The bullet points say that the problem is that the romance is too male gazey and I just rolled my eyes so hard that I shit my pants
It's not male gazey, nah
My problem with the romance-- movie spoilers here, don't click if you haven't seen it
--was that it was a bit unclear to what extent Fishdude was ......... able to consent?
They play up how he's unable to comprehend his situation a couple times and how he's acting on instinct, such as in the kitty chomp scene. Which raises some questions for me as to what his relationship to Elisa can be, how he views it, and whether Elisa is taking advantage of him or not.
I dunno, maybe it's just me.
he's a literal river god. Considering the historical aspects of god and mortal mating,
There's strong reason to believe that this wouldn't be his first rodeo
The bullet points say that the problem is that the romance is too male gazey and I just rolled my eyes so hard that I shit my pants
It's not male gazey, nah
My problem with the romance-- movie spoilers here, don't click if you haven't seen it
--was that it was a bit unclear to what extent Fishdude was ......... able to consent?
They play up how he's unable to comprehend his situation a couple times and how he's acting on instinct, such as in the kitty chomp scene. Which raises some questions for me as to what his relationship to Elisa can be, how he views it, and whether Elisa is taking advantage of him or not.
The bullet points say that the problem is that the romance is too male gazey and I just rolled my eyes so hard that I shit my pants
It's not male gazey, nah
My problem with the romance-- movie spoilers here, don't click if you haven't seen it
--was that it was a bit unclear to what extent Fishdude was ......... able to consent?
They play up how he's unable to comprehend his situation a couple times and how he's acting on instinct, such as in the kitty chomp scene. Which raises some questions for me as to what his relationship to Elisa can be, how he views it, and whether Elisa is taking advantage of him or not.
I dunno, maybe it's just me.
I did wonder about that, but I think it can be noted that:
Elisa herself is mute, which I think was a smart choice for several reasons, including that she can no more vocalize her thoughts than he can.
Also, he is seen to learn some of the sign language she teaches him (such as egg). I think it can be inferred that he manages to learn more while he’s with her, but we just don’t see it (towards the end he seems to sign more, although it would’ve certainly been nice to see them conduct more of a conversation). After all, they spend a lot more time together than what we see on the screen.
Yeah, it's why I haven't seen Darkest Hour and am not sure I'll be able to. Churchill was complicit in the death of millions of Indians. He actively diverted any food supplies being sent to Bengal to deal with the famine of 1943 and when questioned why he said, "Famine or no famine, Indians will breed like rabbits." When pressed further, he asked "Then why hasn't Gandhi died yet?"
He blocked Indian independence at every turn. It might have come in the 1930, instead of 1947, if not for Churchill and his cohort. Between 1930 and 1947, religious strife, egged on by British policies, accelerated so much that along with independence, partition became inevitable. The partition led to hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of deaths.
He was a vile, racist man, directly responsible for the loss of countless lives. Seeing him hailed as one of the great leaders of the 20th century and a "hero" makes my blood boil.
The bullet points say that the problem is that the romance is too male gazey and I just rolled my eyes so hard that I shit my pants
It's not male gazey, nah
My problem with the romance-- movie spoilers here, don't click if you haven't seen it
--was that it was a bit unclear to what extent Fishdude was ......... able to consent?
They play up how he's unable to comprehend his situation a couple times and how he's acting on instinct, such as in the kitty chomp scene. Which raises some questions for me as to what his relationship to Elisa can be, how he views it, and whether Elisa is taking advantage of him or not.
I dunno, maybe it's just me.
I did wonder about that, but I think it can be noted that:
Elisa herself is mute, which I think was a smart choice for several reasons, including that she can no more vocalize her thoughts than he can.
Also, he is seen to learn some of the sign language she teaches him (such as egg). I think it can be inferred that he manages to learn more while he’s with her, but we just don’t see it (towards the end he seems to sign more, although it would’ve certainly been nice to see them conduct more of a conversation). After all, they spend a lot more time together than what we see on the screen.
That's a good point about Elisa's mute status. I agree that the movie would have been improved with some signed conversations between them.
The point where this was solidified for was the (very fun) musical number sequence toward the end where Elisa is musing about how Fishdude will never know how much she cares for him. And it cuts back to the table where she's signing all this and he does not appear to comprehend any of it. "Egg!" Is all we're getting from him. He'll never know? Why can't she just tell him? The answer seems to be "because he would not understand."
I think they were trying to show he was more of an equal to Elisa at the very end when he finally signs back that more complex idea "you and me together." But that felt like too little, too late.
Not saying it's a bad film, far from it! It just didn't quite work for me, and after thinking about it,
that's the main reason.
Just saw A Quiet Passion. It was like if Jane Austen wrote a biopic about Emily Dickinson. I loved it.
At first it felt a little too typical stuffy-period-piece, albeit much wittier, but quickly started to get more...abstract? Poetic? There are sequences in the latter part of the film that feel almost like Tarkovsky, or Bergman.
It’s also a shame it isn’t getting more acknlowdgement for its cast. Everyone is great.
Pity those POOR, UNFORTUNATE SOULS that never wanted to fuck a fish.
