#MicroActions

[vagueeyes]

Reece Shearsmith as Mr Warren & Steve Pemberton as Mr Clarke ❧ INSIDE NO. 9 - S2E3 "The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge"

[chucklepea-hotpot]

the way ted's face falters when he notices that trent isn't on his usual spot

[itsthedreamon]

What was your favourite part about Wolf Man 2025

[lurkiestvoid]

slowly becoming convinced some of the DAV discourse is being fueled by people who not only haven't played Dragon Age before but also just don't even ... play video games?? Like at all? Like it really seems some of these 'critical' takes are from people expecting to meet the standards of fundamentally different media, like, their immersion is being broken because they're expecting blockbuster live action movie quality visuals AND the naturally fluid emotive body language and movements of a FLESH-AND-BLOOD ACTING ARTIST and not ... painstakingly crafted and sculpted and rigged and tweaked and lit and relit and dragged and reworked digital characters puppets. 'its just not believable' 'they have no personality' 'theyre so stiff' what are you TALKING ABOUT. What do you MEAN. DO YOU EVEN GO HERE

[vampyrholmes]

watching granada holmes season 2 episode 5 the abbey grange drunk on expensive stout on halloween is, i imagine, the goth autistic girl equivalent of snorting crack off the back of a toilet at a rave

[cinemaocd]

[Image description: Color gifset divided into 8 gifs, showing the passage of time/change of seasons in Dr. Zhivago. Gif 1: Closeup of Dr. Z tracing his finger over thick frost patterns on a window. His expression is mild and full of soft boi wonder. He is wearing a cozy brown and white sweater with a rolled turtle neck. Gif 2: Closeup of a frost pattern on the window, light slowly moves across the frame. Gif 3: The frost pattern dissolves into a field full of bright yellow daffodils. Gif 4: The Daffodils dissolve into a wider shot that shows more of the field and the the trunk of a nearby birch or aspen tree. Gif 5: the wider shot of the field dissolves into an even wider shot that shows the cottage where Dr. Z spent time as a boy. It is a small detached house, with a covered porch. There are a few more birch/aspen trees in the shot, all of them bare of their leaves still. Gif 6: We are done dissolving now and Dr. Z walks through the frame from left to right, wearing a white linen peasant smock, with a brown leather belt. He turns toward the camera and his face has the same soft expression of wonder as it did with the frost pattern. Gif 7: Dr. Z stops and turns and faces the camera fully, looking upward, examining a cluster of trees that have started to leaf out. He smiles broadly. The breeze tosses his bangs. He looks boyish and happy for a moment. Gif 8: Closeup on Dr. Z studying the trees, we see his eyes are watering and he is moved to tears by the scene. He looks back down and to the side blinking away tears.]

DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965) | directed by David Lean

[cvptainbucky]

as someone thats been yelling about sebastian stans microacting on tumblr dot com since 2014 im. this is unreal and he deserves it soooo much

[polinated]

i just think it's fascinating how we as a fandom have picked up on colin and pen's microexpressions/microacting - like the hands or the eyebrow scrunch - and clung onto it for dear life. i guess the (horny little) devil's really in the details

[defomin]

when joke overheard jack telling rose that he likes someone else, and hoy wondered loudly that who might that person be, DID YOU HEAR HOW JOKE WAS BREATHLESS WHEN HE SAID "don't worry about that, focus on this first"

DETAILS AND MICROACTING✨✨✨✨

[vagueeyes]

INSIDE NO. 9 | S9E5 "The Curse of the Ninth"

[loiteredvalentines]

personally i think this is one of the best examples of microacting. i dont even know if im being sarcastic or not, but the way he literally looks at him like that makes me laugh so HARD i love this prompt so much

[cgogs]

listen u want an even more boiled down version of dethronement? redpilled 4channer doomsday planner revokes crazy girlfriends discord admin of their server and she goes psycho seemingly over something small but it is built upon many small microactions she has been overthinking while he figures out how to lock himself in and then escape prison. she storms out expecting him to bend to her will but he doesnt go after her because he doesnt want her to be sad when he goes to jail

[cdyssey]

Agatha All Along (1.02) Reactions:

A couple of sober/somber notes play when Agatha opens the brooch and looks at the hair. I’m thinking it probably came from her kiddo. ;-;

Something that REALLY stuck with me in the first episode was that Agatha’s imprisonment was talked about in terms of lucidity. (She was sick, and the residents of Westview felt for her, CARED for her!!) So, like, seeing her “car,” which, of course, really wasn’t a car but a set up to allow her to safely act out her internal reality spoke to just how locked away Agatha was for three years.

