#I really liked this movie

[thesurrendertender]

Miguel O’Hara is such an interesting character in across the spiderverse. It’s so obvious that he had personal problems with Miles and Miles alone: he recruited Pavitr that only had six months of experience, he thinks that Lego Spider man is one of his best, in one scene there’s Doppelgänger, a literal demon clone in a spider man suit, and he’s a part of the spider society because Miguel had no problems recruiting him. But he specifically avoided recruiting Miles, the one Spider Man who saved the multi verse and already had some extended experience.

Miguel and Miles are probably the only Spider Men with the similar experience and the ones with abnormal backstories. They’re both anomalies, except that, while Miles didn’t had a choice and didn’t mean to mess with the canon events, Miguel actively made the choice to be an anomaly.

Miles is the proof that anomalies can co-exist with the multiverse. I think this is what really made Miguel angry, knowing that some anomalies have it worse and some simply don’t. I mean, I would be angry too, if I lost my daughter and everyone in her universe because I was an anomaly, but this kid is an anomaly too yet he has a family, and his universe is still intact. It just wouldn’t make sense, especially when Miguel actively tries so hard to follow the canon after the incident to make sure no more universes can collapse.

In particular I really liked the train/missile scene. Miguel was projecting HARD onto Miles, telling him he’s “the original anomaly” that “if he hadn’t been bitten someone wouldn’t have died” that “he wasn’t supposed to be there” and that “he’s not a real Spider-Man” and ESPECIALLY that “he doesn’t belong”. all things that he experienced, all the things that leaded to the destruction of his universe.

Not to mention that out of all the Spider men Miguel is the odd one: he wasn’t bitten by a spider, he doesn’t have spider senses, he doesn’t have a sense of humour, his dna is 50% spider and he only has fangs and talons, and if I understood correctly those powers aren’t even permanent. Yet, he’s the one leading the Society. He doesn’t belong, he was an anomaly, because of his choice people died and honestly? He’s not even fully Spider-Man. All the things he says to Miles are just a mirror of himself.

He was projecting all his fears onto the only other person who could relate to what he went through, and mind you Miles was told by his mother, Rio, to never let other people tell him that he doesn’t belong just twenty minutes before in the movie. And now he got a thirty-something man slamming him into a train, guilt trip him and trauma dump him.

Also, I noticed how he actually tried to resonate with Miles at first, explaining him why the canon is important, why certain things must happen and why he can’t come back home. And then the moment Miles went “but why I can’t do both?” He got incredibly pissed and sent him an entire army of spider men to stop him.

This also happens when Gwen asks him why he’s so sure that canon events must happen and what if they just…don’t occur. And again, Miguel gets angry because he simply doesn’t accept being wrong, doesn’t accept that his incident was an isolated case and that the canon doesn’t always need to be followed. He doesn’t even give an explanation, he just tells her “oh so you want to see WHAT happens?” Because again, he did see what CAN happen, and it wasn’t good at all.

I hope that in Beyond the Spiderverse Miguel and Miles can reconcile somehow. I don’t expect them to be on good terms, I would just like to see them confront one another. I think that would be cool.

[cosmic-hunny]

I saw Barbie Sunday night and one thing that's stuck with me was Doctor Barbie. I knew going in she was being played by the beautiful and talented Hari Nef but I had no idea how much she would be in the film. Would she get a line? Would she get a close up? Would she show up more than once? Etc. These were the thoughts in my head going into Barbie. Well those and "I'm so excited for this movie."

I loved this movie a whole lot. Is it perfect ? No. But it's pretty damn close for a toy movie made by Warner Bros. But specifically I want to focus on Doctor Barbie. I was so incredibly overjoyed to see her have an actual presence in the film. As much as any other Barbie that wasn't Margot Robbie. She had lines. She was part of the plot. All that jazz. AND she was even called beautiful. And throughout the whole film not once is anything done to point out her transness because it didn't matter. She was a woman, just like all the other Barbies, in a role that could have been played by any woman. But they chose to have a trans woman play it.

I watch a lot of movies. Like an obscene amount. And not once in my life have I seen a trans woman have an actual supporting cast role in a big summer blockbuster. Let alone a supporting role that wasn't explicitly a trans character. And to me that is so awesome.

