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unfoldingdaydreams · 6 years

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startstruck on the red carpet - part 5

Pairing: Tom Holland x Reader

Featuring: Every Avengers: Infinity War Actor

Summary: As a journalist, you’ve been assigned to interview the actors of Avengers: Infinity War for your first job and on the red carpet you realize someone couldn’t help but stare at you the whole time.

Warning: This story has a slow progression, which means it will be focused more on feelings and character developments, I like to keep my stories detailed and imaginable as much as possible. I used the prons ‘’she’’-‘’her’’ in the story but you can imagine it in every way you like! Thank you!!

Words long: 1455

Chapters: 5/13

Completed: Yes

PART 1- PART 2 - PART 3 - PART 4 - PART 5 - PART 6 - PART 7 - PART 8 - PART 9 - PART 10 - PART 11 - PART 12 - PART 13

Sequel:

PART 1 - PART 2

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“I..i did it!” you beamed.. smiling widely to Elijah. “I can’t believe I did it!” you clapped. Elijah smiled back, “You were so well.”

“I know I’ve messed up a couple of questions but they didn’t even mind!” you thought to yourself, “They even made some jokes!”

You still couldn’t believe the fact that you’ve interviewed Chris Hemsworth and Paul Ruud, and still managed to look or properly speak with them. You put your hands on your heart. It was a miracle you still haven’t had a heart attack. And the fact that Paul Rudd complimented on your dress.. you covered your face with your hands. It was all red once more.

“Lost in thoughts?” Elijah asked. “Yeah.” You admitted. “I don’t think I can ever stop thinking about this.” You exhaled. “You do look excited.” He said, “We still have one more interview to go.. the one that is in the set. Wanna grab something to eat before that? It’s in 30 minutes.”

“So.. we need to make an appointment to make this interview.” Elijah explained, as you to walked towards the waiting room for the sets. “Oh.” You paused, panicking. “But everyone probably made their appointments!”. “Especially for the main actors, Chris Evans and Robert Downey JR.”

“Ah, it’s okay.” He replied smiling, “I already made the appointment, when you were watching the cast on the entrance.”

“What? Really? You got it?” you silently shouted. “Yeah” he chuckled. “We are the 3rd in the line of their set.”

“Hey.. Elijah?” you asked, you two were not sitting in the waiting room, completely stressed out. “Yeah?” he answered, raising an eyebrow. “Thank you for today.. I couldn’t have done anything without your help.” You smiled. “..and-”

“You must be Y/N” a voice behind you caught you off guard, making you jump from your seat. You turned around and saw.. a man in a tight suit. You froze for a second. “U-uhm.. Yes?” you asked, he had a serious expression on his face. Who was he?

“I’m Blake.. from Clara’s department.” He said while shaking your hand. “O-oh! K-kate mentioned you.. It’s a pleasure.” You managed to say. “Likewise.”

“So you’re here for the interviews?” Your voice sounded so unprofessional compared to his.. He nodded, “I was late to the first part.. I’m sorry for letting you handle it all alone.. since you’re an intern.” So he knew. “No! No! It was great!” you explained. “So who are you here for?”

“I’ve heard it was Chris and Robert.” He replied. “So are we!” you said, “Which one you are at in the line? You asked. He raised an eyebrow. “The third one?” he answered like the answer was a known fact.

“But.. wait. We are the third too.” You thought out loud.

“I think there is a misunderstanding.” He said, “Yeah, I mean it would be weird if we had the sam-”

“You don’t have to interview anymore. I’m here. It was poor of me to even let you have the first one.”

You took a step back. “Huh?” you asked. “But.. Elijah and I.. already made the appointments.” You explained, your legs were slightly shaking again. “Yeah.” Blake agreed. “You can’t make appointments for a specific person name. Only for the company, you worked for.” He explained. You looked at Elijah.. and saw him nod. Blake and you were under the same companies name.. so that mean-

“The E&A?” a woman called. “It’s your turn.” That was our company’s name.

You looked to Elijah, asking for help. “Let’s go.” Blake said to his cameraman.

“I.. I want to thank people who helped me to get here.. and this interview is the way I chose..” you said blanky, looking towards his eyes. “So please let me have this one.”

He paused, you realized that the whole room was watching this “drama”. “That’s.. kind of you to think this.. It really is.” He replied, “Don’t get me wrong but.. I don’t think even interviewing them would be enough to thank those people.” He said, while walking towards the set.

