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deakyjoe · 1 year

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Beaming Beskar

Pairing: Din Djarin x Reader (no pronouns are used but he calls reader mesh'la meaning "beautiful")

Category: Fluff, friends to lovers (not explicitly stated but may make a part 2)

Summary: Din has a unique way of telling you when he's smiling at you.

Warnings: none really, fluff

Word Count: 800ish (a baby)

A/N: A short little fic to celebrate my journey of getting back into writing. Thank you to Pedro Pascal’s filmography for inspiring me. Also I'm in love with Din Djarin.

It had started when you had made a joke, something silly about the child being a wizard when he made his food float in the air, and a small huff of air had rattled through Din's modulator. Your head had immediately snapped towards him, utter shock rocketing through you. The Mandalorian barely acknowledged your existence, speaking a handful of words to you since you'd met him, and yet here he was... laughing at you. No, not at you. With you.

"I'm sorry, did you just find something I said funny?"

"I laughed, didn't I?" All amusement was gone from his voice almost instantly. You'd pushed it. Finally an opening with him and you'd already ruined it.

"It's hard to tell. You could've just been breathing loudly." You shrugged it off and turned back to the kid, not wanting to provoke him further. He could be temperamental and you never wanted to upset him, meaning you had to tread carefully with him sometimes. You rather liked the Mandalorian, despite him hardly seeming to care for you much. To be honest, you didn't think he cared for anything apart from the child. Which was understandable.

"I smiled." The statement seemed almost sad as he said it, a note of reservation in his voice.

You glanced back up at him, eyes flicking over the helmet for a moment. "I can't... I don't know when you're smiling."

Silence.

Maybe a question wouldn't hurt...

"Do you smile often?"

Hesitation. "Sometimes."

Okay, that was something. Now another question. Just to see how much you could get out of him.

"At me? At the kid?" You answered your own question. "Ooh, definitely at the kid."

"Both. Mostly the kid." He added the last part on quickly.

"Hm." You nodded though the slight crease between your brows gave more away that you intended. You craved knowing him. That was the only way to explain it. And when he gave you so little... it made things difficult.

Din spoke your name softly to get you to look at him again. When you did, he lifted his hand up and traced a line across his helmet. His index finger started on one side, down near where his chin or mouth would be, and drew a curved line across to the other side. A smile.

Your eyes lit up at the gesture and Din found himself smiling at you again. So he repeated the motion. Seeming elated at the idea, you scooted the crate you were sitting on closer to him so you were almost knee to knee.

Gazing up at him with this gorgeous sparkle in your eyes that had Din grinning beneath the Beskar, you asked him a simple question. "Can you do that every time you smile at me? Please?"

"Yes, mesh'la. Of course." The Mando'a term of endearment had slipped before he even had the chance to think about it. But how could he resist when you were looking at him like that?

You always regarded him with a certain glint in your stare, that was only ever brightened when you smiled, as if Din was the most wonderful thing you'd ever laid your eyes on. There was never any hint of hostility, forever open and joyful when you looked at him. And the smiles only ever confirmed this. But in that moment, with the way you were looking at him, Din could feel electricity pumping through his body. He felt alive. And... seen. It was almost like you were seeing straight through the armour and looking at him.

With your shoulders hunched and head ducked in embarrassment at the name he'd given you, you shot him another gorgeous smile that he returned. He loved making you smile. And he loved you making him smile, which you did more often than he ever wanted to admit.

So, naturally, he drew the line across his helmet again and revelled in the happiness that was practically radiating off of you in hot waves as you looked at him do it. The positive emotions must have been pouring out of you as the child began to babble and giggle as well, sensing the high spirits in the room.

The noises the green baby was making seemed to remind you that you were supposed to be helping him eat as you let out a surprised sound and moved back closer to him, struggling to tear your eyes away from the Mandalorian. Din loved to watch you interact with the child, it was those moments that made him smile the most. And whilst he'd maybe never admit it out loud to you, he was happy to express himself through smiles drawn onto his helmet.

#din djarin x reader #din djarin x you #din djarin #the mandalorian #the mandalorian x reader #the mandalorian x you #mando x reader #mando x you #pedro pascal #din djarin fanfiction #the mandalorian fanfiction #mando fanfiction #din djarin fluff #grogu

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lobinilo · 3 months

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What are your favourite Jonah’s projects? ☺️🎬

~ plays TikTok Sound~

OH MY GOODNESS I LOVE THIS QUESTIOOOONNN

So since May 2023 (what happened there? I have no idea 😉) I've watched everything Jonah-related I could get my hands on (except for Little Women, but I'm definetly going to watch that later this year).

My top 3 Jonah projects OTHER than The Little Mermaid (because truth be told, I think it's pretty clear how obsessed I am with that movie and it's not really a fair comparison to some of the more indepent, even low budget projects Jonah has starred in) so far:

1. World on Fire (2019 - 2023)

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created by: Peter Bowker directed by: Chanya Button, Thomas Napper, Adam Smith, Andy Wilson Jonah plays: Harry Chase

Big shocker, right? Given how much I already rambled about Harry and Kasia (my traumatised parents) and how upset I was when they cancelled it. I will always mourn this show for the huge potential it had.

