Oh man, the lovefest for Once Upon A Time In Hollywood has started on Twitter and I just want to hide under the covers until this movie goes away. I found it tedious, at least 2 hours too long, painfully racist and borderline pedophiliac (I do NOT need to see QT's foot fetish on display ever again, and especially not when the feet in question all belong to teenage girls). I wanted to take a yearlong shower after the screening ended.
So perhaps not the best choice for a long-distance movie date with the Math Greek this weekend?
Everyone publicly online this week seems to think it's a masterpiece. I...disagree. So if nothing else it will be good for an after-movie talk?
I'll be seeing it next week, and hope to find the performances enjoyable at least, but I hear your complaints with a bit of a shudder in anticipation. Hope the fun outweighs the ick.
Everyone publicly online this week seems to think it's a masterpiece. I...disagree.
Interesting, I've seen plenty of "not for me" reactions, first and foremost by my critic friends here, who, sadly were not granted +1s for the screening.
I've seen plenty of "not for me" reactions, first and foremost by my critic friends here
That's a relief! Good to know I'm not alone.
I have no interest in watching anything Tarentino, and nothing fictionally coveting real murders in what seems like a really unnecessary way.
For people looking for alternative titles to catch on multiplex, see if you have "Wild Rose" playing nearby. It's about a Scottish country singer freshly out of jail, desperate to get to Nashville. It's a scrappy heartwarmer, with a star turn by its lead, Jessie Buckley, who's got an amazing soulful voice. It manages to be feel-good while maintaining spiky edges.
I have no interest in watching anything Tarentino
Thiiiiis. I have come to understand that I just don't like his movies.
ION, I saw
Midsommar
this week, and DAMN. I loved it. I loved everything about it. I need to see it again. I went to see it with my friend Jen, and our flailing conversations afterward especially centered around
"If I had to choose to ritually sacrifice a terrible ex-boyfriend to join a community that was supportive and had a culture of communal sharing of hard emotions, I just might do it."
Which may not be the intended theme of the movie, but whatever.
