jonesandashes

[jonesandashes]

This is what a lot of big tentpole movies are missing, I think. They've got the spectacle but it's a dead rush to get from one sequence to the next. Nowhere to pause and sit with the characters or ratchet up the tension or flesh out the sets. It's like they don't have the confidence that they can make those smaller moments engaging, so then whole thing ends up feeling like kind of a samey slapdash blur.

Thinking a lot of things in the vein of "star wars would be so good if it was good" and I think the one thing star wars is really missing is space to breathe. Star wars as a franchise is really afraid you'll be bored and so throws spectacle at you non stop, which ironically will make you bored of spectacle. The movie that's best liked, empire strikes back, has a lot of space to breathe. Luke is stuck on Dagobah with Yoda and they get to actually talk. About the Force, about the empire, about the past and about Luke himself. We have the space for that. Leia and Han are stuck in the millennium falcon and get to develop their romance. Another fan favorite, Andor, has many scenes that are just two characters talking, takes time showing emotional impact and isn't afraid to shy away from spectacle. What most star wars lacks in my opinion, is the bravery to stand still.

[jonesandashes]

When a fic doesn’t fit my head canons but it’s well-written

[jonesandashes]

The Aristocats (1970) dir. Wolfgang Reitherman

[jonesandashes]

JESSICA WALTER as Lucille Bluth

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT (2003-2019)

[jonesandashes]

[jonesandashes]

[jonesandashes]

trinity santos managed to attract every hot woman in the er, uncover a drug diversion scheme, infiltrate princess and perlah's chismis operation, perform a successful reboa that all the senior residents and attendings are now gossiping about, and put a roof over a homeless sopping wet kitten's head, all on her first day on the job

[jonesandashes]

Come on. You can't stay out here. (Andor 2x12)

[jonesandashes]

[jonesandashes]

Ciarán Hinds as Captain Frederick Wentworth (Persuasion, 1995)

“A very fine young man indeed!” said Lady Dalrymple. “More air than one often sees in Bath.” “[…] Wentworth: Captain Wentworth of the navy.

[jonesandashes]

WELCOME TO THE REBELLION

[jonesandashes]

Andor Make It Stop | 2.10

[jonesandashes]

what if your FAIL husband DIED and the informant you have been chasing KILLED HIMSELF and the coworker you hate had you ARRESTED and then BLAMED EVERYTHING on YOU

[jonesandashes]

Ok. Well. That was incredibly stressful and I think I need to go watch the entirety* of Star Wars about it

Maximum appetite to see Luke Skywalker blow up the Death Star achieved

*Not all Star Wars included. Some conditions apply.

[jonesandashes]

the andor credits just turned into the star wars theme I'm sobbing

[jonesandashes]

wow so the guy who plays krennic was really like 'ok what if this time I was extremely scary' huh