World on Fire is a BBC-show following different people in Britain, Poland, Germany and France (with some American viewpoints as well) as they have to endure and navigate their life through World War II. Doesnt really sound like anything we haven't seen, right? However, World on Fire is worth checking out imo, since it differs a lot from the usual Hollywood-infused war epics, because rather than focusing on the politics or the big battles, the show looks more closely at the everyday person that actually had to live through this tragedy and how they deal with what's happening. That being said, obviously this is still a show about WW II, so there definitely IS depiction of violence, murder and torture, as well as bombings, gunfire etc., so please be careful if you find any of those things triggering. I personally found some episodes quite hard to get through.

I think it's interesting that Jonah's filmography is very heavy on projects set during or related to WW II (additionally to WoF you have The Song of Names, Ashes in the Snow and ofc coming up The Tattooist of Auschwitz). Theories on why that is are welcome!

Harry Chase (brilliantly brought to life by our favourite British simp) differs quite a bit from many of Jonah's other roles in that he`s not your heroic, clean-cut good guy (like Andrius, Lucas, Mo or Prince Eric). He's insecure and a little helpless, even cowardly at times. Harry starts out as a translator, but later joins the British Army and the SOE. He fucks up repeatedly, both in his role as lieutenant, as well as in his personal life. Even though most of the time he means well, his cowardice ends up hurting a lot of people and leads him to be in the middle of a love triangle. (Though to me it's not a triangle, but rather a straight line, Team Kasia all the way.)

Harry, though deeply troubled, is a very kind and soft soul. That doesn't really pair well with the acts of war, as well as british society in the 1940s in general, which leads to conflict with other characters and their idea of who he should be. Especially when he clashes with his mother Robina (portrayed by the absolute MAGNIFICENT Lesley Manville, shes giving Emily Gilmore in the best way possible), Jonahs acting is ON POINT. His performance is so nuanced: He's angry, he's desperate, he's sad, but also condescending, sarcastic and hostile towards her. The interesting thing about Harry is the journey he takes. To watch him try to better himself by dealing with past trauma and taking responsibility for present mistakes. The real standout for his character is episode 5 of season 1 where he finally steps up and takes charge. This is also when he starts earning the respect of his sergeant Stan (Blake Harrison) for the first time - they have a real bromance, both on and off the show, I LIVE for these two.

But - just like in real life - he doesn't have this one breakthrough moment and everything is smooth sailing from there. He fluctuates, just like a real person would. He still has the tendency to run away from his problems, but I think what he's seen in the war, what happened at home and (yes, I'm making this about my ship) his love for Kasia (Zofia Wichlacz) make him realise the type of man he wants to be and he would probably try to act accordingly IF WE GOT A THIRD SEASON, BBC! 😤😡🤬

2. Old Boys (2018)

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directed by: Toby MacDonald Jonah plays: Henry "Winch" Winchester

If you can only watch one Jonah movie, I beg of you MAKE IT THIS ONE!

I`ve found next to nothing about Old Boys and that seriously has to change. (watched the entire movie again, getting my non-existing gif-making skills ready, just the night before I got this ask, talk about fate)

This movie is so underrated, it doesn't even have a Wikipedia entry. Make it make sense! How is nobody watching this cutie-patootie work of art? Its adorkable in the best sense of the word, it's heartwarming, a little silly and oh! so funny!

It's losely based on the play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, set in an all-boys british boarding school in the 1980s. Given the source material, catfishing is definetly a thing here, keep that in mind if you might find that topic difficult.

Alex Lawther's character Amberson (cliché school nerd and victim of bullying) falls in love with the new french teachers daughter Agnes (Pauline Etienne) who in turn has a crush on First-Class-Himbo Winch (portrayed by a beautiful, dimple-faced, british actor). Because Agnes is very artistic and looking for someone that matches her vibe, Amberson helps Winch to try to impress her, because Winch himself is... well... a little dim 😅.

Winch is easily my favourite Jonah character to date (yes, including Prince Eric). I have seriously considered changing my tumblr-name to themightywinch because of him. I mean... he's corteous and punctual, after all 🤣😍.

While not the main character, he's definetly the highlight of the movie. Jonah is likeable, charming, the right kind of awkward in the right moments, has fantastic comedic timing and great chemistry with Alex Lawther.

Just look at that scene alone! IT`S. SO. CUTE!!! (cute-raging over here 😡) Watching this just makes you wish Jonah would star in more comedies, because he definetly has the skills for it! This is just a feel-good movie that leaves you smiling with a warm, fuzzy feeling in your heart. It has easily become one of my new comfort watches. Old Boys just never fails to make me laugh and I wish it would get more attention and recognition since it definetly deserves it! (like at least write a Wikipedia article about it) Btw, I bought this on Prime for 99ct, best money I ever spend!

