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5 years ago

morningsong added Promising Young Woman to wanted list

Promising Young Woman

5 years, 3 months ago

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

This movie encapsulates the feeling of heart break. Fuck. Made my chest ache. So well acted. And that breakup speech near the end made me cry like a baby. Could've used a little better editing. And some part of me wants more info on why their relationship ended and wants to fight it but there you go.

5 years, 8 months ago

morningsong rated Someone Great

Someone Great 8/10

5 years, 8 months ago

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

Well shot. Slow and moody. Definitely not happy. -Don't know why they had the younger version of her be so emotionally dead and yet singing and making a career out of expressing herself after a tragedy. Feels completely off and inhuman. Maybe they were trying to portray naivety but just comes off making the film seem more strange. But maybe that sort of unemotional shallowness is part of what the movie portrays. Adult version seems to speak in shallow lyrics. Lack of connection between pop lyrics and real life. So terrible pop is the devils music? Way too long of a terrible performance at end. Almost makes me hate music. But the length of terribleness does leave an impact and make you view musical performances in a new way. And then the movie ends without tying up anything. Ok. I always feel like a movie is leading to something when it decides to be something else. Character study on loss of innocence/ emotional depth. After thinking about it a while it's certainly a moody, well shot film that I won't forget too soon and its comments on the current culture via pop music have point. It's definitely purposely strange, leaving many gaps in the story for you to wonder at, and almost surrealistic.

5 years, 8 months ago

morningsong rated Vox Lux

Vox Lux 6/10

5 years, 8 months ago

morningsong added 1 item to Movies I didn't like list

Male centric, all important characters men. Women mostly decoration, around men. Represent family. When shown, shown in domestic role or as love interests. Not included in family business somehow. Women often shown outside of knowledge of events, sometimes comedically. Ignorant of what matters. In cases of female victimhood- shown in beginning and explicitly in sister scene. Women do not have agency to avenge. Men avenge for them and the pain of women's abuse is made their pain. Kind of progressive but also not. Shows pain of domestic abuse but main actor accused of it and yet they gave him employment. Irony. Domestic violence scene. When she finds out he's cheating, holds knife so ineffectually. Mother character not shown, just referenced. Only see her back up until mid of the movie. Completely patriarchal. Movie based on plot of feuding families but no great moral seems to come of it? +Racism Piece of patriarchal media history.

5 years, 9 months ago

morningsong added Amistad to wanted list

Amistad

5 years, 10 months ago

morningsong rated Instant Family

Instant Family 7/10

5 years, 10 months ago

morningsong rated Whale Rider

Whale Rider 10/10

6 years, 1 month ago

morningsong added 1 item to TV diary list

Actually a really good pilot. Really well edited. But becomes bad writing and drama for drama’s sake pretty quickly.

6 years, 4 months ago

morningsong added Good Trouble to have watched list

Good Trouble

6 years, 4 months ago

morningsong rated Love, Simon

Love, Simon 8/10

6 years, 4 months ago

morningsong added Columbus to wanted list

Columbus

6 years, 7 months ago

morningsong added Sierra Burgess Is a Loser to wanted list

Sierra Burgess Is a Loser

6 years, 8 months ago

morningsong added Picnic at Hanging Rock to wanted list

Picnic at Hanging Rock

6 years, 8 months ago

morningsong added Half Magic to wanted list

Half Magic

6 years, 8 months ago

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6 years, 8 months ago

morningsong rated To All the Boys I've Loved Before

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

6 years, 8 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...

6 years, 9 months ago

morningsong added The Miseducation of Cameron Post to wanted list