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4 days agoNever heard this before. Why?
Lavender [they/them]
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Oh yeah. The cracks were there in the earlier scenes with Lucy, but definitely became stark after what happened with Sophie.
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Did you notice how rarely Pascal’s scenes had him close to Johnson / had shots where he was directly facing the camera until the end? And how usually there was something between them, usually something expensive.
Watching how scenes were shot with Evans in contrast, they felt more vulnerable and intimate. Seeing John at low points and struggling. I mean, I could tell how the film would go, given the genre, but I felt the juxtaposition was deliberate and well done. However, it made it feel like Evans’ character was given more pathos and depth when Pascal’s character wasn’t given the same chance for connection.
I’m glad Johnson dropped the cynical calculus, and even then, I appreciate that she was aware of where her concerns around money came from. It wasn’t about luxury or vanity, but as a way to be protected from the harsh realities of love.
I was surprised they went there about SA in the film, but given the way people can be objectified and mistreated in something like connections through matchmaking, I think they portrayed the events well.
I went into the movie blind, but I had a good time. I too wish we got more into Pascal’s head, but as I wrote above, I think I know why we didn’t.
I wish there were more discussions around the intersection of race, sexual orientation, and gender expression, but I think the scenes of Johnson talking to her clients was brutally honest about the way dating is lopsided against people who aren’t white, straight, and attractive.
32·5 days agoI hope the bee didn’t suffer.
Final Destination or British comedy?
The one where they steal TV/VCR combos
:Nurgle-Pog:
40·10 days agoI regret reading the comments.
Fictional evil characters are extremely popular in media.
Jack O’Connell is a talented, conventionally attractive man and his character was powerful, charismatic, and compelling.
He was supernaturally evil and that evil wasn’t tied to him being Irish. He was depicted as more sympathetic than the KKK who sought to kill out of hate instead of a supernatural compulsion.
He was consumed by the devil. He was hollowed out and dehumanized by being forcefully assimilated. He’s making a futile attempt to save himself by bringing in Sammie when in fact he’s already lost his soul.
He can perform the music and art of his culture, but it’s not for the sake of his heritage or to bring people together in community. It’s to fill an emptiness within himself brought about by the vampire that turned him.
He was made into a monster, forced into living a half life, convinced that he can undo the harm done to him by harming others.
I don’t see him as the personification of the devil so much as a casualty of the devil.
You see in the movie that the other people who become vampires act in ways they wouldn’t otherwise.
His Irish heritage wasn’t vilified and at no point did a character conflate his heritage with his villainous acts.
The rest of the cast were wary of him more because he was white in a space for people of color.
Agreed. Though i do hope they keep the incantation lines when they cast spells. It’s looking like it’ll be a faithful adaptation, but time will tell.
It’s a port with graphical and quality of life improvements.
They’re recording with new voice actors, but they’re also including the '97 version of the game with the War of the Lions translation.
Sounds like a lack of imagination or a lack of willingness to try on your part.
Let him cook
You must pray for the war criminals.
(when he had COVID)
Also Reddit’s not much better lmao
God I wish we were at the level of holodeck. It would add some much needed bread to this circus.
That one scene in From Dusk til Dawn