You couldn’t even move.

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“Hey..” Elijah’s voice reached you. “It’s okay.. we can just-”

“I’m so stupid.” You said, while looking down. “Why did I even think that someone like me would.. get to live.. something.. nevermind.” You managed to say, and with that, you walked away. Step by step, towards the main area. “Y/N?” Elijah called for you. Your steps became faster now, “I’m sorry, just give me a minute.” You asked.

You were walking in an almost dark hallway, thank god Elijah didn’t come for you.

You must be overreacting.. These things must have happened all the time. All the time. Why did you even leave? And everyone there was watching you.. Maybe you should call Nathalie.. to.. say what? It was just t-

You felt your body hitting something. Oh. You’ve bumped into someone.

“S-sorry.” You said sloppily while keep walking and looking down. Just.. keep walking, you already apologized.

“Miss.. are you doing alright?” a voice reached you. It was the person you’ve just bumped in to. You’ve stopped right away without even realizing it. Of course, you knew.

You’ve watched so many interviews and videos to know his voice.. of course, you knew who he was.

You turned towards him, face to face. Okay, Y/N, right now, you had to be strong.

“Oh.” You tried to smile. “I’m sorry, must be.. lost in thoughts.” You explained, it was the best voice you could act out. “Oh no no, it’s totally alright.” He said while coming closer to you. You became motionless. “I went to see my friend and looks like I’m late for the interviews.. and got lost, actually.” He chuckled, rubbing his neck.

“O-oh really?” That’s a shame.” You said, smiling. “I can show you where it is.” You offered. What.. did you just say. “Oh! That would be really lovely.” His Brittish accent filled your ears. Don’t make this awkward now. Don’t make this awkward.

“This way..” you said, walking towards the place you just left in a hurry. “Sure!” he smiled, walking next to you.

You were having a conversation with the actual Tom Holland.

It was really him.. the actual one. You felt every part of your body panics.

“I’ve actually met most of the cast members on the red carpet day in Civil War.” He broke the silence, you’ve heard about that before on a video.. but hearing this from the real him now.. made it sound special.

“Oh, really?” you asked, making eye contact. “Yeah!” he cheered, “So when I’ve first seen you at the red carpet…” you froze. Where was this conversation going.

So he really remembered the little stare you shared. Your heart skipped a beat. “…I felt the same thing happen to you too. Your first big project?”

… Your mind went blank. “O-oh.” You said. Think. What did he even-

You remembered that you weren’t wearing an ID.

“You look like you are the actress that is going to be interviewed.” You recall Ellie saying.

“But an interviewer stopped me there.. and I wasn’t able to see you after that.. so I couldn’t introduce myself.” His voice sounded as he was apologizing.

You felt your emotions in your head running around, screaming loudly just like in a movie you’ve seen. “I know interviews can feel overwhelming at first.. So I’m sorry for not helping you out there.”

You silently exhaled. Even if he thought you were an.. actress, you shouldn’t be going along with it. This wasn’t a stupid fairytale. You knew that he’d find out sooner or later and it would make every table turn around. Take a deep breath. You can.. yeah, you can just say it.

You tried to smile. “Thank you.. for thinking this. It really means a lot. But, I’m-”

“Mr. Holland?” a loud woman’s voice cut your words. You two were now at the entrance of the sets. “Thank god you are here. Let’s go. We’re so behind the schedule.”

“Give me a second please, darling.” He said, taking your attention once more. He offered his hand to you. “So that’s why I think I should introduce myself now.”

“I’m Tom. It’s really nice meeting you.”

Tom Holland was saying all this to you.

You.. stopped panicking somehow. For a second, you realized that this was a one in a million moment.. and look at you, acting weird and panicky. No. You had to do this properly.

You shook his hand, boosting yourself confidence, “And I’m Y/N. The pleasure is mine.” You cheered, smiling widely.. looking at his eyes.

You didn’t realize you were still holding his hand.

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Okay, finally Tom has shown up. I know. I’m actually glad I didn’t write the interviews in detail because that would take so much time that even I would hate this story.

