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daasgrrl

April Fool? No, genuine update...

Apr 01, 2018 20:46

Wow, long time no... anything. It's been a hell of a year, is all I'm going to say. Nevertheless, movies and shows have still been watched, so I'll stick to those.

January

Downsizing - they had me at the trailer, with Matt Damon and Kristen Wiig deciding to solve all their financial woes by literally "downsizing" to six inches tall, where they ( Read more... )

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evila_elf April 1 2018, 11:03:41 UTC

Woot, a new post :D

Adding my .02 cents on the movies:

Downsizing: The world building was fantastic. So much attention to detail. I appreciated that the most. And I was also weirded out because my brother looks an awful lot like Matt Damon in this movie (not a compliment)

Jumanji: I just finished watching this a second time. So much fun! I like how it simplified gaming so that people who don't aren't completely lost.

I, Tonya: I love figure skating, but became interested in it a bit after these events had already happened. So I pretty much knew nothing. And I found the movie fascinating and I wish it would have won best picture. I recently rewatched it and was just as fascinated as I was on the second viewing.

Shape of Water: I was really excited to finally get to see this. And...I was left feeling a bit disappointed. I guess I just didn't buy into the romance aspect and everything felt a bit off.

daasgrrl April 3 2018, 22:47:24 UTC

Hee, I suppose it can't be all bad for your brother if he resembles Matt Damon ;). Yes, there was a lot more to Downsizing than I'd thought from the trailer.

Of the movies I'd seen that were nominated, I would also have been fine if I, Tonya had won. I didn't think it was as substantial story-wise as Three Billboards, but it was very interesting and had some unusual storytelling.

Yes, I wanted to love Shape of Water but just kind of... liked it. LOL.

evila_elf April 4 2018, 01:22:22 UTC

Three Billboards kinda passed me by. Some of the early trailers were so vague, then it was only in my theater for like a week.

Caught a trailer for it that was on an old DVRd show and it looks awesome. So I plan to watch that one soon.

I also plan to watch Shape of Water again. I think I will enjoy it much more the second time since I know what to expect. It actually worked pretty well as horror (all I can think of is that finger!!!!) lol.

davesmusictank April 1 2018, 23:20:40 UTC

I intend to see The Shapr of Watter.

daasgrrl April 3 2018, 22:48:29 UTC

Still very much worth seeing, even if it wasn't as amazing as I'd hoped.

potentiality_26 April 2 2018, 05:47:27 UTC

Interesting to hear a positive take on Three Billboards. I've been on the fence about seeing it since a lot of people seemed to hate it, so it's cool to see another point of view.

Total agreement about Jumanji. I enjoyed it a lot.

daasgrrl April 3 2018, 22:57:16 UTC

Not going to lie, the characters in Three Billboards were thoroughly unpleasant in their own ways. But... I kind of liked that about them as well? Without getting myself too deeply into hot water, there are certain kinds of people who can't accept anything that offends their sensibilities - I see it on social media all the time. Person X does this bad thing/expresses this unpalatable sentiment, and they're instantly evil for ever and ever, amen. Now this isn't an anti-social-justice rant, because I tend to be a bit of a liberal bleeding heart myself on social issues, but some people seem to be so very black and white about it ( ... )