Indie Film Release Guide: August 30th [An ONTD Original]

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[squirrels_oh_no]

I had been watching Humanist Vampire Seeking Consensual Suicidal Person on Kanopy after it was released there, and then Kanopy removed it within 4 days for no reason as far as I know while I was halfway through and so I'm halfway through and out two tickets.

This week I did see:

The Crow (1994)

Drive-Away Dolls

Deep Rising

The Duchess

Harold and Maude

Four Lions

Bowfinger

All were new to me except Bowfinger. It was a fairly good watching week, lowest was The Crow but I get why people like it (I only gave it 2.5 stars) and highest was a tie between The Duchess, Harold and Maude, and Bowfinger at 4 stars.

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Watched it many years ago, but I didn't like The Crow either, tbh!

I absolutely need to see Harold and Maude.

[squirrels_oh_no]

I saw Harold and Maude on Kanopy if you have that through your library. It was Manic Pixie Dream Grandma, but it was still fun! I get why people think it's one of the best movies from the 70s, I just didn't FULLY connect with it (probably because manic pixie dream grandma).

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I think I actually have the blu-ray! I just need to sort out my living room situation so I can unpack my media collection, and I have been putting that off because it's hard and not at all fun.

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Well, there you go, something to put on your watchlist for sooner rather than later.

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Oh, and re: The Crow, why I gave it 2.5 stars...

[Spoiler (click to open)]By giving us no real look into Shelly except through flashbacks, she basically existed solely as a tool to make Eric go on his vengeance tour. She had no agency of her own except in what we're TOLD, but never shown. It therefore kind of makes the story exist in a state where we're told these things but all we're shown is that he's an angry man who wants to kill people and nothing more. It's definitely a vibes movie because the story doesn't really hold up to scrutiny since the entire story really is "Dead man comes back to life because he's angsty".