clever to say. I love movie reviews and I enjoy videos that exist to make a bunch of observational jokes about movies. Which is why I'm upset that a million of the unfunniest and least creative people in the world are jumping on the bandwagon and clogging my recommendations. There's no passion in it. You can feel the cynicism oozing from this kind of video within seconds of it starting. I hate it.

#i fucking hate ****** ****** #his videos about his actual hobbies are interesting but everything else is just so embarrassing and unfunny #because he has absolutely nothing of value or substance to say #it's passionless and cowardly work #and yet a myriad of other equally annoying youtubers use the same formula and clog my fucking recommended because i like to watch videos #about movies #i hope this trend dies so that i don't need to sift until i find somebody who actually cares #oh also most of these youtubers only talk about feminism for brownie points if they actually cared they would talk more about less overt #misogyny. but they don't really care about the social issues their platforms are built on #they care about creating a narrative where they and their viewers can unquestionably be the good guys and pat themselves on the back for no #being proudly and overtly bigoted #but then these youtubers will still be misogynistic and classist and racist but nobody gives a fuck because so much of their brand is in a #clean image #it's literally all about high horses and it's fucking annoying #''if i make fun of misogynists enough people won't question what i say about women'' #anyways i fucking hate this type of youtuber because they have their grubby hands in a lot of the types of videos i enjoy

[quotethatshow]

same

#voir #1x01 #about movies #90s

[halfelven]

Genuine question, what movies are you talking about in that post? Bc I can't think of any that fit that description but I'm also not a big movie person so I may just have been lucky with the ones I've seen dkjsfa

disclaimer! don’t @ me saying to watch better movies! i do! i just watch a LOT of movies! i like to see what’s going out there since i study media*

also i know this is badly written. i have not pulled myself together after a very long year and a half

this got rambly so i’m putting my tl;dr here: comedy feels stagnant to me, and that makes me feel weird when it comes to things (some of which are aimed at kids/teens)

okay so if you don’t watch a lot of movies you probably missed them! the kind of movies i was thinking about are mostly comedies that are aimed at teens but really just don’t feel right. just stupid forgettable movies that will have a random adult (maybe a teacher) make some comment about back in their day. and they just feel off in a very specific way where it’s like idk who is writing this but i don’t think they have a grasp of what is going on

probably due to being rich

i am terrible with titles and names and i’m currently in the wilderness so i’m not too confident matching scenes to titles

(also that post was slamming together a few themes i’ve seen repeated in different movies and shows and they are not all american. some are canadian/uk/australia but i use the ‘too movies’ or ‘too much (blank) on tv’ thing as a joke)

also some of the movies/shows are marketed to adults not teens. they also carry with some of those themes. um. working moms (show) is canadian and i’m not sure if they’re millennial or gen x but they have a lot of weird recurring issues with ‘ooh scary generation gap with my kids.’

and i think um. i’m trying to remember the name. idk it stars the australian woman who was in pitch perfect and she’s in a coma and wakes up 20 years later and goes back to school and they make the slur jokes. that is the one i watched most recently. i was having a hard time with trying to figure out who the target audience was… can’t remember the name and i watched it last week

another movie i can’t remember the name of that i think was marketed at teens also had the weird ‘oh the climate change protest kids just want attention’ gimmick that the movie with the pitch perfect woman had

is sarah jessica parker gen x? her new sec and the city show is Wild. one of the groups presentations in my media discourse class was about the representation of sexual minorities between the old sex and the city and the new sex and the city. i can try to find one of the articles they referenced in that because how the new one is almost more isolating is really interesting

which is kind of a trend? a ohh boo hoo don’t yell at me mean minorities!! i’m trying!! kind of vibe that runs through a lot of new movies/shows

like there is this distinct weirdness that is coming in with media created by white female comedians (i say female bc i tend to watch movies with female leads) amy palmer or pohler or whatever her name is. she has a movie out like 5 years ago? it had this teenage girl finding her mom’s old punk albums or something

but basically i had been watching a bunch of comedy things with female leads and so many are just weird. like it was leaving me wondering like what are the shows/movies teens are getting that feel somewhat authentic?

obviously movies are weird and there aren’t a lot of good ones that really stand out. and there have been constant jokes about how young people are portrayed in media for forever probably

but i think that movies are a good medium for comfort and hope, maybe especially for children and teens. you don’t have to have the energy to read to yourself. you can watch it when you’re doing something else with your hands. or are sick.

it’s the visuals. and the music. the way you can do something else while getting a story. they are very human.