Yes this is a capitalist product. Yadda yadda yadda. BUT it's also, like any good movie, a form of expression. So when a major movie studio and a major toy company both allow a character relevant enough to get their own character poster be played by a trans actress it means a lot to me. Not because Warner Bros and Mattel are "good corporations" or anything. But because it shows progress in our society. Even 5 years ago I don't think that would have happened. And it shows how out of touch the GOP are with reality. Because if trans people were really on the way out a major capitalist product would not be inclusive of us. I'd be lying if I said I didn't cry from joy about this realization after the film

Thank you for coming to my TEDx talk.

[glowyskull]

My boi janemba...he a goober.

[lafcadiosadventures]

[chaoticcultist]

Yall, please go watch Elemental! The trailers did the movie so dirty and i didnt pay it much mind, but my mom saw the poster and wanted to see it. I loved the movie so much! Ember's family story was so engaging and the romance didn't feel forced, it was just sweet.

The music also rocks. Give it a listen.

[illiana-mystery]

Clem Hoatley, Nightmare Alley (2021)

[nowwhatteam]

So I watched Wish

- Disney finally decided to give us villains back! Im not gonna lie I loved seeing a character with no redemption arc, no twist, no reason behind his actions, just a good ol’ greedy-power hungry-selfish-cape floating in the wind dude on a movie again.

- There were several small homages in the form of origin stories and Easter eggs to classic Disney movies and i loved it. I’m a Disney adult at heart and this is my cross to bear.

-Saw a lot of people complaining about no movies being as magical but please remember: the reason you though everything is amazing is because you were a child, of course it’s not gonna feel the same.

-Personally I thought it was just as magical and fun as any other Disney movie and I absolutely loved the songs!

- Speaking of songs the only thing this movie missed was the amazing opportunity of producing another absolutely killer villain song. A ‘friends on the other side’ or ‘Prince Ali reprise’ vibe to the king’s solo would’ve made everything perfect.

[nuravity]

((OOC: Watched a movie called Cherry and the names of the banks were just hilarious. The ones I spotted were: Shitty Bank, Bank f*cks America, and No Credit. The weird thing was this was not a comedy XD))

[0sbrain]

i was so lesbian for her

never forget what they took from us

[tllgrrl]

“If ya wanna make an omelette, ya gotta kill some people.”

—“Lloyd Hansen” The Grey Man

I cackled…completely out loud.

I watched The Grey Man and I really liked it.

Mayhem and high body count? Yes.

And was I hella-entertained? Oh, hell Yes.

Maybe I’m just a terrible person after all because there’s this part…during the fight between the two protagonists, a switchblade…and when it came out and was opened, I clapped my hands like a 6 year old who got a pony for her birthday:

Me: Ohhhh shit! A switchblade? Is that a switchblade?!? EeeeeeeYESSSSS!!

🤦🏾‍♀️

[chloesimaginationthings]

William Afton into the FNAF-verse

[pokimoko]

I can't keep being fundamentally changed as a person by animated movies, it's just not sustainable.

[cosmic-hunny]

I saw Godzilla Minus One yesterday and it was just so fucking good. It had interesting characters that I got emotionally invested in. It tackled a new, interesting theme. And Godzilla, of course, was awesome. Probably gonna reply to this post in a day or 2 with an annoying, overly analytical breakdown of my thoughts. But suffice it to say... This movie rocks.

[autumn-may]

Mostly spoiler free summary of my viewing experience

[anessthetic]

happy new year everyone :]

[the-eclectic-wonderer]

The Barbie movie really said. Yes you will grow up and childhood wonder will vanish. Yes you will grow up and learn to hate yourself, your body, your awkwardness. Yes you will grow up and lose your confidence and certainty and sense of purpose. Yes you will grow up and the world will seem a bleaker, lonelier place every day, and society will seem bleaker and lonelier every day, and you won’t understand what went wrong in the span of just a few years, what took you from a happy and secure young girl to a sad, uncertain, scared grown woman.

And yet. You will learn to find beauty again. You will find joy in not having a purpose, in building a purpose for yourself. You will find beauty in connection, with the people and the world around you. You will learn to love signs of ageing as proof of a life well lived, of experience and happiness. You will take that little girl by the hand and tell her “I know, this isn’t what you thought it would be, but it’s real. Let me show you how beautiful it can be.”