3. The Last Photograph (2017)

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(the trailer says 2019, but the movie was originally shown at the Edinburgh Film Festival in 2017)

directed by: Danny Huston Jonah plays: Luke Hammond

Fair warning, this movie is gut-wrenching. I don't know if this qualifies as an actual trigger-warning, but this movie deals with the loss of a child/ death of a young person, as well as the real life tragedy of the Pan Am Flight 103 bombed in 1988 so proceed with caution.

Luke Hammond (Dimples McGee) is on said flight to visit his long-distance girlfriend Kate (Stacy Martin) in New York. Kate's and Luke's first meeting is a little awkward imo, I think it's meant to be like a meet-cute, especially with the whole "Bird"-thing, it just doesn't really work for me. But the rest of their love story is very endearing, they're just two young people experiencing love for the first time. Their time together is told through seemingly random, incoherent flashbacks and memories, just giving little glimpses of what their relationship was like and it's the cutest thing. Little intimate touches, hidden smiles, shared laughter... It's shot in a way as if you're watching them through rose-colored glasses, which is probably the point.

I love the way this movie uses different lighting and colour changes to depict a difference in the time line as well as the emotional state of the characters.

We only see Luke in flashbacks (guess why) and follow his dad Tom (Danny Huston) in present day (which in this case means 2003) as he is desperately trying to retrieve the last photograph (hence the titel) he possesses of his son after his bag was stolen. To see Tom slowly losing his grip as he grows more and more desperate to find the picture is truely heartbreaking. (It's a polaroid, so there are no copies, this is truely the last memory he has of Luke. God, I'm tearing up while writing this.)

Because Luke is basically just seen through the memory of his father who obviously holds him in high regard/ romanticizes the idea of his son, he is portrayed in a solely positive light, which usually wouldn't give much dimension to his character. Yet Jonah still manages to fill this role with life and witt and charisma, making you understand why Bird fell for him. He's sweet, romantic, a little bit shy, which works really well here, has the cutest laugh and clearly cares really deeply for his father. He's definetly portrayed as the "you simply have to love him" kinda guy, which is why his absence cuts so deep.

This is also in huge parts due to Danny Huston's performance. Honestly, the sweater-scenes (or jumper, if you're british 😉) almost broke me. And don't even get me started on his letter to Kate or Kate's letter to him... ugh. It's. So. SAD.

This is obviously not for everyday watch. However, even though The Last Photograph is heartbreaking, it doesn't necessarily leave you hopeless and depressed. This movie feels like a loving tribute to an actual person and therefore has a beauty in its melancholy. Throughout Tom's journey there is hope and forgiveness towards himself. There's a beautiful symmetry to the whole thing. The ending feels almost satisfying if you can say that in this context.

I also wanna give a shoutout to This Is The Night (2021). The movie itself isn't that great, it's a little all over the place and I think they tried to do a little too much all at once. But I looo~oooved Jonah in this, Christians character arc is by far the most interesting one and I wish the script gave their character justice in the way Jonah's and Naomi's acting did. (Also this is the HOTTEST he's ever looked which is a bit ironic).

This list is probably going to be outdated soon, since he has a lot coming out in the near future (I'm especially excited for Rich Flu).

Sorry, if this is too long and rambly and if it took too long for me to answer, I got a little carried away and suddenly had a lot of gifs to make 😅.

Thank you soooo much for the ask, @measuredmotion ❤️.

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bimboficationblues · 2 months

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Lanthimos' (and his writing collaborators) central preoccupation throughout his filmography has always been the tyranny of domesticity, each film taking up various methods of defamiliarizing those most familiar (literally) of social conventions. Poor Things is basically a high-gloss, big-budget play on the same core idea, a hybrid Frankenstein/bildungsroman narrative where the God/human relationship between creator and created is both explicitly gendered and less openly hostile (while still antagonistic), and the diegetic circumstances of the main character's existence lets her 1) essentially speedrun the typical child-to-adult process of forming a subjectivity and how that process is informed by propriety, work, money, education, charity, suffering, existential angst, and indeed sexuality, and 2) cast judgment on the merits and demerits of those norms thanks to her perspective as a previously sheltered outsider, and find ways to reject them as incongruent with the kind of enlightened socialist-humanist worldview she adopts (in a way that I think myself and others receive as a very autistic experience). but so many people continue to filter it through Barbie-brained shit about "sexual empowerment" and whether that's good or bad lol.

it does not escape my notice that a lot of the loudest criticisms seem to be about the notion of childhood sexuality in general or about not making its portrayal of sex work a literal adaptation of Catherine MacKinnon's most voyeuristic essays

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roskirambles · 7 months

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Special Feature: The Exterminating Angel (El ángel exterminador, 1962)

The reason for the distinction on this one is that, arguably, it wasn’t even meant to be a horror film. Sure, it’s director Luis Buñuel was a surrealist responsible for the infamous Un Chien Andalou (1929) along with Salvador Dalí, yet as such the concerns of his filmography were far from being primarily scary. However, the argument that this Mexican production qualifies in the genre isn’t hard to make, as well as the evident influence it has had on it for decades since.

