"This is it, Joel. It's going to be gone soon."
"I know."
"What do we do?"
"Enjoy it."
I had a friend. This was (and, I'm sure, still is) her favorite movie. Once, a few years ago now, we watched it together over a shitty Discord call and stream. I hated it, intensely so, because I knew there was something then that I didn't understand. The scenes I had just watched were just frames of memory and faces devoid of…
Scavenger Hunt December 2023 #3: Watch a horror movie that takes place in one location
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Scavenger Hunt Dec 2023 #2: Watch a movie that's a part of the Criterion Collection
"Okay. A classic. 'The most powerful single force in the world today is man's eternal desire to be free and independent.' Kennedy."
"Okay.
So this movie is absolutely insane, I was not expecting it to take the turns that it did. It makes me want to stop reading movie synopses and just watch, because that's what I did here, and it totally paid off.
This…
This might have been pretty passable or good if I didn’t know the original story, but because the novel happens to be my favorite book, I am especially pissed at this absolutely terrible adaptation. Every story change destroys some part of the novel that makes it great. Every character is completely different in a BAD way. It’s so melodramatically written and obsessed with cliche. At this point I’m convinced that Shawn Levy is particularly gifted at making beautiful looking piles…
i am pained to admit that this is the first time i’ve actually wanted an actor to choke me. elizabeth olsen you really scare me but i like it