Thanks for reading it! It really means a lot when people ask, comment, like about it. It is the best feeling ever

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televisor-reviews · 4 years

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Top 10 BEST Films Of 2018

Taking this extra year to look at the film market of 2018 has given me the space to really look at the year as a whole as, what I’d describe as, really extreme. It wasn’t great, but it wasn’t awful, and I wouldn’t really say it was mediocre either. There were lots of movies I loved but just as many I hated with surprisingly few I thought were just okay. Both the best and worst lists were pretty hard to put together because there were so many movies I really wanted to put on them. Cutting Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom from my worst list was a serious heartbreaker for me. But that only means that I’m particularly quite happy with how both turned out, there’s some seriously game changing films on this list. And keep in mind that, despite how much I tried, I still couldn’t watch every movie from the year: so as amazing as I’m sure A Star Is Born and Best F(r)iends are, I just didn’t get around to them. If you’d like a list of every movie from 2018 I have seen (in order from best to worst), it can be found on my Letterboxd here: https://letterboxd.com/animatorreviewa/list/every-2018-movie-ive-seen/

#10. Searching Back in 2014, the world was introduced to a new form of filmmaking that told a story via the screen of the main protagonist’s computer in Blumhouse’s Unfriended. Kind of like a modern day found footage film. And while I was one of five people who really liked Unfriended and its 2018 followup Unfriended: Dark Web, I think Searching is the penultimate of what this newfound sub-genre is able to accomplish. Similar to what Cloverfield was able to do for found footage, Searching was able to use the computer screen film style to heighten the tension and breaks down a part of the audience’s suspension of disbelief to create a horrific experience for anyone who witnesses it. Which also puts a ton of pressure on the lead, John Cho, as even a moment of bad acting can break this fragile fourth wall. Pressure that Cho overcomes like it was nothing. All of this combines into an incredible experience that keeps its audience on the edge of their seats and constantly on the brink of a heart attack. I’m almost certain that Searching will be considered an important piece of 2010′s film history. #9. Bad Times At The El Royale In 2011, Drew Goddard set himself apart as a director with a very unique and interesting vision with his landmark piece A Cabin In The Woods. In 2018, he did it again with, in my opinion, an even better film, Bad Times At The El Royale with a fascinatingly put together and complicated story featuring some of the best acting from such a star studded cast I’ve seen in years. From Jeff Bridges playing against the Big Lebowski type most are familiar with to Jon Hamm definitely playing towards his Richard Jewell typecast to Dakota Johnson making up for all three Fifty Shades Of Grey movies with quite possibly her best performance. Bad Times At The El Royale is one of the most uniquely made mainstream movies I’ve seen in a while with several scenes told several times from different perspectives and each character breathed life into them with such interesting backstories. My only real problem is that the whole thing with half the place is in Nevada and the other half is in California doesn’t really go anywhere but it’s made up for as soon as Chris Hemsworth shows up to ham the hotel up. Incredibly entertaining and amazingly fascinating, this is a movie that threatens you with a good time. #8. The Favourite I appreciate that powdered wig period pieces are coming back into style with shit such as Beauty And The Beast (2017), The Age Of Adaline, and Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. But among the failures of this once well respected sub-genre are good stuff too, for instance, The Favourite, a movie that actually remembers that British people spell some words with a “u”. One of my personal Favourite cliches of films nowadays is having a cast in which literally everybody is an asshole, see #9 and #1. And what I really like particularly with this is that old time-y movies about royalty can be really intimidating to hurdle, even now I have to hype myself up to watch something like Downton Abbey. But this overcomes it by being really entertaining with some great performances from the entire cast, especially Emma Stone showing once again why she deserves