After an opera show, a group of rich people are trapped in a dinning room for mysterious reasons. The doors aren’t locked or anything, they just seem unable to leave. At first it's just a few hours, but hours turn into days. And as time passes, their demeanor starts becoming more hostile when supplies start to run out. And as the tensions escalate, so does the threat of violence and tribalism.

It's a bizarre setup for sure, but the film's strength doesn't lie there. No, the true brilliance of the movie lies in Buñuel’s direction. What would feel like a nonsensical and dreamlike situation suddenly becomes strangely believable and captivating, dragging you along to see a group of people become increasingly hostile and showing their dark side for no truly tangible reason. And for all the etiquette the rich show, that goes out of the window the moment they face anything resembling real hardship.

Along with this so subtle jab at class inequality, conformity and a playful approach to our sense of reality are explored as well. With a compelling satirical edge, it's mind screw of an ending raises questions without easy answers.

#halloween #surrealism #horror films #luis bunuel #silvia pinal #enrique rambal #the exterminating angel #el angel exterminador #roskirambles

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nostalgebraist-autoresponder · 2 years

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Lightyear

Medium: Cinema (Movie)

Written by: Angus MacLane (story and screenplay), Matthew Aldrich (story), Jason Headley (story and screenplay)

Production Company: Disney/Pixar

Characters: Buzz Lightyear, Zurg, Sox, Izzy Hawthorne, Mo Morrison, Alisha Hawthorne, Darby Steel, D.E.R.I.C., Zyclops, Airman Diaz, Featheringhamstan, Commander Burnside, I.V.A.N., Kiko

Setting: Tikana Prime (a hostile alien planet)

Themes: Confidence, Trust, Failure and Mistakes, Giving Up, Home and Family

Plot: After crashing his ship trying to escape a hostile alien planet, Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear feels responsible for trapping himself and his crew. In an attempt to fix his mistake and get the crew back home, Buzz begins experiments to try to make working hyperdrive fuel that will give the ship the power and speed it needs to get home. But doing so has drastic consequences his perception of time and causes him to inch further and further into the future and farther from his goal.

I would have guessed this was a parody of the story of the "Lightyear" Star Wars trilogy rather than the "Tikana" trilogy, but okay, it's actually the latter. (Pixar has released two such Star Wars ripoffs, "Brave," from Pixar's own filmography, and "Cars 2," in 2016.)

I watched this movie with @queenshulamit the other night. She was disappointed by it -- she wanted it to make her feel emotions, and it's just not very emotional.

What I found especially strange was the way this is presented as this grand adventure story that's ultimately about a single human character. It's told as though all the human characters, along with the nonhuman supporting characters, are part of one grand adventure story, about the quest to find Buzz Lightyear, and all of them end up on the same side of the screen.

There's a whole group of nonhuman supporting characters who are all, like, evil monsters or something, with the implication that this is some cosmic battle against "them." There's this group of Space Rangarians who are all like "yeah we have an evil emperor and he's our villain, he's really terrible," and then there's one Space Ranger who happens to have some kind of personal connection to the emperor, but that's kind of just an unfortunate coincidence, not really a significant part of his character.

It makes no sense. None of them have any character arcs that are worth talking about, they're just "here are some evil monsters. The Space Rangarians are there because they've been given a villainous role, the Space Ranger's name is really unusual so we're kind of pretending this is part of the Space Ranger's personal life and not some kind of random coincidence like we've never met him before. We don't know if the emperor is actually involved, but he's probably evil, so we'll include him."

I guess the goal is to have a more heroic Space Ranger, who goes on an epic quest to rescue everyone from the emperor and save the universe, and who then gets to ride the hype train of the movie as he's featured in everything else and the movie ends with a "look, we also love the Space Ranger, and now he's really happy because he's a hero!" message -- but then there's no reason to give this guy the same kind of complex, emotional arc that the rest of the movie wants to give Buzz.

The movie as a whole is really frustrating because it's so clearly trying to be, like, Star Wars. The opening and ending are both references to Star Wars, they both feature familiar aliens with familiar names, they both feature a guy named Buzz who is a "space ranger," they even have a "lightsaber duel," and that was all a bit too on-the-nose to leave me unimpressed. I think it felt like they were trying to include as many Star Wars references as possible just to make it more obvious they were trying to do a Star Wars thing (and more likely to make the references stick in our heads), even if it was a really annoying tack to go down.

(At the time I thought maybe this was one of those cases where the Star Wars references just didn't work as well if you haven't seen the original source material, but looking back, it's clear that no, they're not doing anything interesting with the reference that a Star Wars fan would have recognized -- I mean, it's literally just a cut-rate clone trooper)

#tmmrwbell #this movie has it all #blah blah blah #themostop

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spoilertv · 16 days

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#SpoilerTV

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the-invisible-queer · 2 months

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I had a Nick dream that idk if I want to share

Joe was in it for like 3 seconds but it was a Nick centric dream

I'm losing the fight 😔

Should have never gone through his filmography

Should have kept the original anti-Nick hostility

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kevinpshanblog · 6 months

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Angora Love Dec 14th, 1929

Next up in the quest to watch the entire Laurel and Hardy filmography in chronological order, is their final silent short, “Angora Love”.

