gonna get the jokes out of the way first:
- nothing but respect for MY 9 hour epic about a fellowship directed by peter jackson.
- ringo best beatle.
- 0/5 didn't show the beatles all jerking off togeter.
- justice for george (that's not really a joke, they were so mean to him!)
and now for the real stuff:
i had the morbid thought recently that, when my dad dies, listening to the Beatles is going to fucking wreck…
Been watching so much TV that it took a while to settle into the pace and rhythm of this but once I did it was a blast. Icy cool and humanist in equal measure. A perfect blending of vibes.
HOLY FUCKING SHIT.
If someone went into a lab to generate my perfect movie.... It would probably be this.
A movie that simultaneously feels made just for me, and that I want to show everyone I know.
And Michelle Yeoh is really the only actress who could have carried this film - which is partially a tribute to her whole career, and the genres she helped found - and make it look so effortless. The folks I saw it with…
so disappointing. the first three episodes are bad SNL sketches with some vague gesticulation that "oooh, something's wrong here!", then the next few are pure exposition, and it ends by bringing everything together in the most unsatisfying way possible. They had an interesting concept that dealt with some compelling themes, but in typical Marvel fashion, they were too afraid to actually portray real character and thematically motivated conflict, and ended up making a collection of easter eggs, cheesy dialogue, and…