an Oscar! And the directing from Yorgos Lanthimos is so good, it actually makes me want to check out The Killing Of A Sacred Deer. The Favourite is a magnificently smartly fun picture that can satisfy both the most bored audience member and the most pretentious film critic. #7. Love, Simon Look, we all have biases. Some lead people to rave about how BlacKkKlansman is the best movie of the year because of how well it portrays black culture and their relationship with the police and evangelical racists. Some lead people raving about Crazy Rich Asians because it had the balls to fill its cast with Asians and Asian Americans. For me, an (at the time) openly bisexual 18 year old who masks most of my anxiety and fears with a very thin facade of comedy, Love, Simon really spoke to me while also entertaining the hell out of me. The script knew exactly when to be funny and when to be serious, when it should have a heartfelt scene and when it should go on a random tangent, and even when it’s trying to be funny or go on a tangent, it gives incredible insight into the main protagonist’s psyche. And for those moments, the context is everything. I remember cringing pretty hard at the whole “coming out as straight” bit in the trailer, but laughing my ass off when it showed up in the film. And Nick Robinson, who plays the titular character, kills it and I think he’s going to go places very soon. All of this culminates at the end, when the emotion is high and I (along with the rest of the theater) are on the edge of our seats, and Love, Simon got me to shed some tears. #6. Ralph Breaks The Internet Of the two million Disney movies released in 2018, this sequel is the highest one ranking on my list. And of the one million animated films released in 2018, this is actually the lowest one ranking on my list. Which kind of surprises me because you wouldn’t think so on the surface. On one hand, it’s just a sequel to a video game movie that lost Best Animated Picture to Brave, how is Wreck It Ralph 2 doing better than the emotional rollercoaster that was Christopher Robin or the long awaited and ton of fun that was The Incredibles 2. But then again, anyone who knows me knows that Wreck It Ralph is one of my favorite Disney cartoons, so how does it barely creep above the smart while not being funny at all Smallfoot or the only surface level hilarity that is Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation? Well, in some sense it’s much better than the original: with superior animation, a cooler concept, and finally realizing that the focus should be entirely on the real star, Princess Vanellope Von Schweetz. On the other hand, it doesn’t even come close to matching up: the humor is a tad sub par, too much is really going on, and considering the very cool concept, it should’ve done more with it. But did I still watch it a ton as soon as I could: absolutely. So who really won here: me for being a little disappointed or Disney who made a very entertaining film? The sixth spot feels about right to me. #5. Annihilation Between J.J. Abrams’s batshit crazy Nazi-zombie experiment Overlord, Steven Spielberg bringing his amazing talent to Ready Player One, Netflix throwing their hat into the “ripping off Big Hero 6″ ring with Next Gen, and do I even need to mention Marvel, 2018 was a damn good year for sci-fi in the middle of a decade that was, as a whole, great for the genre. And while Annihilation isn’t the last we’ll see from science fiction on the list, it is the one that’s here largely because of that. Flatly, I love how the science in this movie works; in general, I tend to prefer my sci-fi very grounded and that is how Annihilation works. I could kind of see how something like this bubble can exist and everything inside it really working this way. But what I really love about this film’s science is that it is a borderline horror flick. Once Natalie Portman walks through into the anti-Wizard Of Oz, the shit that goes down is horrifying. All of a sudden: up is down, left is right, and nobody knows what time it is and I loved it! This kind of gaslighting horror that I don’t see a whole lot of lately really throws the audience through a loop because for once, we don’t know what’s going on either. And for a film to really go so far just to confuse people, I have to at least respect. And to do it so well with some amazing acting on just about everybody’s part, I must love! Annihilation is a serious experience that I wished I was able to catch on the big screen. #4. Sorry To Bother You In 2018, Donald “Childish “Lando Calrissian” Gambino” Glover released his major #1 single, This Is