#m movie

[haveyouseenthismovie-poll]

[jesterlesbian]

CHALLENGERS (2024) dir. Luca Guadagnino

Fuckin' snake! Honestly, I'm proud of you. I'd be doing the same thing.

[zipper-neck]

I got my sister to see the movie M, [SPOILERS] but she was disappointed by the ending.

She thought it was disappointing that the kangaroo court did not rip the murderer to shreds, as they were about to do before the cops came in at the last moment.

But the way I see it, this movie is not about catharsis — at least, not catharsis from the POV of the people hunting the murderer down.

What M is about imo is the way one man turned a whole city upside down and forced both the underground and "overground" to work together, albeit unknowingly. What's interesting is the way the entire society was impacted by the murderer; not the murderer himself — I don't even remember the character's name. They don't go into the killer's life except in his monologue about what it's like to be him. It's not really a character study. It's kind of a morality story, insofar as Von Harbou and Lang argue against the death penalty, and the story reflects the debate about the subject. But they are also sympathetic to those who see death as justice. It's also a "What would happen if..." type of story that's fun to write.

I said before that it's not a catharsis story for the justice-seekers: it’s catharsis if you find the killer at all relatable.

Maybe you know that sometimes one has mixed feelings about being "found out." Even with the terror of retribution, there is the relief of having the mask fall, as though two halves of your self have been reunified. It doesn't matter if you actually did anything unconscionable, sometimes having the urge is enough to feel guilt and like there is a part of yourself that must be separated and hidden.

In fact, from the killer's POV, receiving mercy instead of punishment might be disappointing because they believe they deserve punishment — and therein lies the catharsis.

But even deeper than that, wanting to punish others and wanting to punish yourself are two sides of the same coin. I guess whether you enjoy the movie M depends on what side of the coin you're currently on.

Both sides are manifestations of the ego. The ego desires to 1. Be special and 2. Be separate. To be special, one's ego could embrace trying to be above everyone, or try to be especially wicked and beneath, or both simultaneously! Punishing others is an attempt at the latter; to separate the sinners and the sins from yourself. The act of punishing declares that the punished is different from you and his sins are not your own. Compassion arises when you realize his "sins" are indeed your own, and they are only mistakes. But I digress.

The killer might feel incredulous if someone knew the extent of his crimes and said, "That's not so bad, that's not worth punishing." This reaction would betray the secret desire to be special by being Satan's most wicked demon or whatever. But feeling a deep sense of relief from forgiveness and compassion dispells the ego's influence in both directions. That is true healing.

[alivedean]

dungeons & dragons: honor among thieves + text posts bonus:

[green-ajah]

Death Becomes Her (1992)

[bunneis]

Super Mario Bros (1993)

[bethccassidy]

Jurassic Park (1993) Dir. Steven Spielberg

[undercovercannibal]

Men in Black (1997)

[womansfilm]

The Muppet Movie (1979)

[arkashas]

The Void (2016) dir. Steven Kostanski, Jeremy Gillespi

[dcmultiverse]

Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn in Birds of Prey | 2020

[riverswater]

"Kill them with kindness" wrong. LONG LIVE THE NEW FLESH 📺🥩🩸⛓️🎥🩸⛓️🥩⛓️📺🎥📺⛓️🥩🩸🥩🩸📺⛓️🥩🩸📺⛓️🎥🥩🩸🥩🩸📺🎥🥩🎥🩸🥩📺🎥📺🥩🩸📺🎥🥩🩸📺⛓️📺🥩🩸📺🥩📺🩸📺🥩🎥🥩⛓️🥩⛓️🩸📺🩸📺🥩🩸🥩🎥📺🩸🥩⛓️🎥📺

[jesterlesbian]

CHALLENGERS (2024) dir. Luca Guadagnino

I'm just asking that you'll love me no matter what. What am I, Jesus? Yeah.

[anarchic-miscellany]

Did anyone have "Dev Patel makes working class trans rights John Wick, with a spiritual angle and a message saying fuck Modhi" on their bingo card? (I also appreciate that the movie didn't do the usual: "Break the cycle of violence" but instead went: "Nah mate, channel that shit and put it into being FUCKING BASED! Kill that fucking guy! Fuck him!")

[starfall-xo]

Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides photographed by Jack Davison from the set of Dune: Part Two (2024) for M Le Magazine du Monde + charcoal drawing by @sergiart5_

[green-ajah]

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)