In this one, Stan and Ollie are two kind-hearted men who feed a stray goat some doughnuts outside a pet store. The goat, named Penelope, becomes attached to them and follows them to their apartment. However, their landlord is very strict and does not allow any pets in the building. Stan and Ollie try to hide Penelope from him, but she causes a lot of trouble with her noise and smell. They also have to deal with a neighbor who complains about the water leaking from their bathroom, and a policeman who suspects them of stealing the goat from the store owner. The film ends with an all too common “reciprocal destruction” chaotic water fight involving all the characters, and the landlord getting arrested for assaulting the policeman. Stan and Ollie manage to escape with Penelope, who is still loyal to them.

Reciprocal destruction is a term that refers to the comedy technique of escalating a conflict between two or more characters by having them retaliate against each other with increasing violence and absurdity. It is often used in slapstick comedy, where physical humor and exaggerated reactions are emphasized. Reciprocal destruction is one of the signature elements of Laurel and Hardy's films, especially their silent shorts. They often played two hapless friends who get into trouble with authority figures, rivals, or each other, and end up destroying property, vehicles, or themselves in the process. Some examples of reciprocal destruction in their films are:

In The Battle of the Century, one of their earliest films, a simple banana peel prank leads to a massive pie fight that involves hundreds of people and thousands of pies. The film is famous for having the largest pie fight in cinema history.

In Two Tars, Stan and Ollie are two sailors who go on a road trip with two girls. They encounter a traffic jam and get into an argument with another driver. Soon, all the drivers and passengers start to demolish each other's cars, until nothing is left but a pile of junk. The film is considered one of their best.

In Big Business, Stan and Ollie are door-to-door Christmas tree salesmen who try to sell a tree to a grumpy homeowner. The homeowner refuses to buy the tree and chops it up with an axe. Stan and Ollie retaliate by destroying his house and furniture, while he destroys their car and clothes. The film is regarded as one of their masterpieces and was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.

Reciprocal destruction is a way of creating comedy from conflict, chaos, and exaggeration. It also showcases the chemistry and timing of Laurel and Hardy, who were able to make their audiences laugh with their facial expressions, gestures, and reactions. Reciprocal destruction is a classic comedy device that has influenced many other comedians and filmmakers, such as the Marx Brothers, the Three Stooges, and Monty Python.

Some of the other stars of this film are:

Harry Bernard as The Policeman: He was a character actor who appeared in many Laurel and Hardy films, usually as a cop or a waiter. He also worked with other comedians such as Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton.

Charlie Hall as The Neighbor: He was a British actor who was a frequent foil for Laurel and Hardy, often playing a hostile or irritable character. He appeared in more than 50 films with them, making him their most regular co-star.

Edgar Kennedy as The Landlord: He was a comedian and actor who was known for his "slow burn" expression of frustration and anger. He often played authority figures who clashed with Laurel and Hardy, such as policemen, judges, or landlords. He also appeared as Kennedy The Cop in the Our Gang series and had his own series of comedy shorts called "The Average Man".

While this is not one of their best silent shorts it as also far from the worst. And an average Laurel and Hardy comedy short is far superior to any of their contemporaries.

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#laurel and hardy #silent comedy #silent era #silent film #silent cinema #silent movies #slapstick #stan laurel #oliver hardy #hal roach #angora love #edgar kennedy #charlie hall #Youtube

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cinematicpro-in · 8 months

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the-poets-might-disagree · 2 years

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TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET FILMOGRAPHY (does not include TV series, shorts or ads)

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ruhrohimrorny · 4 years

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If I said he’s hot, no I didn’t, bc I did. No I didn’t ❤️

#christian bale #bruce wayne #batman #thor love and thunder #ford vs ferrari movie #american psycho #american hustle #hostiles #3:10 to yuma #more but i aint gonna tag his whole filmography

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new-sandrafilter · 4 years

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Behold Dune: An Exclusive Look at Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Oscar Isaac, and More

Timothée Chalamet remembers the darkness. It was the summer of 2019, and the cast and crew of Dune had ventured deep into the sandstone and granite canyons of southern Jordan, leaving in the middle of the night so they could catch the dawn on camera. The light spilling over the chasms gave the landscape an otherworldly feel. It was what they had come for.

“It was really surreal,” says Chalamet. “There are these Goliath landscapes, which you may imagine existing on planets in our universe, but not on Earth.”

They weren’t on Earth anymore, anyway. They were on a deadly, dust-dry battleground planet called Arrakis. In Frank Herbert’s epic 1965 sci-fi novel, Arrakis is the only known location of the galaxy’s most vital resource, the mind-altering, time-and-space-warping “spice.” In the new film adaptation, directed by Arrival and Blade Runner 2049 filmmaker Denis Villeneuve, Chalamet stars as the young royal Paul Atreides, the proverbial stranger in a very strange land, who’s fighting to protect this hostile new home even as it threatens to destroy him. Humans are the aliens on Arrakis. The dominant species on that world are immense, voracious sandworms that burrow through the barren drifts like subterranean dragons.