America. Whether you love it or you hate it, you have to admit that it was saying a lot in such a unique way. The world that music video took place in was a nonsensical cartoon to somehow represent the plight of African Americans in the United States. I’m not gonna pretend like I totally understand because I definitely don’t; the point is that the portrayal struck a nerve with a lot of people and, personally, it did feel like a proper way of showing it. And Sorry To Bother You does something very similar, portraying the African American plight in a humorous, cartoonish, and unrealistic way to counteract the very serious, down to earth, and realistic parts. Do black people need to completely show themselves as white to get anything done; maybe not but we all know that people in general are much friendlier and nicer to those who sound like their ideals, usually meaning white. Are we, as a nation, (spoilers) turning poor (and considering how blacks are predisposed to being lower middle class because of reasons relating to how capitalism works, most of the blacks of the world) people into horses; I sure hope not but big companies and better off citizens do tend to think of the working class as just objects to do shit for them. Sorry To Bother You brings up a lot of the problems prevalent in modern society, especially those that directly relate to African Americans, in a palpable and entertaining way is ingenious and amazingly well done thanks to the overwhelming talent of Boots Riley and I cannot wait for his next big project. It’s definitely the best racial relations film of the year, beating out other great films like Monsters And Men, If Beale Street Could Talk, and The Oath. #3. Isle Of Dogs 2018 is a year that really threw me through a loop as far as films went. When I went to see Isle Of Dogs, I was certain that it’ll be the best movie of the year, absolutely no competition. Then, later on, when the #1 film came out, I was certain that would be it. Then the #2 spot came out and made me question everything all over again. Anyway, Isle Of Dogs is Wes Anderson being very Wes Anderson-y while combining it with the same kind of claymation he used in the fantastic Fantastic Mr. Fox and the traditional culture of Japan that’s oh so lovable. And as much as I love the Anderson style, the animation used here, and how Japanese culture is portrayed, involving my favorite animal brings my appreciation over the top. I am so down to get a million more films in which the theme of the picture is that dogs rule. This really is the kind of film that I love just about every aspect of, and though it might mostly be on a surface level way, I really don’t have anything bad to say about this film. It’s almost boring how much I enjoy this, I don’t have much to say except please watch it. It’s so good! #2. Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse Back in 2012, the world as a whole was introduced to a pair of directors mostly known for animation named Phil Lord and Chris Miller when they directed the surprise hit 21 Jump Street and its followup 22 Jump Street. The world then got to know them a little bit better when they seemingly single-handedly jumpstarted the beloved The Lego Movie franchise. Then in 2018, everyone learned that no matter how crazy, Lord and Miller know what they’re doing when their firing spelled doom for the financial flop that was Solo: A Star Wars Story. So when the pair brought their producing and writing talent to a Sony Animation made Spider-Man movie just a year after The Emoji Movie, I think most people were expecting to enjoy it if only because that snippet at the end of Venom was really well animated. But I don’t think anyone was expecting an Academy Award winning film. Whenever I went onto my Twitter for a solid month, all I saw were people exclaiming how Into The Spider-Verse was their favorite movie of the year and then again for another month after the Oscars took place. All of a sudden, Disney Marvel, Warner Bros. DC, and Fox X-Men (rest in peace), have a brand new and major competitor... and for good reason, this movie is incredible. I immediately accepted it as easily the best Spider-Man movie ever, but took a few watchings for me to accept it as the second best film of the year and a few more to accept it as my Phil Lord and savior. It is so much fun, so entertaining, so enjoyable with such great characters, amazing writing, and hilarious comedy all wrapped with a brilliantly animated bow. Another film I really have nothing bad to say about, this is just a fantastic film through and through. Before we get to #1, here’s some Runners Up:

Black Panther This was the year I got a little spent on superhero movies. Considering how I still put Into The Spider-Verse as my #2, clearly not that much, but I just wasn't super amazed by what Marvel, DC, or X-Men had to offer. But I don’t think I even disliked any: Avengers: Infinity War was fun but incredibly unfocused, Teen Titans Go! To The Movies was hilarious but was still just a poor child’s version of Teen Titans, and Deadpool 2 had some great action but not nearly as entertaining as its predecessor. Black Panther was the only one that really left a real mark on me, but even still, it’s not the best film of the year to handle black culture. Even as far as Ryan Coogler films go, I think I’d rather watch Creed or its sequel Creed 2. It’s good but I don’t think it deserved a best picture nomination. Instant Family Hear me out, the movie in which Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne adopt Dora The Explorer and her two bratty siblings directed and written by the same guys behind Daddy’s Home 2 and Horrible Bosses 2 is the feel good movie of the year, is incredibly hilarious and underrated, and even got me to shed a tear by the end. There is no excuse to let Daddy’s Home flourish and this beauty and die, I implore you to please watch it. You will not regret it, let it get big on home media, get more of these made! Vice I get that not everybody gets the Adan McKay style of making a dramedy like in The Big Short or Bombshell, but I do and I love both Christian Bale and Amy Adams so Vice was really up my alley! I just thought of it as a really enjoyable movie with a message I was predisposed to agree with. What really throws this into being a great movie to me is that Christian Bale really is that good in this, maybe one of the best performances in his career. I don’t know, I thought it was funny so I enjoyed it well enough. Won’t You Be My Neighbor? I think most people agree that this was easily the best documentary of the year. As much love as I have for Fahrenheit 11/9 for being my first theatrical documentary and Behind The Curve for being one of few docs that are incredibly entertaining, I had to eventually break down and admit that Won’t You Be My Neighbor (once again) made me cry because I grew up loving Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood that much. Especially now that we’re past A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood leaving not nearly as big of a mark as people were expecting and we’re still watching and talking about this documentary, I think this actually has the lasting impact it earned. Green Book It won best picture, I guess I’ll talk about it. As a movie, Green Book is fine. It’s well made with some good acting, I’ll allow it being considered good. Is it racist? I’d say probably not but it does definitely feel racist. Kinda like that scene from The Office where Michael Scott does his Chris Rock impression; you know he’s not racist and he doesn’t mean for it to come across as it but it still absolutely does. Considering the message of the story is “don’t be racist/homophobic,” I’m pretty sure that it’s not racist/homophobic, it just doesn’t know how to say it without coming across as such. My real big issue is with it winning the same year that had Roma and Can You Ever Forgive Me?, it had no business even being nominated. But outside of all of that, Green Book is an okay movie. Mid90s The 2010s owes a ton to Jonah Hill and I don’t think most people realized that. He told studios how to translate old properties to a modern audience with 21 Jump Street, showed how comedians can combine their sense of humor with the serious setting around them in The Wolf Of Wall Street, and most importantly to this entry, showed how coming of age stories should be told in this day and age with Superbad. Ever since, for better or worse, coming of age films have been trying to recreate that magic. The closest to get it right, in my opinion, is The Edge Of Seventeen but still goes wrong by being much much better, but Mid90s does some really great stuff as well. I appreciate any theatrical film that’s willing to be filmed in a way that doesn’t look theatrical at all. And I also appreciate the likable but very flawed characters portrayed. Mid90s really left a mark in my mind and is a great start to Jonah Hills directorial career. Aggretsuko: We Wish You A Metal Christmas And for my pick of short film of the year, let’s talk about what might be my favorite Netflix series, Aggretsuko! As a cradle between season one to season two, this does a great job at portraying these super relatable characters in a very entertaining scenario all set during Christmas! Maybe it’d make more sense to give this honor to something more impactful like A Sister or clever like I’m Poppy: The Film or even a nice surprise like Harvey Birdman, Attorney General, but no. I refuse. I enjoyed A Very Merry Aggretsuko Christmas much more. Book Club Considering how I’ve spent literally every Worst Of list talking about how awful Fifty Shades Of Grey is, even that year it took off I ended up watching and bitching about Fifty Shades Of Black, I’d like to talk about what is easily the best film to come out of this franchise. Book Club is basically a bunch of old lady celebrities getting together, reading the Fifty Shades books, and talking about their sex lives. It’s like a feature length Gilmore Girls movie and I loved not only the idea, but the film itself was hilarious. I enjoyed the hell out of it. Black Mirror: Bandersnatch As a die hard Black Mirror fanatic, of course I was excited for a full Black Mirror movie with, from what I’ve heard, five hours worth of footage. Especially since its story was told in such a fascinating and unique way, I was interested as hell into this and I loved it! I’ve loved select your own adventure books and games for a long time now, from Detroit: Become Human to Gravity Falls: Dipper and Mabel and the Curse of the Time Pirates' Treasure!: A "Select Your Own Choose-Venture!". So one set in the well established and amazingly well put together world of Netflix’s British Twilight Zone, sounds incredible and it was! It’s just so cool! Bumblebee Laika didn’t have a movie in 2018, but I feel like we still did with Bumblebee. Getting Travis Knight, the director of Kubo And The Two Strings, objectively their best picture, to do a Transformers entry is ingenious! If anyone should know how a creature like this would move and how to differentiate any one robot from another robot, it’s an acclaimed director from Laika. Now that we’ve finally pried this franchise from Michael Bay’s claws and Paramount playing it smart with their directors, maybe we’ll finally get a series of good Transformers films... or maybe Transformers 7 is cancelled and all hope is lost. #1. Hereditary I think the 2010s get a bad wrap when it comes to horror. All too often I hear Gen X-ers proclaiming how, “there’s no good scary movies anymore!” Completely forgetting hits like The Cloverfield Paradox, A Quiet Place, and The First Purge. Every new trend of a certain genre can usually be traced back to one major film: 1930s had Frankenstein, 1980s had Halloween (BTW, the 2018 one is also great), 2000s had The Blair Witch Project, etc. I think this new trend of mixing slow and suspenseful with big jump scares and everything is dark can be thanks largely to The Conjuring. While that franchise might have started the trend, I feel pretty certain that Hereditary perfected it. Every scare is at least mildly horrifying, the loops it throws you through is abundant, at no point are you sure what’s going on, and by the end, you find yourself breathing much heavier than you remember doing. Hereditary is a trip and a half that I loved going through again and again. I think when people think back to what was the best horror film of each decade: 1930s Dracula, 1980s The Shining, 2000s The Ring, 2010s Hereditary. I loved this movie in all its horrific glory.

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