morningsong added Columbus (2017) to wanted list

 Columbus (2017) 

2 months ago

morningsong added Sierra Burgess Is a Loser to wanted list

 Sierra Burgess Is a Loser 

2 months, 1 week ago

morningsong added Picnic at Hanging Rock (2018) to wanted list

 Picnic at Hanging Rock (2018) 

2 months, 3 weeks ago

morningsong added Half Magic to wanted list

 Half Magic 

2 months, 4 weeks ago

morningsong added 2 items to their collection

3 months ago

morningsong rated To All the Boys I've Loved Before

 To All the Boys I've Loved Before 6/10

3 months ago

morningsong added 1 item to Movie Diary (spiel within, not spoiler free) pt.ii list

This is definitely not a good movie. It's ridiculous; really ridiculous. And yet sometimes in that joyously stupid way like when you're dancing alone in your room. Also horribly, horribly, dear god corny. But the truth is if you're willing to lean into the joyous stupidity, it's pretty enjoyable. In fact there's really nothing wrong with feel-good joyous stupidity. The thing that most bothered me was the acting and how it often felt like the actors were feeling more of the stupid than the leave-it-all-behind-and-dance kind of joy of it. But oh my god, they definitely could have gotten better writers. This movie also has some of the worst lip syncing I have ever seen. But I left wanting to get drunk and dance to ABBA. And I kind of want to watch it again...

3 months, 2 weeks ago

morningsong added The Miseducation of Cameron Post to wanted list

 The Miseducation of Cameron Post  

4 months, 1 week ago

morningsong added Eighth Grade to wanted list

 Eighth Grade 

4 months, 1 week ago

morningsong added 2 items to their collection

7 months, 1 week ago

morningsong added The Girl in the Café to wanted list

 The Girl in the Café 

7 months, 2 weeks ago

morningsong added 1 item to TV diary list

7 months, 2 weeks ago

morningsong added Midnight Special to wanted list

 Midnight Special 

7 months, 2 weeks ago

morningsong added 1 item to TV Shows I'm Currently Watching list

8 months ago

morningsong added The Great Seducer to have watched list

 The Great Seducer 

8 months ago

morningsong added Hanna to wanted list

 Hanna 

8 months, 1 week ago

morningsong added In the Good Old Summertime (1949) to wanted list

 In the Good Old Summertime (1949) 

8 months, 1 week ago

morningsong added Vida to wanted list

 Vida 

8 months, 2 weeks ago

morningsong added Cloak & Dagger to wanted list

 Cloak & Dagger 

8 months, 3 weeks ago

morningsong added 2 items to TV Shows I'm Currently Watching list

8 months, 3 weeks ago

morningsong added Where the Heart Is (2000) to wanted list

 Where the Heart Is (2000) 

8 months, 3 weeks ago

morningsong added Paper Man (2009) to wanted list

 Paper Man (2009) 

8 months, 3 weeks ago

morningsong added 1 item to Life of a shipper list

Ortega x Kovacs. Hated the show but The Host style, he wears the body of the boyfriend that was taken away from her, she wants to protect his body, knows his body and loves it, and he basically gets to be in that love for free, but she still wants her bf back and they don't know what's real.

8 months, 3 weeks ago

morningsong added 1 item to TV diary list

1) As a woman I can't even tell you how depressing it is to see another male-centric, male dominated sci-fi world which depicts its dystopian seediness through more male bullshit. 2) The longer hair suits Joel Kinnaman extremely well. He's somehow gotten hotter than in The Killing?? + That soft voice of his. Glad he got a leading role. 3) Appreciate the multiculturalism. 1x4: Weird that she would prioritize denying that she knew him over the whole mass-killing thing. But also the beginning of the ship so nice. -Has a The Host kind of romance thing going on and it's v. shippable... But also technically her boyfriend isn't dead in this world so...? -Continues in the tradition of many of its sci-fi predecessors by not really knowing the difference between explicit sex scenes and sexual chemistry, 'cause nobody wants to watch bodies just slap against each other. Not as bad as others shows have been though. -Joel Kinnaman's expressions are great. -He could of made her go away by telling her the truth but he decided to totally push her away. -That Quel would suddenly reveal she's against immortality and have it be suddenly taken well... just feels like bad writing. -Kovacs was an asshole to his sister. Like you can see when he doesn't include her in the group that he 'ever' loved and lost, his his willingness to die without a thought of her for his 'family' etc. Def weirdness going on there. But she's obviously crazy too. This makes the root of the show a dysfunctional sibling relationship, one where you don't fully understand the logic of their actions bc they're fucking crazy. And when your baseline story is a soap opery weirdness, it's hard to take the rest seriously as good writing. -Depicts a lot of violence against women and yet by leaving unspoken that much of the fucked-upness in the world panders to male associated desires, basically invisibilizes it under 'crazy rich people'. (The streets advertize female prostitutes and fight rings to men and thus seem designed for men. We are introduced to a club where men go to kill women for kicks, etc. But it is never specifically portrayed as a violence against women issue, just a 'seedy' futurist world.) In an interview Dichen Lachman had good things to say about the show and how it challenged violence against women but...? The fact that we have another sci-fi show depicting a future like this shows how easy it is for writers to envision and take for granted that sexism. Whatever. -Nice at least to see the characters react with horror to the situation. -Has this abused woman rising from the flames into warrior story arch which is... ok ok. -Yeah, that scene was gross. Really did not need to see. Gross ass violence. -Has comedic moments but then cuts right into serious drama. -Over all, just not good. Really really not good. -I mean you could say the world corrupted the sister so that the easiest way she could see to make money and create security for her and her family was by torturing and killing other people, but like... -It doesn't make sense from what we're shown of his character that his double would really just go and relax on a beach while everything was happening. -The ending scene with the rich family is like- who the fuck cares. -If I could do it again I would watch up until 1x5ish and then just stop. -Any season 2 needs new writers.

8 months, 4 weeks ago

morningsong added 2 items to their collection

9 months ago

morningsong added 1 item to Movie Diary (spiel within, not spoiler free) pt.ii list

Short, simple doc. I feel like it could have been better done. Learned about her of course. But in the end I'm not left with a feeling of like for her, just an understanding of her as a human. The doc basically just emphasizes that she was beautiful and came up with the idea for frequency hopping. Also touches on her many unfortunately bad relationships with her spouses, Hollywood, and the media. It implies that she was shamed towards the end of her life into not appearing in public which is kind of disturbing... I'm left more with a feeling of sadness for her but also wanting to shake her.

9 months ago

morningsong added Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story to have watched list

 Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story 

9 months ago

morningsong added First Girl I Loved to wanted list

 First Girl I Loved 

9 months, 2 weeks ago

morningsong added 2 items to TV Shows I'm Currently Watching list

9 months, 3 weeks ago

morningsong added 1 item to Movie Diary (spiel within, not spoiler free) pt.ii list

-Hole: how she made friends with them to get NY game totally skipped over. -Love Jessica Chastain and the character's personality keeps the movie very watchable. -Idris Elba's impassioned defense of her just seems to come too much out of left field. It's obvious he comes to admire and care about her but the sweetness of that almost doesn't fit the tone of the movie. Or else, seems to attempt to hammer you over the head with 'this character is a good person'... It just seemed like the movie suddenly became weak plot-wise when it revolved around two characters' arguing why one didn't deserve prison. +Don't really see her choice as totally honorable. Protecting the world/their families from the horribleness of these men. There's honorability in truth. But I understand from her psychology that she had some family issues that made that seem unappealing to her.

9 months, 3 weeks ago