For the infinite seas of sand that give the story its title, the production moved to remote regions outside Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, where the temperatures rivaled the fiction in Herbert’s story. “I remember going out of my room at 2 a.m., and it being probably 100 degrees,” says Chalamet. During the shoot, he and the other actors were costumed in what the world of Dune calls “stillsuits”—thick, rubbery armor that preserves the body’s moisture, even gathering tiny bits from the breath exhaled through the nose. In the story, the suits are life-giving. In real life, they were agony. “The shooting temperature was sometimes 120 degrees,” says Chalamet. “They put a cap on it out there, if it gets too hot. I forget what the exact number is, but you can’t keep working.” The circumstances fed the story they were there to tell: “In a really grounded way, it was helpful to be in the stillsuits and to be at that level of exhaustion.”

It wouldn’t be Dune if it were easy. Herbert’s novel became a sci-fi touchstone in the 1960s, heralded for its world-building and ecological subtext, as well as its intricate (some say impenetrable) plot focusing on two families struggling for supremacy over Arrakis. The book created ripples that many see in everything from Star Wars to Alien to Game of Thrones. Still, for decades, the novel itself has defied adaptation. In the ’70s, the wild man experimental filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky mounted a quest to film it, but Hollywood considered the project too risky. David Lynch brought Dune to the big screen in a 1984 feature, but it was derided as an incomprehensible mess and a blight on his filmography. In 2000, a Dune miniseries on what’s now the SyFy channel became a hit for the cable network, but it is now only dimly remembered.

Villeneuve intends to create a Dune that has so far only existed in the imagination of readers. The key, he says, was to break the sprawling narrative in half. When Dune hits theaters on December 18, it will only be half the novel, with Warner Bros. agreeing to tell the story in two films, similar to the studio’s approach with Stephen King’s It and It Chapter Two. “I would not agree to make this adaptation of the book with one single movie,” says Villeneuve. “The world is too complex. It’s a world that takes its power in details.”

For Villeneuve, this 55-year-old story about a planet being mined to death was not merely a space adventure, but a prophecy. “No matter what you believe, Earth is changing, and we will have to adapt,” he says. “That’s why I think that Dune, this book, was written in the 20th century. It was a distant portrait of the reality of the oil and the capitalism and the exploitation—the overexploitation—of Earth. Today, things are just worse. It’s a coming-of-age story, but also a call for action for the youth.”

Chalamet’s character, Paul, thinks he’s just a boy struggling to find a place in the world, but he actually possesses the ability to change it. He has a supernatural gift to harness and unleash energy, lead others, and meld with the heart of his new home world. Think Greta Thunberg, only she’s a Jedi with a degree from Hogwarts. Paul comes from a powerful galactic family with a name that sounds like a constellation—the House Atreides. His father and mother, Duke Leto (played by Oscar Isaac) and Lady Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson), take their son from their lush, Scandinavian-like home world to preside over spice extraction on Arrakis. What follows is a clash with the criminal, politically connected House Harkonnen, led by the monstrous Baron Vladimir (Stellan Skarsgård), a mammoth with merciless appetites. The baron, created with full-body prosthetics, is like a rhino in human form. This version of the character is less of a madman and more of a predator. “As much as I deeply love the book, I felt that the baron was flirting very often with caricature,” says Villeneuve. “And I tried to bring him a bit more dimension. That’s why I brought in Stellan. Stellan has something in the eyes. You feel that there’s someone thinking, thinking, thinking—that has tension and is calculating inside, deep in the eyes. I can testify, it can be quite frightening.”

The director has also expanded the role of Paul’s mother, Lady Jessica. She’s a member of the Bene Gesserit, a sect of women who can read minds, control people with their voice (again, a precursor to the Jedi mind trick), and manipulate the balance of power in the universe. In the script, which Villeneuve wrote with Eric Roth and Jon Spaihts, she is even more fearsome than before. The studio’s plot synopsis describes her as a “warrior priestess.” As Villeneuve jokes, “It’s better than ‘space nun.’ ”

Lady Jessica’s duty is to deliver a savior to the universe—and now she has a greater role in defending and training Paul too. “She’s a mother, she’s a concubine, she’s a soldier,” says Ferguson. “Denis was very respectful of Frank’s work in the book, [but] the quality of the arcs for much of the women have been brought up to a new level. There were some shifts he did, and they are beautifully portrayed now.”

In an intriguing change to the source material, Villeneuve has also updated Dr. Liet Kynes, the leading ecologist on Arrakis and an independent power broker amid the various warring factions. Although always depicted as a white man, the character is now played by Sharon Duncan-Brewster (Rogue One), a black woman. “What Denis had stated to me was there was a lack of female characters in his cast, and he had always been very feminist, pro-women, and wanted to write the role for a woman,” Duncan-Brewster says. “This human being manages to basically keep the peace amongst many people. Women are very good at that, so why can’t Kynes be a woman? Why shouldn’t Kynes be a woman?”

