Nobody, and I mean nobody, is able to capture intimacy as well as Barry Jenkins. His greatest tool is his close up. The choices when and where to place the camera inside a conversation and when to do POV shots where the actors look directly into the camera are done so meticulously. These moments are so vunerable, and so gentle, and it's unlike anything I've ever seen. Tish's POV, when she calls Fonny the most beautiful man she's ever seen,…
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Columbus 2017
It’s been really hard for me to connect to things lately. A lack of passion possibly, I don’t know. But, even though I’ve owned a copy of it for months, I recently started reading Ocean Vuong’s On Earth, We’re Briefly Gorgeous. It’s making me feel a lot. Not sure how to put my feelings in to words, but they are there.
Columbus made me feel a lot too. A new comfort film I think. First time I’ve felt a connection to a film in a while. I love that feeling.
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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 2022
The movie to break my no half-star rating streak i’ve had going for a few months. Bummer. Will go up or down a half star depending on how I feel about it in a week or two. (edit: landed on i like this kind of)
There’s a good 30, maaaaybe 40 min of this where they rlly let Raimi free. I saw comments from Marvel fans that were like “I wanted Marvel movie vibes but got horror movie vibes and…
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The Lego Batman Movie 2017
forgot to log this but it’s decent! animation is stellar, voice acting is good, some of the gags are cool (love all the romance drama stuff), just a lot of misses with the jokes but yeah it’s cute, why not
