Bones and All Q's/thoughts/spoilers (literally writing these as I watch for the first time):
1. Was that her dad locking her in her bedroom at the beginning?
2. Random aside- does Taylor Russell have some vitiligo on her face? I never noticed it before.
3. Ooft, that first shot of Sully standing on the street corner. 😬 The sniffing... ew.
4. The sound of him preparing that chicken. Double ew.
5. "We can hurt one another just as bad" - he's warning her.
6. I always wonder if human teeth are actually strong enough to bite through flesh just like *chomp* - I know we do it with steak and whatnot. I just kinda assumed humans would be tougher. Especially without cooking. Idk.
7. Being a cannibal would be a logistical nightmare. Like... a human being is BIG. How much could you actually eat in one go? Like, a thigh? What do you do with the rest?
8. "I profoundly doubt that" - yes Lee, see right through the creepy old man.
9. The Americana guitar throughout is very pretty. This soundtrack is cool.
10. I love how matter-of-fact Lee is. He seems very genuine.
11. The way he takes the shirt off after Kayla calls him a fa**ot hurts. He obvs took it to heart.
12. The first time we see them touch is in the slaughter house barn. Feel like that's significant.
13. Michael Stulbarg is amazing.
14. "There's before Bones and All, and then there's after" - I feel like this is true.
15. The drums of the soundtrack in IA - wow. Love it.
16. The trill of the music as the ferris wheel comes over the top and they're kissing - ❤
17. The look as Lee approaches the milk toss stand - Predator/Prey. Oooft.
18. Lee cruising that carnival worker should not be hot. But it is.
19. The pulling at the skin is a bit ew, but oh well.
20. "In my black cocoon I'm where no one can find me" - whilst Lee sits bathed in blood and moonlight. Double ooooft.
21. It's a good thing DNA matching hadn't been perfected yet.
22. "How dare you make this harder" - true lee. Like what does she want him to say??
23. I keep expecting to see Sully in the back of shots and it's creeping me out.
24. I get Maren's turmoil, but she doesn't need to take it out on Lee, who's also just trying to survive.
25. I have a kink for Timmy's arms, I've decided. I think Dune 2 where he's buffer might kill me.
26. She just fucking leaves him?! What??? He's the best thing thats happened to you!
27. Sully needs to fuck all the way off.
28. The scene where Maren is telling Sully "its gotta go both ways" - I feel her energy there. Its a young girl trying to placate a man who could harm her. That resonates. The stakes are different, but every woman can recognise the moment where they say "it's not you, it's me" to try and prevent harm. Felt that in my blood.
29. A man thinks they're entitled to something because they've misread a situation. Offft, that really hits close to home.
30. The scrape of the guitar as she destroys the tape.
31. I just wanna give Lee a hug.
32. Kayla seems really sweet, and I'm sad that I already know what happens to her.
33. What happens in the months Maren is away from Lee? What's she been doing?
34. The NE sequence is beautiful.
35. Idk how to describe it, but Timothée has a way of being *in* a scene that makes you feel like he's part of the landscape of it. There and natural. There is no acting, because he is in the fabric of the film.
36. I'll say it again but the guitar motif is just so beautiful.
37. The way the guitar just stops in that final scene when she opens the door. Fuck Sully, fuck him forever.
38. Sully is like Gollum. Except fucking weirder and grosser.
39. Okay, the bathtub scene is kinda grim.
40. How can something so grim make me cry?
41. Okay, new canon. Lee survives and the ending was just one of the psycho dreams, brought on by PTSD from Sully's attack.
42. The final shot is them afterwards. Surviving.
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Oh my god I just saw it too and I can't I just can't. I am a lesbian and I saw so much of my first love in their love and I understand what you mean when you said it made you happy and sad at once. What were your favourite moments? I am so hyped up and can't sleep cause my brain is racing still
Oh goodness that’s like asking me which Austen heroine I love best. That so hard for me! The entire movie was so special and had so many wonderful scenes.
I am so pleased you enjoyed it. It is still on my mind and god does it make you question a ton and THINK and that’s the sign of a really unique movie that can have that impression on you.