As fans will know, there’s a vast menagerie of other characters populating Dune. There are humans called “mentats,” augmented with computerlike minds. Paul is mentored by two of them. There are also the bravado warriors Duncan Idaho and Gurney Halleck, played by Jason Momoa and Josh Brolin. Dave Bautista plays a sinister Harkonnen enforcer Glossu Rabban, and Charlotte Rampling has a key role as the Bene Gesserit reverend mother. The list goes on. In the seemingly unlivable wilds of Arrakis, Javier Bardem leads the Fremen tribe as Stilgar, and Zendaya costars as a mystery woman named Chani, who haunts Paul in his dreams as a vision with glowing blue eyes.

The breadth of Dune is what has made it so confounding for others to adapt. “It’s a book that tackles politics, religion, ecology, spirituality—and with a lot of characters,” says Villeneuve. “I think that’s why it’s so difficult. Honestly, it’s by far the most difficult thing I’ve done in my life.” After finishing this first movie, he’ll just have to do it all over again.

#timmy #timothee chalamet #dune 2020 #paul atreides #denis villeneuve #zendaya #Rebecca Ferguson #Oscar Isaac #Josh Brolin #my edit

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Open letter to Star Wars fandom post-Tros

The insanity of the SW fandom has truly peaked. And people wonder why outsiders don't touch them with a fifty foot pole.

There are not enough expletives (btw 'kriff' doesn't exist in the GFFA but that's a topic for another day) in the English language for the disgrace, mockery, idiocy and so on that has permeated what could be an otherwise great fandom. I have been a SW fan my whole life and will continue to be forever, but there are hills I will die on.

All of this "JJ ruined SW forever and Terrio is a saint, etc!?!" bullshit combined with "oh don't pick on poor Daisy..no one told her anything about her character" makes the folks who regurgitate the drivel appear to have their hostility set in the wrong place. No one can possibly believe what they are preaching to be fact.

Everything is clearly mapped out as it happened and nothing is cryptic. It would smash you into the pavement like a bus for how blatant it is. Obviously people believe what they want but presenting lies as law does no one any favors.

JJ.didn't.write.shit. Repeat it out loud as many times as necessary. Everyone and their dog in Hollywood knows that. How he and Terrio are not blacklisted for their extensive career bombs when anyone else wouldn't get away with it remains a mystery. Everyone knows he stole writing credit from lots of people. That's just from SW without the rest of his 'filmography'. Don't ever him credit for being *anything* other than having sand for brains. If you think he's the fucking mastermind behind anything, he's got you exactly where he wants you, wrapped around his finger. That's how hacks operate. He is responsible for the shit editing job of TROS where the editing crew was threatened with their jobs if it was not done in a certain way under a certain unrealistic time crunch. That is why TROS was so choppy and nonsensical, not taking into consideration Terrio's very explicit hate for anything in the franchise not related to Luke or Rey. He is responsible for forcing Adam Driver to do ADR dialogue in his own fucking closet out of sheer vindication.

There is hypocrisy and disrespect to levels that it's impossible to recover from. DLF went out of its way, above and beyond even, with gaslighting and erasure to destroy the entire franchise in one film. In December, people said they were done with SW because DLF had crushed them and they would never recover but they would still love it.

Funny how that took a spin in the opposite direction since people hate it with a white hot passion. Only SW fandom would choose to not abandon something they hate in favor of unhealthy hatred. 'Fans' directing their anger toward boycotting the entire franchise instead of ignoring the bad film as any other franchise does. It is done with such vocal energy that it has become the popular vote and anyone who doesn't agree with the hate is an outcast. Essentially becoming the angry antis that they claim to hate in the same breath.

And don't even start on the utter bullshit of Rey's parentage. The latest conspiracy theory, advocated by DR herself, would have you believe that she has equal sand for brains and doesn't know shit about her own character, and that Rey Nobody of Jakku was nothing more than Resistance propaganda and never existed. That TFA and TLJ are figments of our imagination and the highly respected Rian Johnson is not only a slave driver but a hack who knows nothing. He knows a hell of a lot more than Terrio and JJ combined. If you seriously believe that Daisy knows nothing about her own character when every other actor knows more than the writers, you're equally conned. Daisy didn't pay attention or didn't care because that meant working, which she bitched about she shouldn't have to do. Like JB, she wants to be seen as the poor abused victim.

When TFA and TLJ were at the forefront, no one had any issues whatsoever with Rey of Jakku being related to no one. Rian even said as much. But he and George Lucas who created the franchise know nothing. Neither does Lawrence Kasdan and his cowriter Michael Arndt. Lucas explicitly said during PT filming that Palpatine had no offspring, and people who aren't even involved in the fandom know that the Dark Side tells you anything you want to hear. Why the bloody fuck anyone with functioning braincells would take anything that TROS claims to be true as gospel fact "because it's onscreen which makes it true".

It fucking cancelled 9 previous films and people choose to accept with open arms the same literal pile of shit they said destroyed them over the 9 films that have almost no flaws by comparison. Cancel out any love, family, fairytales, hope, because a shit for brains writer (Terrio) chose to annihilate them to become the tale of St Luke and the Virgin Rey.

Why? What is the logic or purpose behind the Stockholm Syndrome which DLF initiated that TROS is Gospel Law, everything else is heresy and Rey Nobody never existed?