and comedies are much harder to do than dramas. but they have a different sort of catharsis. i don’t know. people tend to downplay them as just stupid when there is a deep connection humans try to have through humour. i’m rambling but i just really love comedies and i love stories for children and stories for teens and i think they’re all downplayed as. being stupid. or easy. like you don’t have to try.

i’m sorry this just turned into rambling. maybe writers just went too far with the ‘set things in high school bc a.) kids will make emotional decisions that you wouldn’t see an adult character make b.) your characters are trapped in that environment c.) unlike college, they are trapped with other characters on mostly the same schedule and d.) they still see breakups etc as life and death situations’ advice that they give writers (this is paraphrased from several screenwriting guides i’ve read)

but idk i’m just bothered by the comedies i’ve been watching. and comedies do tend to show a lot about the current state of the world. comedies and horror are both downplayed genres that show a lot.

again sorry this is rambly. i don’t have energy to find my sources. there are interesting theories on comedy out there that just make me feel weird about what i’m seeing. like it’s so stagnant. that’s my tl;dr

most comedies i’ve seen lately seem stagnant

*i have a degree in this so i feel bad that i’m not pulling sources bc it feels like plagiarism at points

#asks #anonymous #about writing #about movies #comedy #genre

[keepersofmyheart]

Ok so who is watching cocaine bear?

😂😂😂

#movies #2023 #cocaine bear #funny horror #I think #not sure if I will or not #👁️👃👁️ terry types #about movies

[hatchetfield-scarecrow]

I hope Barbie is so good and successful it makes every executive that’s turned everything bright and fun made for young girls into edgy boring teen dramas for the last ten years spontaneously combust into flames

#this is about winx on netflix #and also #the chilling adventures of sabrina #fate the winx saga #and #powerpuff girls #it got cancelled but still #barbie #barbie movie

[r0semultiverse]

Like music to my ears

#shoutout to everyone leaving toxic relationships in light of a movie #about Barbie of all things! #no movie spoilers in the notes please; I haven’t gone to see it yet with my partner #this post is mine now! OP sucked! #mine #OP #barbie movie #barbie #barbie 2023

[bestanimatedmovie]

As @dykeydays pointed out, Wes Anderson has been often criticized about his racism, so here are some articles to read more about it:

https://www.sinema.sg/2020/11/03/wes-anderson-analysis/

And about Fantastic Mr Fox in specific:

#Wes Anderson #fantastic mr fox #isle of dogs #best animated movie #not a poll #about movies

[indie-queer-movie-tournament]

Chasing Amy

Holden and Banky are comic book artists. Everything is going good for them until they meet Alyssa, also a comic book artist. Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he finds out she's a lesbian.

Letterboxd:

Chasing Amy exists in a world where straight people are allowed to be abrasively, disgustingly rude toward queer people with absolutely no repercussion. Apparently you can just lob insults and ignorance at us all day long and we’ll still wanna be your friend. Hell, maybe we’ll even want to date you.  Hey. Straight dudes. Lesbians don’t wanna fuck you. They won’t fall in love with you. And god fucking dammit, lesbians don’t sit around drinking wine and mourning the loss of so many gay women who have gone and fallen in love with men. 

#all i know about this movie is that the lesbian becomes straight for the main dude #so it's got issues #idk maybe it works as a problematic fave #about movies

[cassianandfenrysaremyboyos]

Goncharov coming third in tumblr's top 100 movies of 2023 is so damn funny. Imagine being a film studio exec who spent millions making some of the other 97 movies listed below it only to be beaten by a film that cost exactly zero dollars to make and doesn't exist

#goncharov #tumblr #goncharov 1973 #year in review #movies #film #not that studio execs care what movies people are talking about on the unprofitable website but still lmao

[byebyelemonpie]

byebyelemonpie's 2023 movie and series recommendations

Hello readers,

I don't use this sideblog much, but I keep track of things I watch on my notebook and sometimes I really just want to share some love.

I've decided I'd like to make posts about my top 5 movies and series I've seen during every month in 2023! Just a little board of suggestions for you, if you haven't seen them, and for me to remember them in the future. :)

[ jan - feb - mar - apr - may - jun - jul - aug - sep - oct - nov - dec ]

#a post #about movies #about series #byebyelemonpie's 2023 recs

[stil-lindigo]

hobie motherfuckin' brown!!!!!!

#i am so normal about hobie brown (lie) #what the hell has this movie done to me #i have taken art drugs #cant. stop. drawing him. oh my god #its hard to tell but the webbing behind him spells out his name #my anticapitalist king. im sorry but i /will/ be purchasing a poster of you #hobie brown #spiderverse #across the spiderverse #spiderman #spiderman across the spiderverse #stillindigo art