I’ll put my favourite moments under the cut :)
1) Mr Perlans speechIn the book it ruined me, made my heart hurt and I just cried so much I could barely see the page. The movie is no exception. That speech is so beautiful and bittersweet and affecting. No matter which bit of the speech resonated with you, if Michael Stulbarg’s performance doesn’t move you then I don’t know what will. I was floored and god it hurt just as much as it did the first time. I’ll think about his words forever especially those about not allowing yourself to feel as it’s a waste.
2) My second favourite is a weird one because I wasn’t expecting it and as it happened I kind of gasped and immediately wanted to cry. It’s the last night before Olive leaves scene where Elio is sleeping and Oliver is watching him and you see snapshots in negative of what I presume is Elio’s dream (or that’s how I interpreted it) and it got to me. It was SUCH beautiful moment. My god.
3) The Nosebleed scene is a close third. Their chemistry and comfort and intimacy on screen is by far one of the best I have ever seen but I think it was PERFECT in this moment. Timothee nails every beat from almost growling his words to looking like he’s ready to completely swoon or cry and Oliver is so sweet with him and yet you can see he’s so overwhelmed himself. It was truly something else.
4) The fairytale scene. I mean, Elio spends half of the movie draped over adoring people as he’s so tactile and affectionate and just that little moment with his parents is so beautiful, his mama stroking his hair and dad being so open and supportive and their really close bond just laid out in front of you. It’s such an intimate and soft little moment about what a parental bond can be and it’s something I don’t think many will have experience of but it makes your heart ache it’s so lazy and loving and beautiful. Argh.
5) I kind of feel like Timmy’s physicality needs its own mention because he is utterly perfect. I mean, there is something so entirely unique in the way Elio and Oliver interact that really picks up on elements of the book ESPECIALLY during the “midnight” scene. Elio practically scale Oliver’s height, clinging and cuddling and being so playful and surprisingly in control (which was exactly how I imagined it in the book) was nothing short of god damn revolutionary haha. Elio does it all the time too: the biting Oliver’s shoulder, playfully punching his back, trailing their hands together. Not to mention how full of life and cheekiness and confidence Elio is with his dancing everywhere and spinning and teasing. He’s a complete JOY to behold and I don’t even know where to begin with how much Timmy’s performance overwhelmed me because it was Elio. It was the Elio I read when I was 18. Stunning performance from start to finish.
6) Final scenes. Oh man. The bittersweet pain but gratitude and love and frustration and agony and EVERYTHING about that scene was just destroying. I loved that they included the Perlman’s and their “oh we’re so happy for you Oliver” followed by their quiet knowing looks at each other after the call. That was such a unique moment. Then Elio sitting there breaking but soaring and I could barely breathe. Then the fireplace scene where he just sits and FEELS and god I was sobbing. I was kind of annoyed as people in the cinema started leaving and I wanted to watch the whole thing so I just sat and took it all in and there was no way I was getting out of my seat till it was over!
7) I have to mention the elderly Italian couple scene. Their arguing and bickering and at one point everyone was an asshole. It was so funny and warm and ridiculous. I loved it especially with the Perlman’s reaction and that contrasted to Elio and Oliver’s reactions. Amazing. I have a real love and respect for Italian people and their manners and the way so many of them live their lives. I worked around a group of Italians for a long time and they were so overwhelming to be around but they were the most beautiful, interesting, passionate, open, unguarded group of people and their views on life and how it should be lived changed me and I’ve always dreamed of visiting Italy, it’s right up there at the top of my list so this movie was like a love story to Italy and the Italian summer. That little fly who seemed to follow Elio around, the birds and breeze in the trees… god it captures the scenery so gorgeously.
That’s my little list!! I mean there are so many more things like their cuddles and kisses when they’re talking about wasted time, Elio crying in the car just about stopped my heart, the peach scene with Elio’s tear stained face and how much it felt like the book, Oliver’s unashamed happiness and the change in him as the movie went on, him saying goodbye to the Perlman’s, Elio teasing Oliver with his piano pieces, Mafalda in general…!
