#saint land

[suiheisen]

j… jesus oppa ;____;

[mylifeincinema]

My Week(s) in Reviews: June 9, 2024

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (George Miller, 2024)

Disappointing. It's impossible to not compare this movie to Fury Road. The sad thing is, when you do compare this to Fury Road, every single aspect of it pales in comparison. Anya is really good, here, but just never feels like Furiosa. And Chris Hemsworth is a blast, but he goes full-ham in the most distracting way imaginable. Then there's Miller's direction, which is tedious compared to his work on Fury Road. The structure of the film is awkward, and the pacing is damn-near unbearable, draining the action set-pieces of almost all of the balls-to-the-wall adrenaline in which every single moment of Fury Road was drowning. And the cinematography is a complete bore compared to the eye-melting shots by which Fury Road was almost exclusively composed. All that being said, on its own, Furiosa is not a bad movie. Unfortunately, however, it's impossible to experience it on its own in a world where the infinitely superior Fury Road exists. - 6/10

In the Land of Saints and Sinners (Robert Lorenz, 2024)

I really like this brand of slow-burn, quietly human, small-town action-thrillers. Add in this stellar cast and that pitch-perfect climax, and this is the best of its kind I've come across in at least the past few years. - 9/10

The Beekeeper (David Ayer, 2024)

Far from good, but just action-packed enough to keep it from being a complete waste of time. - 4.5/10

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (Wes Ball, 2024)

The absence of Andy Serkis felt significant. But other than that, this wasn't bad. Overlong? Definitely. But far from bad. I don't have much to say, really. The mo-cap work was fantastic, and there were some really interesting/exciting set-pieces. The cast were pretty solid straight through, with the highlights definitely being Freya Allan and Kevin Durand, who steals every second of screen-time he has. - 8/10 For Reference... My Updated Scores for the New Planet of the Apes Films: Rise: 7.5/10 Dawn: 9/10 War: 9.5/10 Kingdom: 8/10

I also revisited Peter Jackson's The Frighteners and Christopher Landon's Happy Death Day & Happy Death Day 2U. The Frighteners is every bit as amazing as it was the last time I watched it, except for how poorly the effects have aged. And the Happy Death Day movies were just as fun as they were in cinemas. I really wish we'd get more of that concept and delivery, and more of Jessica Rothe as a scream queen.

Enjoy!

-Timothy Patrick Boyer.

[alienoryva]

"Queen Alysanne arrived in winterfell for a royal progress in 58 AC, Received by Lord Alaric Stark"

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art ; William brassey hole, The Landing Of St. Margaret at Queensferry AD 1068.

[kennethbrangh]

CIARÁN HINDS in In the Land of Saints and Sinners (2023)

[theworldatwar]

US troops clear wreckage in Saint-Lô, Normandy, 1944. CREDIT : Frank Scherschel—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images

[jadesolayray]

Me: Favorite genre? I don't know-

Anime: Here is a show that may or may not be an isekai that shows a person in a fantasy world living a happy, somewhat casual life with some hijinks and the occasional action setpiece.

Me: Ah yes... This is the good stuff.

[pickleweed2]

Bolander's Lily, Lillium bolanderi

Was a surprise to finally see this one!

Six Rivers National Forest, California

[souplover-69]

old abandoned church in nc built in the late 1800s

[false-savior]

similar fate

[p1tstop]

Charles Leclerc wins in Monaco ©️ Getty

[bonniesband]

What a horrifying destiny you've found.

What have you become?

[duckfed]

i wish i coukd be a princess i dokt talk about it that much but i like princesses like disney princesses my favorites are snow white and merida and sleeping beauty and also alice from alice and wonderland even though shes nota princess but yea i wish i could be as pretty and graceful like them but i find my own charms plus i love who i am now but sometimes i daydream about wearing fancy dresses ok thats it bue

[grayrazor]

The diversity of Buddhism is fascinating. All the way from “there are no gods, there are no miracles, there’s no such thing as an immortal soul, karma and reincarnation are just metaphors,”

to “Siddhartha Gautama the Buddha was one human incarnation of the omnipotent multiversal being Mahāvairocana who came to give supernatural powers to his Enlightened followers, one of whom, Amitābha, made a Pure Land where you can go after you die if you call upon his name.”

Granted you could also kind of say the same thing about Christianity, but that’s always been a lot more self-policing of deviance, after all if you think there’s only one truth you want to nail down what exactly it is. Groups like Gnostics or Unitarian Universalists have always been marginalized, with the possible exception of the Mormons, who were isolated enough to actually build up some population.

[kennethbrangh]

CIARÁN HINDS in In the Land of Saints and Sinners (2023) dir. Robert Lorenz

[ratleyland]

Set against the beautiful Irish backdrop; this movie about payback and revenge is a slow burner... but the pay-off at the end was worth it.