#PLEASE GO WATCH THIS MOVIE

[floraldisagree]

OK SO I JUST WATCHED NIMONA-

Spoilers below the cut

Gloreth was this goddess-like figure that the entire city and government was based on. She was this legendary figure that inspired generations of hate for monsters, and the entire culture was drastically shaped by her. Even in the novel, not much is known about Gloreth. So the movie builds her up to be this hero, this mythical dragon-slayer,

And then reveals that she was a child. The foundation of the Insitutions hatred and fanaticism was a child, hurting another child. The reverence is taken down and it really helps parallel the loss of faith in the institution that Ballister and Ambrosios have in the movie.

[girlmadeofstarlight]

'Frybread Face and Me' was such a CUTE movie!!!!

I'm a rez girl, I grew up on an Indian reservation in the southwest. I grew up in a very rural place, by that I mean our nearest neighbors lived about 20 miles away! The nearest mall or movie theater was a three hour drive - still is!

What my childhood lacked in terms of entertainment such as movie theaters, video games, concerts was made up for, and extremely thankful for, was playing outside even after the sun went down. Making up imaginary worlds that I explored with siblings and cousins.

Some of the things that Dawn and Benny experienced in the movie like loosing Grandma's sheep. Yeah, that's happened to me and my cousins. And boy did we get in trouble - ha! Also, learning how to drive at a young age, I learned how to drive at 10!!! Not on the main road, dirt roads only until I got my license, but I learned to help with chores like hauling water or feeding the livestock.

What I absolutely LOVED about this movie was the Grandma. I cried when she first came on screen because she reminded me so much of my misání and I just wanted to hug her.

[soft-persephone]

THE TRAILER FOR SELF RELIANCE JUST DROPPED!!!!

[cyanightmars]

JUST CAME BACK FROM WATCHING ACROSS THE SPIDERVERSE

OH MY GOD-

[inkskinned]

this is just my opinion but i think any good media needs obsession behind it. it needs passion, the kind of passion that's no longer "gentle scented candle" and is now "oh shit the house caught on fire". it needs a creator that's biting the floorboards and gnawing the story off their skin. creators are supposed to be wild animals. they are supposed to want to tell a story with the ferocity of eating a good stone fruit while standing over the sink. the same protective, strange instinct as being 7 and making mud potions in pink teacups: you gotta get weird with it.

good media needs unhinged, googling-at-midnight kind of energy. it needs "what kind of seams are invented on this planet" energy and "im just gonna trust the audience to roll with me about this" energy. it needs one person (at least) screaming into the void with so much drive and energy that it forces the story to be real.

sometimes people are baffled when fanfic has some stunning jaw-dropping tattoo-it-on-you lines. and i'm like - well, i don't go here, but that makes sense to me. of fucking course people who have this amount of passion are going to create something good. they moved from a place of genuine love and enjoyment.

so yeah, duh! saturday cartoons have banger lines. random street art is sometimes the most precious heart-wrenching shit you've ever seen. someone singing on tiktok ends up creating your next favorite song. youtubers are giving us 5 hours of carefully researched content. all of this is the impossible equation to latestage capitalism. like, you can't force something to be good. AI cannot make it good. no amount of focus-group testing or market research. what makes a story worth listening to is that someone cares so much about telling it - through dance, art, music, whatever it takes - that they are just a little unhinged about it.

one time my friend told me he stayed up all night researching how many ways there are to peel an orange. he wrote me a poem that made me cry on public transportation. the love came through it like pith, you know? the words all came apart in my hands. it tasted like breakfast.

[tianhai03]

i watched re death island today!!!!!1 it was really good!!!!!!!!! had to draw smth to celebrate :)

[qkmlh]

I’m a simple soul

I see a hot blooded trauma fueled man with an ego and daddy issues become an unwilling single mother who then steps up after multiple trials and errors to grow into a proper parent that fights tooth and nail for his daughter AND face said daddy issues head on for the betterment of his child thus reconciling and healing his own relationship with his father and bringing an enthusiastic grandpa into the mix

and I crumble

[first-unmanned-flying-deskset]

chat im gonna be so fr when i say that this movie has done irreversable damage to my brain

[meraki-yao]

listening to this RWRB video essay podcast and this:

"And once they dance, this is the happiest that we see Alex in the entire movie. And I would say his smile here is the biggest, broadest smile we see from any character in the whole movie. Because, I would say this is where Alex is getting exactly what he wanted all along, which is for Henry to let him inside."

Me: WATCH ME FUCKING SOB

(^^^the smile in question)

[alienthebee]

posting this on my main cause i'm super proud of this

[spindlydindly]

HOLY FUCK, TRANSFORMERS ONE IS SO GOOD, PLEASE GO SEE IT PH PRIMUS

seeing this movie in 3d was such a surreal experience. i want to go do it again

[masterchiefirl]

She Batta on my Aug till I 01???

[EXTREMELY LOUD INCORRRCT BUZZER]

[hauntedandmurdered]

The sexiest touch in movie history and no, nothing's ever gonna change my mind.

[its-wabby-stuff]

Mikey Goes To Oz

<Time spent: 49 hours 17 minutes>

When Mikey takes some time away from a loud family squabble he accidentally ends up getting “flushed” down the sewers. This winds up sending him to the colorful land of Oz where he meets a good witch, a wicked witch, a brainless scarecrow, a heartless Tinman, a cowardess lion, and a powerful wizard, all disguised behind very familiar faces.

A canon adjacent spin off set before the season one finale but after they discover Splinter is Lou Jitsu

I wanted to fit each of the boys into their “you’ve had this all along” category. Leo isn’t brainless, in fact he’s pretty clever with a street smart, people reading ability on par with Donnie’s intelligence. Donnie isn’t heartless, he just has a tough time expressing his feelings. They are complex and unalgorithic but he can get just as excited or sad or angry as anyone, as much as he may deny it. Raph isn’t a coward, but being brave sometimes means admitting you’re scared and that you maybe don’t have all the answers. You dont have to be strong all the time and you don’t have to do it by yourself.

In the movie Dorothy’s journey home is also a representation of her running away. The important thing was to remember there were people who cared about her. Mikey is experiencing a similar phenomenon, wanting the escape the bad vibes in the lair. His “you’ve had it all along” is interesting because it is an object, since the Ruby kneepads could’ve taken him home the whole time. And sometimes getting home means going on a journey only to realize you never left.

I put April as Glinda because Glinda appears as a defender of the weak, and I see April in a similar light. Always willing to help and beat someone up if it is so required. Splinter as The Wizard of Oz represents Splinters own willingness to hide behind different personas, his running from the past and the pulling back of the curtain for Mikey in timeline. The Wizard grows through the movie, albeit quickly, and ends up leaving Oz to go home leaving his legacy with the scarecrow, the Tinman, and the lion. In this case the passing of the baton to his sons.

Meanwhile Draxum as the wicked witch felt much more how Mikey sees Draxum at this time in the show, mostly just an antagonistic force who wants something from them. Fun fact: I imagine throughout this dream, Draxum is uninterested in being the wicked witch but is pressed into it via plot. Hence his disinterest in being “melted.”

Additional characters not pictured: Big Mama as the Wicked Witch of the East (those were her Ruby kneepads!!) and Todd as the Mayor of Munchkin Land. If you can think of more, feel free to leave them in the comments or tags.

[skeletonzimms]

boy best friends playing together in juniors to bitter sort-of-exes playing against each other in pro sports is my favorite thing

[yayee-prsp]