Film & Tv
- It kept me engaged, though it was kind of silly how many Poe story references they jammed into the movie. It was a Poe-A-Palooza!
- Love the gentle exploratory quality of this doc, but feel it could have been a bit more probing while remaining kind.
- Well, that was fucking depressing.
- It's been a while since a movie has made me laugh this much, but the merger with the MCU has also brought some bloat to the proceedings. In the last third I was really wishing that Deadpool would puncture the long, overly earnest stretches with some commentary, and was too often left wanting. Also, I have to think the TVA stuff flew completely over the heads of those who haven't seen the Loki TV show — and now we have all the X-Men movie history added into the mix. Yeesh! But there are some truly hilarious scenes in this movie […]
- This really didn't work for me. Basing the story on a real person — who committed no murders! — and then having the character commit a murder that is treated like a warm and fuzzy coda is just weird and repugnant. The way the romance was handled was also not appealing. Meh!
- My favorites of all time. Aliens Princess Mononoke Broadcast News Barbie Howards End L.A. Confidential Life of Brian Repo Man Citizen Kane Call Me by Your Name
- It had some genuinely funny moments, and the rapport between Tatum and Johansson was decent. There was a bit of a tone problem, though. Screwball comedy? Weepy historical? Thriller? The movie tried to be all of these (and maybe a few more) at different times, and I don't think it held together especially well. But I don't regret spending a couple hours of my afternoon in an air conditioned theater watching it. Also, I get a little kick out of the fact that today is the exact 55 year anniversary of the moon landing.
- This was a sweet and slightly sad movie. Is the main character living in the past or an eternal present? It's open to interpretation, I suppose. What has brought him to this place is left mysterious apart from some family interactions late in the film, but one can extrapolate a bit from his taste in literature, which includes books by William Faulkner and Patricia Highsmith. There was drama in his past, clearly. But now there is mostly peace and joy in trees.
- Watched on Tuesday May 28, 2024.
- This show consumed me for several years in the early oughts, and I just rewatched the opening miniseries and was reminded of how much I loved it. It's harrowing from the start, and I had so many moments of Cassandra-like knowledge about what would come in the following seasons when seeing these characters introduced — I remember their ups and downs, sacrifices and betrayals, even after all these years. This show was something special, despite some messes along the way.