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this is so dumb. like sooo so dumb. like who cares. i'm aware. but like there was genuine potential to do something interesting here and it was just completely shirked in favor of the strangest nat geo special i have ever seen
i was thinking about this especially after watching "black is king"; both it & the gift (both super underappreciated by the by, go listen/watch if u haven't recently they have no business being this good attached to something as silly as a live action disney remake) essentially being concept albums and films based on the original lion king. like, imagine that but in like a full proper film context
like the whole reason why the musical version is still so loved all these years later is down to its creative interpretation. you're really telling me they couldn't just do that but in a new context, for a new generation? like can you IMAGINE the wardrobe? the choreography? letting chiwetel ejiofor actually do be prepared like a full musical number??? all of that, squandered!! like are we ALLERGIC to fun and creativity!?!??!
(maybe i'm just a bit bitter we didn't get beyoncรฉ's rendition of shadowland liKE COME TF ON IT'S LITERALLY PERFECTLY IN HER RANGE)
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Listen IDK which of you rec'd this, but what in the actual heck were you on recing this dumpster fire of a film. My god was this bad. Mr. Chalamet I no longer have faith in you as an actor. And nobody told me this was a MUSICAL! With insane AUTO TUNE! I highly do not recommend Wonka.
Dec 30, 2023
I just watched this in the cinema last night and was completely bowled over by the plethora of opportunities they had to make it a good movie, and every single time they just did the exact opposite. It's STAGGERINGLY boring. Don't get me started on the fuckass wig they put my girl Tilda Swinton in. Also it's a musical. And I love musicals. And I did not love this one.
Also honourable mention to Emilia Pรฉrez which I think is the worst movie ever made maybe. But I think you can watch EP high with your friends and laugh.
4d ago
i also have seen plenty of bad christmas rom-coms and b-horror films but at least i can enjoy them for how cheesy they are!
Cats (2019) was horrifying. it wasnโt so bad itโs good to me, it was just so bad. i also, accidentally, got extremely high before watching it and my friend and i watched it in complete darkness in his dorm (this was around when it came out) and it almost kind of scared me even though we both kept laughing because it was so bad and so absurd. also it was bootlegged so every 15 minutes a neon cartoon piรฑata advertising online gambling popped onto the screen for maybe thirty seconds.
that aside, i literally didnโt understand nor was i able to follow the storyline at all. the musical numbers didnโt help. the cgi was freaky and they shouldโve done costumes instead. why was jason derulo catโs number like that. what was up with the hot air balloons at the end?!
it was a terrible experience. i am queer and love camp and can appreciate a (GOOD) musical and iโve no idea what the stage version of cats is like but this was just awful. i gave it a half star on letterboxd but wouldโve given it zero if i could
5d ago
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or junk journaling, if you'd like to not perpetuate myths about crows liking to collect trinkets. i just think it sounds cuter
weirdly, as someone who's a writer, i've never really been good at or liked journaling. every planner i've ever owned has remained empty. if i try to write something any time other than when the fancy strikes me, it just feels inauthentic, like i'm trying too hard. this has been the first time journaling actually felt like it had a purpose for me, and actually felt weirdly therapeutic
basically, it's just anything i can recycle, i make into a page. i like a common theme, so places i've visited, media i like, similar aesthetics, emotions i'm feeling. and then we get the qr code page & i'm reminded that this is probably the quintessential depiction of what scoring 121 on the RAADS-R looks like
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Apr 16, 2024
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mae borowski returns to her hometown of possum springs, and with her return comes some long-time-coming reunions and unsolved mysteries
this game broke me
played it the week it came out back in 2017, and in hit me in that way some media does where it comes at a point in your life where it feels all too specific to your circumstances and it opens wounds you didn't even know went that deep. this shit felt like the therapy session you needed but reeeeally didn't want to go to. healing and hurtful, all at once
also just happens to be extremely funny. it's a very specific kind of humor, where even in the rare moments it doesn't land, it still lands because the circumstances around it make it all the funnier. something as simple as a too-long pause in the dialogue will have me in stitches
deserves all the love in the world, and it will forever have my whole heart. WITCHDAGGAH
Apr 19, 2024
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in agreement with mouse nitw soup rema see
also agree with them that definitely limbo or inside will scratch the little nightmares itch, arguably playdead's games are a big inspiration for little nightmares.
depending on what you're into (more story or more gameplay heavy) for story. i cannot recommend "what remains of edith finch" enough. just a true gem and some of the best of interactive storytelling
for gameplay i love the witness, hi fi rush, and neon white. all very different, but maybe you'll find something you'll like
for a mix if both, disco elysium. dialogue HEAVY, but based in like ttrpg systems, it's really fun. REALLY long though, like maybe put aside some time to crack that one open lol
Apr 19, 2024