It was the kind of movie that leaves you questioning life, yourself, love, how you act and what you want from life. The book has stuck with me for nearly 10 years now and the movie really didn’t disappoint, it was really really very special ❤️
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MY MOMENTS OUT OF TIME IN FILM 2017
Instead of a Top 10 List, every year I like to honor a long-discontinued but influential annual column from Film Comment magazine. I couldn’t wait for my father to come home from work with the “Moments Out Of Time” issue. The writers would cite their favorite scenes, images, or lines of dialogue, even from films they may not have liked, because let’s face it, even bad films may have a great moment or two, unless you were a film called RINGS, CATFIGHT, THE SNOWMAN, or THE DINNER. In that case, you suck in the most forgettable of ways. Despite some obvious stinkers, this was a great year for film. Some resonated with me, such as I, TONYA and THE FLORIA PROJECT as they tackled the issue of class in America. Despite being period pieces, films such as DARKEST HOUR and THE POST pinged on topics such as war-mongering and the need for a free press, both of which we seem to talk about daily right now. I have a few I need to catch up on, such as MUDBOUND and THE SQUARE, and one I recently saw, A GHOST STORY, wowed me, but I haven’t written a review of it yet.
Even I can’t see them all, so here, in no particular order, are my Moments Out Of Time in film for 2017:
“America. They want someone to love, but they want someone to hate, and the haters always say, 'Tonya, tell the truth!' There’s no such thing as truth. I mean it’s bullshit! Everyone has their own truth.” - I, TONYA
A little girl (the great Brooklyn Prince) stands in front of a motel room door, telling her little friends they’re not allowed to enter. She pauses, and then mischievously says, “But let’s go anyways!” in a moment of pure rebellious, but dangerous joy. - THE FLORIDA PROJECT
A young man (Lucas Hedges) begs his girlfriend (Saoirse Ronan) not to out him in one of the most touching moments of the year. - LADY BIRD
A woman (Cynthia Nixon’s blazing portrayal of Emily Dickinson) desperate to connect with someone, anyone, lights up whenever she’s around her soon-to-depart friend. It’s a joy you wish she could have at all times. It’s that ache to spar with another human that cuts to the core of this lonely tragedy. - A QUIET PASSION.
Try watching the “I did not hit her” rooftop filmmaking sequence without bursting with glee. One of the best-sustained comedy sequences of the year. - THE DISASTER ARTIST
A beautiful, long final shot of a young man (Timothée Chalamet) swimming in his tearful thoughts as the end credits role will break your heart. - CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
So will his father’s (Michael Stulbarg) 11th hour speech to him. - CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
A ghost in a white sheet with two eye holes, who has traveled across time for centuries, finally finds something important, which jogs his memory, making him feel less alone in the world, and then in a startling swish, is gone. - A GHOST STORY
Meryl Streep, in the most delicious long pause of 2017, struggles with the tough decision whether to publish the Pentagon Papers or not. She conveys every pro and con with a series of reactions, leaving the audience breathless until she finally, and thrillingly, becomes a feminist heroine for the ages. - THE POST
Sure, it’s ostensibly Daniel Day-Lewis’ last film, but it’s the women, one with a deadening stare (Leslie Manville) and the other with the best eye flutter I’ve ever seen (Vicky Krieps), who take charge of this fascinatingly perverse story of control. - PHANTOM THREAD
A cleaning woman (Octavia Spencer) dusts a giant steampunk contraption as her mute co-worker looks on, sending the increasingly magical fable into a visually stunning dreamscape. - THE SHAPE OF WATER
“You know I can’t give you the keys, right babe?” A chilling line in a scene in which a sympathetic, engaging character transforms into a monster, making Allison Williams, so often hated and too easily dismissed on GIRLS, as someone to REALLY watch as her career rises and rises. - GET OUT
A beloved, iconic character from the original film makes a stunning, surprise appearance. Despite it being CGI, this was the movie-movie moment of 2017. - BLADE RUNNER 2049
