#and excellent sound design

[maximura]

[saturnisfallingdown]

the red valley team said happy pride month here's the most garden that's ever gardened

[lifelinebooks]

WELL

This episode of Re: Dracula made 3 minutes of waiting for the coach MUCH more creepy than I originally thought.

[woodlouseonastring]

what i would give to live in acantha's cottage and bury bodies for a living

[bromcommie]

just rewatched sunshine (2007) after a good long few years and man...... one of those scifi movies that make me feel like a pressurized cooker of creeped out anxiety and existential dread while somehow simultaneously also melancholy throughout yet also make me want to rewatch them immediately after finishing. @ danny boyle & alex garland pick up the phone i just wanna talk

[avephelis]

MUTANT MAYHEM THOUGHTS IT WAS SUPER AWESOME LET'S FUCKING GOO

BANGER BANGER BANGER FILM. definitely the thing i liked most was the visuals - the style is SO UNIQUE (with the deliberately misshapen designs and grungy colours with harsh neon contrast and the FUCKING !! SKETCH/SCRATCH LINES DUUDE), and the animation was just so full of personality and an absolute joy to watch.

AND SHOUT OUT TO THE EFFECTS AND LIGHTING ANIMATION ESPECIALLY HOLY SHIT ??? every time they had the scratched on light rays or scribbled smoke and dust i started like DROOLING dude.

the cinematography was also just absolutely amazing - incredible use of the medium to do these fantastic running shots with complex angles. favourite sequence was definitely the side shots of the boys fighting and interrogating people (SO smooth and the fighting choreography was incredible and showcased their styles and personalities so well, and the intercut sense of MOTION. dude. banger.)

AND !! THE FUCKING SOUND DESIGN!! especially the score dude MY GOD i loved the use of pitchy and unconventional instruments it fit the movie to a tee.

LOVED THE CHARACTERS! particularly the boys and the other mutants (mondo wingnut and leatherhead especially). all the interactions were super sweet and well-written and i just LOVED the VA performances - played off each other immaculately. i love how cringe and unapologetically TEEN the turtles are. and adored splinter too.

i think i'm glad they focused more on developing their relationship as a family than individual character arcs, because it helped reduce any bias or favouritism for specific turtles (COUGH leo and raph ahem), and also worked best with the super fast pacing, i think. didn't feel too cramped in all the busyness.

that said, i did struggle with the comedy a bit? particularly the reference humour. NOT THAT IT WAS ALL BAD! quite a few got a laugh out of me, but there were so many packed into such a small amount of time that it ended up getting a bit distracting. felt a bit like "let's wave all our properties in your face" and kind of out of place at times (i would've preferred for them to be less frequent, or for the references to be knock-offs)

i don't think the plot was the MOST compelling, either, but really that's fine, because it wasn't trying to be. the focus was on the art and action and dynamics and it is completely fine for it to focus more on that than thematic and emotional beats.

oh also i can't decide whether i love or hate the milking joke. funny at times but the more they retreaded it the more uncomfortable it felt lmao.

overall i think it is the most technically impressive tmnt movie, that i've seen at least, and from a cinematography point of view? ABSOLUTELY MIND-BLOWING. but it isn't necessarily the most emotionally compelling tmnt movie, and you know what? that's okay! because is wasn't trying to be, and it absolutely excels at what it aims itself towards.

[asheanon]

I just had this wacky realization about Sal and Chaku.

So... White lilies (particularly white stargazer lilies) tend to be Sal's go-to flower for whenever a flower is called into a design and whatnot, right?

Sal is also known for being a bit cat coded, even having a little kitty companion named Chaku a.k.a the little dude set as my pfp.

All of that said, a reminder: Lilies are deadly to cats. 💀

[drpierceandmrhyde]

One of the many things I love about “Dreams” is that most of the dreams have little to no dialogue. That makes them especially eerie

[emeraldmew]

Me, age 12 or so, on my first attempt to read Dracula: Stop describing the scenery and get to the vampire already!

(I gave up not long after)

Me, last year, reading Dracula for real because so many people on Tumblr were excited about it: Oh. This really sets the atmosphere. I still think it's a bit longer than I'd like, but I see why it was included.

Me listening to Re: Dracula this evening: Chills.

[just-a-living-meat-thing]

someone talk to me abt Sazume for the love of god auughhhh

[queercraftingchonk]

Stardew Valley is my coping mechanism

It doesn't help IRL much, but my serotonin starved brain likes the gratification of plop, plop, pop, bwoping crops and foragables all day long

And my Millennial imagination gets a fraction of escape from capitalism by imagining what owning property could be like lol 🙃

[ennaih]

Sometimes They Come Back (1991)

[punkcherries]

literally there should never ever be another live action superhero movie for the rest of time like u cant DO the shit that u can do in animation in live action dawg

[thunderandsage]

so i watched star trek 2009… and i really enjoyed it???? like i see its obvious differences from original trek and it’s not perfect by any chance, but the design, the editing, the characters and storybeats are next-level. also nimoy as spock made me cry. solid 8/10

[dogin8]

EVERYBODY SHOULD GO WATCH "It's Super Dark" ON YOUTUBE RIGHT NOW

Content warnings for the film: Discussion of suicide and suicidal ideation, Depression , Drowning

It's Super Dark is an absolutely beautiful youtube animated short film by the youtuber Romutforsker.

It all has this absolutely gorgeous hand-drawn style and that paired with some brilliant choices of background music from the soundtracks of various different Pokemon games, makes a really excellent vibe.

The story covers topics like heartbreak and loneliness in a really unique way and I was thoroughly intrigued by all of the characters the whole way through.

It is somewhat reminiscent of movies like spirited away or alice in wonderland, but is completely unique and distinct from them and through my watch of it I never found myself relating it or comparing it to anything but itself.

I absolutely loved it and with such a short run time of only 6 minutes 48 seconds (from start to credits) I would wholeheartedly recommend anyone to go watch it.

9.5/10 overall

[pisboy]

halfway thru oppenheimer i had the thought that i wished i was watching tár instead