That doesn't count, Ursula isn't a fish she's a cephalopod.
Before following any advice, opinions, or thoughts I may have expressed in the above post, be warned: I found Keven Costners "Waterworld" to be a very entertaining film.
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I think we've all had sex with a cephalopod at this point.
Imogen Poots is a giant danger sign for a movie. I think she's really bad. Survivable, for sure (The Green Room is still great) but definitely a red flag
From the naming convention that brought you I, ROBOT and I, FRANKENSTEIN comes I, TONYA. I, Vern, was concerned about this one from the second the production company logos started. Obviously I’m all for movies kicking off with a blast of funk, but I couldn’t see how such music represented Tonya Harding, the scandal-scarred bad girl of Olympic figure skating, icon of early ’90s teased bangs, discussed in this movie as going to a Richard Marx concert, disparaged for her allegedly low class music choices in competitions (“Sleeping Bag” by ZZ Top), declaring herself a redneck, marrying a white man who wears a turtleneck under a cardigan.
Okay, they got a Chicago song on there, I buy that. But Violent Femmes? Siouxsie and the Banshees covering Iggy Pop? And yes, there’s a prominent use of “Spirit in the Sky.” All movies that aspire to hipness have “Spirit in the Sky.”
Throughout the movie these wall-to-wall needle drops never said to me “This is the soul of Tonya Harding,” but instead “Guys, this is like BOOGIE NIGHTS! This is like GOODFELLAS! Right Guys? It’s like Scorsese!” An Entertainment Weekly interview with music supervisor Susan Jacobs confirms that she sees it as “the soundtrack of AMERICAN HUSTLE or a Scorsese film.” She says they chose ’70s and early ’80s music because “there’s a warmth to the ’70s that does not exist to the ’80s and ’90s.” Sorry Richard Marx.
It’s a small thing. Most people shouldn’t care. But it felt false to me, and kept me a little skeptical.
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I can't recall any move I found imogen poots objectionable in
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That movie has a Suicide Squad-esque level of "please stop with the music, the very, very, obvious music"
I swear there's on average a new pop song placement every like 4 and a half minutes in that movie, it's insane overkill
There's strong reason to believe that this wouldn't be his first rodeo
This intro is excellent
Okay when you're done I need to know how much you would pay for it
That’s a really interesting take
I did wonder about that, but I think it can be noted that:
Also, he is seen to learn some of the sign language she teaches him (such as egg). I think it can be inferred that he manages to learn more while he’s with her, but we just don’t see it (towards the end he seems to sign more, although it would’ve certainly been nice to see them conduct more of a conversation). After all, they spend a lot more time together than what we see on the screen.
Yeah, it's why I haven't seen Darkest Hour and am not sure I'll be able to. Churchill was complicit in the death of millions of Indians. He actively diverted any food supplies being sent to Bengal to deal with the famine of 1943 and when questioned why he said, "Famine or no famine, Indians will breed like rabbits." When pressed further, he asked "Then why hasn't Gandhi died yet?"
He blocked Indian independence at every turn. It might have come in the 1930, instead of 1947, if not for Churchill and his cohort. Between 1930 and 1947, religious strife, egged on by British policies, accelerated so much that along with independence, partition became inevitable. The partition led to hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of deaths.
He was a vile, racist man, directly responsible for the loss of countless lives. Seeing him hailed as one of the great leaders of the 20th century and a "hero" makes my blood boil.
Oh maaan
Fuck yeahhhhhh
but I am 5 years old and will never not giggle at the name Imogen Poots
The point where this was solidified for was the (very fun) musical number sequence toward the end where Elisa is musing about how Fishdude will never know how much she cares for him. And it cuts back to the table where she's signing all this and he does not appear to comprehend any of it. "Egg!" Is all we're getting from him. He'll never know? Why can't she just tell him? The answer seems to be "because he would not understand."
I think they were trying to show he was more of an equal to Elisa at the very end when he finally signs back that more complex idea "you and me together." But that felt like too little, too late.
Not saying it's a bad film, far from it! It just didn't quite work for me, and after thinking about it,
that's the main reason.
I actually burst out laughing when he tossed the computer into the fire.
At first it felt a little too typical stuffy-period-piece, albeit much wittier, but quickly started to get more...abstract? Poetic? There are sequences in the latter part of the film that feel almost like Tarkovsky, or Bergman.
It’s also a shame it isn’t getting more acknlowdgement for its cast. Everyone is great.
This is the greatest commercial I've ever seen.
That doesn't count, Ursula isn't a fish she's a cephalopod.
That's just a Tuesday for most of us.
It's a good word
I got that out of my system after seeing the Fright Night remake
this seems like an ok idea but the girl is...not good and her lines are also pretty bad.
Poots
I feel like that's the plot of several Married With Children episodes.
I simultaneously took this to both the darkest and most comical places possible...
Do not click this spoiler unless you have read the graphic novel or don't care about spoilers!
Especially sticking stuff like "From the producers of Harry Potter" at the beginning.
Is this the first time someone of desi descent has been nominated for a screenplay?