A bellicose, raging Prime Minister, known for his speeches, sits quietly with the square-ish frame filled with dark, negative space and seemingly lit by a single, too-bright light bulb. He’s alone and yet belongs to us all, the push-pull of this theme resonating throughout the entire film. - DARKEST HOUR
“This didn't put an end to shit, you fucking retard; this is just the fucking start. Why don't you put that on your Good Morning Missouri fucking wake up broadcast, bitch?” - THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
Bill Skarsgård’s reading of the line, “Take it!” will haunt me for years. His Pennywise proved to be surprisingly haunting and indelible. - IT
The film’s not great, but Christopher Plummer and Ridley Scott deserve all the “We’re Not Worthy’s” for pulling off the Great Kevin Spacey Replacement of 2017 in 9 days, and actually delivering a full-bodied, memorable character in the process. - ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD
A desperate thief uses his smarts to wheel his badly-injured brother out of the hospital in an impressive feat. It shows a whip-smart mind in the body of person with lost potential, and in a moment which proves this well-meaning guy just can’t get a break, it turns out he took the wrong person. - GOOD TIME
Michael Cera, even more villainous and sociopathic than he was in THIS IS THE END, and apparently channeling Tobey Maguire, freaked me out as a hateful, poker-playing celeb. - MOLLY’S GAME
Ok, people will be talking about the biplane scene forever, but nothing made me laugh more than Tiffany Haddish’s reading of this line: “Girl, you can't get no infection in your booty hole! It's a booty hole!” - GIRLS TRIP
Bridget Everett, in a blazingly intense performance, sings the shit out of Lita Ford’s KISS ME DEADLY in a dive bar and transforms herself from comedienne to serious dramatic actor. - PATTI CAKE$
A crazed woman (Aubrey Plaza) barges in on the wedding of a social media friend and maces her for not getting on the invite list, giving the Facebook effect its full and insane due. - INGRID GOES WEST
A young woman, unable to take one more second of her overbearing, judgmental mother (Laurie Metcalf), surprisingly jumps out of a moving car. - LADY BIRD
Charlize Theron kicks one ass after another in a seemingly single shot (but not really), making this one of the greatest fight sequences ever filmed. - ATOMIC BLONDE
Algee Smith finds the heart of the story as a musician who struggles with his ambitions after a harrowing all-night encounter with racists cops. - DETROIT
Say what you will about the insanity that unspools, but Michelle Pfeiffer as the houseguest from hell was fun to watch and sorely missed when not onscreen. - MOTHER!
As Elton John’s ROCKET MAN plays on the radio, Bille Jean King (Emma Stone) and her new girlfriend Marilyn (Andrea Riseborough) drive in sun-dappled glory, their hair blowing around with each surprising gust of wind. It’s a perfect evocation of the 70s. - BATTLE OF THE SEXES
After following around an imaginative, enterprising man (Michael Keaton as Ray Kroc) as he develops the most successful fast food chain in the world, and seeing his as a hero, he transforms into a terrible villain about halfway through, making us question the value of the American Dream. - THE FOUNDER
A suicidal Spud, his head covered in suffocating plastic, leans back in his chair and falls backwards off the top of a building, but a flash cut send him to the floor of his apartment where Renton (Ewan McGregor) slides under him to catch him. One of the most imaginative, emotional cuts in a film I’ve seen this year. - T2 TRAINSPOTTING
Don’t heckle Kumail Nanjiani! Holly Hunter WILL read you to filth by interjecting, “That is like saying that all frat boys wearing country club hats and Hawaiian shirts have shriveled up tiny little dicks!” - THE BIG SICK
A young man throws himself down in the sand as bombs explode closer and closer to him. A spectacular feat of cinematography and muffled sound, and one of the greatest shots in cinema history. - DUNKIRK
A mother kicks the chair her little daughter sits in, sending her flying. A sudden, impactful depiction of abuse. - I, TONYA
Tom Cruise emerges from a crashed plane, his face hilariously covered in cocaine. - AMERICAN MADE
A seemingly sweet young man (Barry Keoghan, my favorite new actor of the year) changes his entire demeanor and quickly, chillingly tells a doctor (Colin Farrell), in no uncertain terms, what is going to happen to him and his family. - THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER
