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the two stars are only for renée’s performance <3

i really wish this showed more of her life!! than jumping between 1939 and 1969 (reducing her early years as just Oz in turn). the effective jumping then means it doesn’t show her fall from grace, and missed moments in her life that could be easily introduced as scenes to extrapolate from

visuals amazing, movie kinda boring, subtitle typeface choice unforgivable

lesbian queen Birdie is the best character in the film, and i will die on this hill

loved the rotoscope animation of this so much of it, especially the halations round the highlights. could almost feel the nostalgia for the period despite being a lil too late to the party, and the naïveté of childhood lol

only critique would be it ran a little long; like it could have been about 60mins instead of 98?

alright, but i think the original trilogy had a lot more to say than this

first time watching since number 1 bozo anita bryant died 

happy harvey milk day ❤️

watching this on a -sunday- evening was a mistake ://

Watched on Friday May 9, 2025.

took me a second watch of this to realise “walk without rhythm, and you won’t attract the worm” is referenced by that fatboy slim song lmao

deeply interested in the establishment’s business model tbh

i seeing this referenced in a library book in primary school but somehow actually watching makes me feel very uneasy

watching this the ✨same✨ day after reading the news headline NATO acquires AI military system really hits different x

biiig fan of the Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 transitions heavily used in this

is this where the brand name Dunkin Donuts came from?!

adding this as a review so i don’t forget about it, what a time to be alive

you know how you read an article from The Onion and think to yourself “oh this could be real life these days”? that’s what watching this whole movie is like lmao

Mercedes McCambridge fr stole the whole thing

Watched on Thursday April 3, 2025.

shoutout to uncredited cast member the dewey decimal system

that mary kid and veda from mildred pierce,,,, satan himself would run in terror between the pair of them 

literally trowma from the final act of this

kinda dragged on a bit but that chaotic minute or so with all the fireworks going off was worth it

somehow more of an abba film than the abba film with all the abba songs

felt VERY the mindy project despite being completely not and about something entirely different lmao

wtf this didn’t have anything to do with the elder scrolls

truly the epitome of so bad it’s funny of bad movies, whilst some of it was terrifying knowing some of it must have been based on some of christina’s childhood - it will have re-watchability though!

elphaba is muad’dib 😌💞

when they seen someone else’s dead body and were just so unbothered by it at that point 😭

rip summer finn you would’ve loved the word situationship

Watched on Saturday March 8, 2025.

the phantom’s lil underground apartment is kinda nice though?? i would expect anywhere 5 cellars below an old opera house to be more… damp

i wish the majority of the film was as tight as the first bit in the diner

highlights are all the 5 minutes Ava was onscreen, then maybe some of the Burt Lancaster boxing scenes too

why did they name Shirley MacLaine’s character after that Buddy Holly band though

beautifully made yet sad film, nothing else to add truly 5 stars mwah

mr bates villain arc i fear

can’t hear willem defoe saying “mr anderson” without thinking of the matrix each time

highlight was gene handling a racist prick by his balls, underrated fbi power move of 1964

Watched on Tuesday February 25, 2025.

catbus > any bus in real life

more realistic and less sensationalist than the 1997 one everyone and their dog has seen

much preferred this one i think though and its showing a wider variety of people - also the occasional cutting back to the Californian really underpins how close they were to saving so many more lives in 1912, likewise the feeling of terror aboard 

james cameron really did the “can i copy your homework” meme with this film didn’t he

P.S. WHY on the door of the steward’s sleeping quarters did they write in chalk “the glory hole” on the door?!?! please someone tell me that meant something else then than it does nowadays

the way he made using a search engine seem more impossible than the actual mission

the most intense game of naughts and crosses ever

flap has so many red flags, especially being named FLAP

like, what is that even short for?

Watched on Tuesday February 11, 2025.

he got bullied in school and in the mines?? oh i heavy couldn’t be fucked w that 

double feature suggestion: the end of the world (1937) for a similar slightly episodic retrospective of films showing a bygone age

watching the entire thing with the assumption matthew macfadyen’s character later moved to the US and becomes tom wambsgans

second half is set in 1997 but doesn’t include diana’s death as a major plot point??? 1 star off

Watched on Wednesday February 5, 2025.

rip mr smith you would’ve loved cspan and HATED the current political climate

why were they going to get the train to Gretna Green to elope but there wasn’t a single british person in sight lmao

was expecting it to fully be an 80s mix of high school musical and glee,  but was so much… more than that?? kinda loved it tbh, especially the ending wrapping it up imperfectly perhaps, but purposefully so

would take a tiny bit off for the homophobic slurs used when mentioning the gay character (not to spoil who) but

i could’ve watched them make the tweed for the whole 15 minutes tbh, certified bangersss

had to replay the full on fight scene between ginger and her husband’s fiancée, the wwe of their day <3

kinda droll until the third act, maybe we’re spoiled by later Hitch but i never really felt the tension of those in this i was expecting