Have you all seen Fire Island yet? It's a modern queer adaptation of Pride & Prejudice, and I thought it was delightful. Maybe my new favorite Mr. Darcy? Anyway, it's on Hulu, and I highly recommend it!
I've seen GIFs of it on Tumblr and I keep meaning to watch it and then forgetting. Maybe tonight.
We watched the 2021 Suicide Squad last night, and I am so goddamn amused that the only good DC movies are the villain movies (Birds of Prey, Suicide Squad).
The most unrealistic part of Suicide Squad (and I say that in the context of the entire goddamn bonkers comic-book movie, including Starro) is that when Idris Elba walked into a bar, he wasn’t immediately surrounded by people hitting on him. Because he is Idris Goddamn Elba.
FYI: Amazon has the Blu-ray version of the Lord of the Rings Extended Edition trilogy on sale for $25 today.
FYI, Science Friday today has an interview all about the scientific basis for the creature in Nope. Very interesting!
I finally made it to the theater to see
Three Thousand Years of Longing
yesterday. It's the most visually sumptuous movie I've seen all year, and the dialogue between Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba is a delight. The narrative kind of goes flat/less profound toward the end, but given the previous two points I didn't really mind that much.
I finally made it to the theater to see Three Thousand Years of Longing yesterday. It's the most visually sumptuous movie I've seen all year, and the dialogue between Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba is a delight. The narrative kind of goes flat/less profound toward the end, but given the previous two points I didn't really mind that much.
Ooh, I've thinking I might sneak off to a matinee of that.
Tonight I'm going to see the Bowie doc in IMAX. His music is going to sound so good on that big sound system.
I'm pretty excited about Woman King: the PCHH gang really really loved it.
Tonight I'm going to see the Bowie doc in IMAX. His music is going to sound so good on that big sound system.
We are doing that this afternoon! I can't wait!
We are doing that this afternoon! I can't wait!
I will forewarn you that it wasn't what I had expected. With all the visuals and spectacle it's a really close examination of Bowie's own creative process and path, through his own many interviews. So it doesn't really talk about his many creative alliances at all (except Eno). So Marc Bolan, Carlos Alomar, Iggy Pop, Angie Bowie, Tony Visconti (who is the music supervisor) don't even get mentioned.
It's not a standard biopic at all. Which is good! But if you know the arc of his narrative it was a little odd the way it dealt with his massive cocaine addiction in LA and move to Berlin (which they sort of evoke through a chaotic sound collage?) or his series of heart attacks sidelined him for almost a decade. That kind of thing.
It's not any kind of biopic, it's a 2+ hour music video with some narration edited in in vaguely chronological order. Which I honestly loved - Bowie's music and stage presence are very well suited to 2 hours of No Plot Just Vibes in IMAX.
Bros was funny and kind of sweet, but involved way too many hectoring gay history lectures and rants about, well, everything from Billy Eichner's character. He really should have taken some marginalized people's mantra of "it's not my responsibility to educate you" to heart, it might have driven smaller crowds away.
Ah well, I can at least hope its marketing push brings Luke MacFarlane to the attention of casting agents who should have been sending him scripts for the past decade.
And I did win the game of subconscious roulette, dreaming last night about dating Luke rather than Billy shudder.