I can tell you right now without any doubt that Carrie Fisher and Peter Mayhew are both rolling in their graves at the utter hurricane of disrespect and mockery that has swept over the franchise. George Lucas is likely regretting his choice to sell LF to Disney after the atrocity of TROS. Why are people giving the antis/fanboys whom they claim to abhor as much power as they have?

That's not even touching any widely publicized offscreen drama involving the actors. Adam made the wise decision to cut all ties. DR and Reylos were harassed by JB. They probably don't recall boycotting him as a result. Kelly Tran was harassed by fanboys and thrown under the bus by JB and JJ. In addition, neither JB nor DR can find work after their stunts (she trashed Adam and Rian at a full cast press conference for making her actually work during TLJ). Now he's hoping people will conveniently forget what an ass he was to everyone. Interesting how Adam, Kelly, and the rest of the cast are having zero issues finding work.

In a nutshell, Rey may not be my favorite character by a long shot. Kylo deserved better. The Force thought they belonged together. But NO ONE (actor or character) deserved the fucking lazy bullshit copout story that was given to them by hack 'writer' Terrio and 'I can't finish any story' director JJ. Carrie was a script doctor and would have beaten the shit out of Terrio. The extent of her revenge on JJ would be haunting him but he isn't even worth that much effort.

People have forgotten that or they don't care anymore. At which point move on. But that doesn't give someone license to trash an entire fandom with blatant lies out of spite as retribution. Don't create conspiracy theories that experts (the writers of TFA/TLJ and actors) have explicitly said are the opposite.

#tros salt #dont support dlf #shame on everyone buying into gaslighting

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beautifulcinephile · 3 years

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Timothée Chalamet Questions

Hello there! I decided to do this tag game based on another tag game that I made, I hope you enjoy.

When did you become a Timothée Chalamet fan?

September 18th or 19th, I think. I became a fan of his out of the blue, because initially I didn’t think he was that attractive and now I think he’s really attractive and I can’t stop thinking about him and how amazing he is.

What was the first movie of his that you watched?

Oddly enough, it was A Rainy Day In New York. I know that a lot of newcomers start with Call Me By Your Name, but I started with this one instead. I know that this movie is kinda boring, but the scene in which he sings “Everything Happens to Me” is so beautiful and I can’t help but think that Gatsby is a cute character.

Favorite movie of his?

I have three. The King is my favorite of all time, his acting is phenomenal and I really love this movie. Miss Stevens is also one of my favorites and it’s my comfort movie and my favorite song plays in it (”Sister Golden Hair” is one of my favorite songs from the 70s), and I watched it on my 22nd birthday, so this movie means a lot to me. And I really, really love Little Women. Laurie is so cute and the cast has amazing actings.

What is your least favorite movie of his?

Hot Summer Nights. I was really excited to watch this movie, and when I watched it, I was really disappointed. Timmy is cute in this movie and the soundtrack has a lot of 80s and 90s jams which I really love, but the story didn’t caught my attention and I consider this to be one of the worst movies of his, so much that I’d rather just listen to the soundtrack than rewatching it.

What did you think about his performance at SNL?

In my humble opinion, Timothée rocked. I loved the heartfelt speech he made honoring his mother, the whole “Tiny Horse” sketch (He needs to have a singing career ASAP), the Rap Roundtable was amazing and I crack up every time I listen to “Yeet!”

Have you watched his whole filmography so far?

Oh, gosh... Not yet. There are just a few movies of his so I can watch his whole filmography, which are Call Me By Your Name, Hostiles and Interstellar. I was going to watch Men, Women and Children, but a friend of mine told me that the vast majority of his scenes were deleted, so that was a big bummer.

Is there any song that reminds you of Timothée, regardless of the genre?

Yes! I even have a playlist dedicated to him. But songs that remind me of him are Sufjan Stevens’ songs such as “Visions of Gideon”, “Mystery of Love”, “Futile Devices” and even “Run Away With Me” and “Tell Me You Love Me”. Another songs that remind me of him are: “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” and “Wake Me Up When September Ends” (This one is because of a dream I had about him, and coincidentally, the month that I became a fan of his was September) by Green Day, “Here Comes Your Man” by Pixies, “Is This Love” by Whitesnake, “Wicked Game” by Chris Isaak (The Document photoshoot is really reminiscent of the music video), “Sister Golden Hair” by America, “Quand Tu M’aimes” and “For Me Formidable” by Charles Aznavour, the list goes on...

What movie of his are you most excited to see?

Definitely Dune! I even asked my dad to buy the book for me and I’m reading it, the book is amazing and I’ve watched the trailer countless times and I want a new trailer and an official poster so I can drool over it all the time. October 1st, get here already. I can’t wait to see this movie.

Favorite pictures?

Favorite outfit?

This one:

Tagging: @thestarsaregivenonceonly, @chalamet-noir, @chalamet-chalamet, @zeffirellio, @supremehavok, @tellmama-allaboutit (And everyone who wants to do it)

#Timothée Chalamet #Tag Game #I HOPE YOU ENJOY

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