Seeing “evil witch” graffitied on Wanda and Vision’s dilapidated foundation of a house broke something inside of me. SHE JUST WANTED A FAMILY 😭😭

Agatha throwing the teen’s pen out of the window ALSKDNSKSM. Also, loved the casual confirmation of his queerness.

This really is the gayest show ever <333

PATTI LUPONEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!

Agatha LOVES putting on a show, which we knew as early as WandaVision, but she seamlessly slides into the southern widow act.

“You’ve been under the influence of another. Someone you hurt. They took your agency for three years. It’s not the first time your witch-kin have betrayed you. But you survive. In a way few do.” HOT DAMN!!!!!!!!!!

Ooh, the betrayal is probably referring to her mother (and former coven) trying to execute her.

LILIA’S LEGGINGS SKSLDJSN.

HOLY FUCK, the way that Agatha’s eyes are glistening after that absolute read. The microacting choices that Kathryn Hahn is making are DELICIOUS.

Watching Agatha tempt Lilia with the Road is soooooo good. She’s a master manipulator even after all this time. You always have to watch out with her.

SASHEER ZAMATA!!!!!! FUCK YEAH.

The coven so far is just like a roll call of former teenage obsessions. (I was really into Yellow Diamond and SNL fnfnndnd).

“Hey, where do you keep your jade eggs? I’m fresh out of marbles, and my pelvic floor is all over the place.” AKWKDIWIEJKSSK

Teen is right. Jen DOES look amazing. Living for that nose ring and that fucking popped collar

“Historically, we as a group don’t do well in courtrooms.” JQOQJDORWOWD.

Teen’s taking a leaf out of Agatha’s book to get Jen to walk the Road. 👀

“I’m gonna take a jade egg to go. You’ll know where to find it.” JAKWJDKWJSJS.

Obsessed that Agatha can’t go five minutes without making a disturbing innuendo towards another woman. <3

EATING THE PAPER. FERAL

“She’s a tough nut to smash.” CAN’T GO THREE MINUTES WITHOUT MAKING AN INNU—

Ooooh, when the Teen talks about himself, Agatha can’t perceive what he’s saying.

AGATHA’S CUNTY WITCH OUTFIT.

WELCOME COVEN!!!! SKWKDJJD

Ooh, Lilia keeps randomly throwing out tarot card names. So Jen is High Priestess, and I forgot the other one gkdkfjdjf. Oh, well

A BLACK HEART ON THE LIST. ARE YOU KDDING ME. GAY GAY GAY GAY

IT’S BLACK AND IT BEATS FOR YOU.

“That’s because you used a black pen.” Lmfao

“I know you get confused sometimes, but my real name is Sharon.” I don’t know why, but the people of Westview treating “Agnes” so kindly has REALLY fucking touched me.

AW. Her husband passed away. :(((

Lilia blurting out her premonitions is going to be used for such a tragic effect, I just know it

this song slaps holy fuck

THIS DARK COVEN. TERRIFYING

mrs. hart/davis getting into the song 🥺

CALLING PATTI LUPONE PITCHY EKWKWOWKDJWKWKKA

THAT FUCKING JUMPSCARE FUCK OFFFFF. GODDAMN

“I’d die before letting you befoul it with your noxious mediocrity.” GOD SHE’S SUCH AN ASSHOLE SKSKSOIDJD

I love her dearly

“It’s not my fault only a true coven can open the door.” QOKQKWURIWIWKWKSKWKAKS

I LOVE WHEN WOMEN ARE EVIL. I LOVE WHEN THEY ARE MORAL CESSPITS

“OH, I DON’T HAVE TIME FOR THIS. JUST BLAST ME, YOU BITCHES!” WIQOOQIWIWIWIQPLQOWUDICIWIWKQJD!!!!!!!!!!!!!’nnnn

KATHRYN HAHN I LOVE YOU

I would die for this entire coven

[flow2024]

Hi! Bothering you again with unwanted opinions and questions.

#1- I know it's not cool to say after the whole Armie Hammer affair, but I really like "Call me by your name", I don't find it creepy, and I think Hammer did a great job in it. Sure, he looks older than 24 as the character is supposed to be, but he acted the part well.

#2- Did you watch "The Return"? I did, and boy oh boy the things I do for the actors I love. Loving Fiennes and Kenzari, I watched it yesterday; imho it was boring, overtly descriptive, and I'm really sorry to say this but Kenzari only had ONE expression during the whole movie. Considering his microacting in TOG, I almost couldn't believe he was the same actor.