The best opening sequence award of the year easily goes to a film which mixed musical filmmaking with kinetic car chases and an endearing sense of rhythm. - BABY DRIVER
Eels creepily slither around a woman in a tub in an otherwise completely forgettable, indulgent film - A CURE FOR WELLNESS
Adam Sandler winningly loses his shit as he searches for a parking space. - THE MEYEROWITZ STORIES - NEW AND SELECTED
“See! I took you on a safari!” exclaims Brooklyn Prince to her friend as they stand in front of a herd of cattle. - THE FLORIDA PROJECT
An ape, bigger than ever portrayed before, emerges out of nowhere and swats down helicopters like flies as the camera gloriously swirls around him. It’s APOCALYPSE NOW’s famous attack scene, but this time the invaded kick the invaders’ asses. - KONG: SKULL ISLAND
A messy trainwreck of a person (Anne Hathaway) lugs a mattress around town and literally confronts her inner demons. - COLOSSAL
A major character unexpectedly spits up blood on another, in a shocking moment (and there are a few in this film) I’ll remember for a long time. - THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
French ACT-UP AIDS activists throw blood all over the offices of a pharmaceutical company, and heroically help change the speed at which drugs were approved for a population in desperate need of good news. - BPM
Despite being a thrilling adventure film, the quiet moments, such as the wonderful final shot of a woman walking out of a room and into the jungle, made this stirring yarn into something more internal and thoughtful. - THE LOST CITY OF Z
By this time, we’ve seen too many cars racing around, so instead we focus on the pleasure of seeing a dreadlocked Charlize Theron deliciously chewing the scenery from the evil lair of her jet, sending her into Faye Dunaway territory. - THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS
The unexpected death of a major star, as a gelatinous, alien creature slides down his throat, destroying him from the inside out in zero gravity, may feel straight out of the ALIEN textbook, but it’s memorable nonetheless. - LIFE
I’m usually not a sucker for Disney movie songs, but I have not been able to get EVERMORE out of my head ever since I saw the film, and I mean that in a really good way. - BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Same goes for Elvis Costello’s fantastic contribution with YOU SHOULDN’T LOOK AT ME THAT WAY, from a beautiful but not-great movie. - FILM STARS DON’T DIE IN LIVERPOOL
Instead of the chestburster, we get the backbreaker, and instead of John Hurt, we get a character we don’t care about…but it STILL manages to be freaky and cool in an otherwise execrable film. - ALIEN: COVENANT
Can we please distribute LICK MY ASS, DIANE t-shirts to every person on earth, or at least make it THE trending hashtag of the year?!! - I, TONYA
Gal Godot donning the titular, classic costume for the first time in the film, charges through the emotional No Man’s Land sequence and into our hearts. - WONDER WOMAN
A seemingly liberal father over-explains his love for Obama to his daughter’s new black boyfriend (Daniel Kaluuya), who makes the Dad feel ok about his issues with race. It keenly pinpoints the struggle people of color have trying to make white people more comfortable about their discomfort. - GET OUT
Willem Dafoe’s Manager expertly takes charge of a potential child molester, demonstrating his heartwarming, soulful protection of the lovable but annoying little brats who live in his motel. - THE FLORIDA PROJECT
The camera whooshes from ground level to an overhead shot as a determined skater prepares for an important routine. - I, TONYA
Yes, the movie is an unholy mess, but Hong Chau’s “I go to Norway” speech is just a little masterpiece. - DOWNSIZING
Feet moving on red splotches of sand as they battle with their light sabers. - STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI
A return to the iPhone footage he used in TANGERINE pays off perfectly in the final sequence, a rush of imagination, and a surprising and unforgettable place to take your little survivor of a main character, even if it’s potentially just a fantasy. It doesn’t change the fact that a neglected but loved little girl wants a little escape. - THE FLORIDA PROJECT
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