The only thing I appreciated, as a small act of patriotism, was the screentime Santamaria got in the movie.

not bothering at all i love questions and opinions!!!! i dont always have the spoons to answer but i love gettin em and i love to talk about stuff!!! @ everyone here please feel free to send questions and opinions

havent seen the return yet!!! answering this bit first bc i have a lot to say about call me by your name but anyway im waiting for it to come out here (april :() for the Cinema Experience and also i can drag my classics student ralph fiennes fan beloved roommate to go see it as a mixture of enrichment and psychological torment (she doesn't enjoy adaptations that take out the gods). everything ive heard about it has been aggressively mediocre. i'm sure i'm overhyping it to myself but i'm excited nonetheless (i love art that is kinda mid)

disappointing abt mr kenzari's performance tho im not nearly as familiar with his work as i Should be (working on it) but i was so excited for marwan kenzari antinous :( oh well. the world goes on hollywood keeps making movies. maybe we still have any other night or maybe we don't i haven't checked on how that's doing in a while

On Call Me By Your Name: i know in the abstract abt the armie hammer thing i just choose not to think about it. he's pretty good in the movie. i didn't realise he was only supposed to be 24 though i thought he was like. 30.

the creepiness aspect is an interesting one to think abt!!! the reason i watched it was a) class and b) like, all of the annoying film people i know have been watching/rewatching recently, so you know, wanted to join in. almost none of them ever talk about that aspect of it, but it was also the first thing i learned about the movie as an impressionable teenager on tumblr. interesting case study.

BUT, i think it's one of those things where different people are always gonna have varying degrees of comfort with stuff, and this is probably one of them. can't speak for the book because i haven't read it, but the movie is less about their relationship than it is about elio figuring himself and his sexuality out, in a few different ways (marzia plays a major part in this too!). and some of that happens to be through his relationship with oliver. which you can side eye if you want. but in the context of the movie it's more of a narrative device to explore the idea of discovering your sexuality, growing up, changing, and also the impermanence of relationships, romantic or otherwise, that felt like they changed your life at 17. which is compelling as all hell!!!! besides elio is such a good character. he COULD have been really annoying, but chalamet is a hell of a performer, and i was warned abt one specific shot at the very end by someone else's review but if i hadn't been it probably wouldve given me a Fucjing Heart Attack.

did i find it particularly romantic? no not really i spent a lot of time side-eyeing oliver particularly hard. but did i find it interesting? absolutely. i have to hand this one to guadagnino it's a good movie . which very much snuck up on me with the emotional intensity. i did not relate personally to like, 90% of it for asexual reasons, but like i said the idea of changing etc was resonant. the MOST relatable part for me, however, was olivers reaction to love my way by the psychedelic furs. i also feel that way about love my way by the psychedelic furs

[channelslam]

wicked thoughts!!! (warning: not a film expert & defo a lot of recency bias here LOL)

CHOREO CHOREO CHOREO!!!! christopher scott the ICON that you are

ariana is a wonderful glinda my god any doubts i had r erased ! her comedic timing is genuinely perfect for the character, altho i think she was held back by the script & the directing of non-musical scenes. also side note bc i actually havent watched the full musical in a while and i forgot how much of a bitch glinda was pre-DTL lmfao props to ari for making me hate her

cynthia's elphie imo is a very different take which i think would only work on the silver screen. i think on stage elphie is generally more extroverted & aggressive, movie elphie seems more worn down by the years of abuse & bullying Which Makes Sense. it's an interpretation that requires lots of microacting that would get lost in translation if done on stage, and cynthia is skilled enough to pull it off

the whole dancing thru life ozdust ballroom scene my god!! the absolute heart n emotions cynthia/ari put in that :(((

im glad the movie made the animal-plot a lot more... grotesque/scary? i think it's a plot that gets a bit lost in translation in Act 1 on stage. also i have so many more rthoughts ab wicked's politics but i ! will ! have ! another post for that

JONATHAN BAILEY YES GOODDDD YES GOD <33 in general fiyero is not a very likable character to me so Props to Him bc he actually made me a bit fond of fiyero?? he just does the yearning puppy eyes so well ugh im just a girl!!

the sets r gorgeous and a breath of fresh air in an era where studios just opt for crappy cgi !

to my very untrained eye, yeah the coloring does feel a bit uninspired at some parts but it cancels out i think bc the set itself is just so gorgeous AND i also dont think it was bad as people made it out to be??? 😭 imo themost egregious offenders was the first part of dancing thru life like there was a very shitty backlit scene but thats all i can rmb rn lol

more than the coloring, i actually think the camerawork/cinematography was worse for the non-musical parts huhuhuhu it's like they forgot how to shoot scenes that did not involve a huge ass ensemble.