#the glow reviews

[poisondartlesbian]

[4theitgirls]

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[wormsdyke]

hey have you guys heard of that movie. yeah the obliterating masterpiece on trans identity

[femininom3non]

this scene really struck something in me i cant stop crying while watching this film. I WILL NEVER GET OVER THIS

[renatapatata]

as soon as i added a very vague letterbox review for this film some guy from work texted me and it took me .5 seconds to realize he had no idea what the plot was actually about… certified ‘bruh’ moment lads

[jjstownhouse]

how do i explain my current hyperfixation is a movie that broke me to my core with a single frame/shot like "hey yeah sorry you guys... im only going to talk about this one movie for the next 3-4 months because there is still time"

transness and the idea of there always still being time to change, to die and be reborn... to put yourself six feet under and be buried alive by the weight and pain of it all, and still crawl your way out and feel the rain on your skin (NO ONE ELSE CAN FEEL IT FOR YOU! ONLY! YOU! CAN! LET! IT! IN!!!!)

i read this quote jane gave on transitioning and its been sticking with me a lot

i dont think the ending of i saw the tv glow is a happy, even a bittersweet ending. i have hope for her now that shes seen and accepted who she truly is but shes still buried. she is still trapped and still apologizing for taking up space and being herself.

i have so much more to say about this movie but for now im in awe and im so excited to see how far this movie goes, this will be remembered forever.

[i-didnt-hate-it]

The fact that all the reviews that popped up when I searched "I Saw The TV Glow" on YouTube are cis white men with cynical/puzzled 🤔 expressions tells you everything you need to know about the movie.

As Emma Stone would say, "It's not for you! Everything is for you, let them have this one thing!"

[ohmerricat]

my letterboxd review of i saw the tv glow. kinda long, but this is worth reading, i promise

[gizkalord]

UNBELIEVABLY SEXY GRIEVOUS PIC INCOMING

[jellogram]

Okay I am ready. An actual longform review about I Saw the TV Glow, spoiler-free because I want people that haven't seen it to know what to expect.

I suggest reading this before you watch.

I think the shortest way to sum it up is that this is not a happy, uplifting, trans narrative, nor is it a Danish Girl-esque tragedy designed to tug at the heartstrings of cis people. This is a cautionary tale, designed for queer people (and particularly genderqueer people) about what can happen if you try to ignore who you are. Because most of Tumblr is queer, I am going to assume most of you guys will be entering with that perspective.

And it's worth noting that the director is nonbinary and has openly discussed this film as a trans narrative.

It's strange. It's uncomfortable. At times it feels like it's moving slow, but you need that time to sit in the emotions. This is not a fun movie to go see with your friends on a night out. This is more like doing powerful hallucinogens in a basement. Either nothing will happen and you won't click with it at all, or you will leave feeling like you just woke up from an incredibly vivid nightmare, wondering why no one around you seems as freaked out as you are.

This is why I recommend either waiting until you can watch it at home alone in the dark, or going to the theatre at a strange time of day when it won't be crowded. My theatre had lots of people laughing around me while I cried. When you are going through a really intense, painful, and emotional reaction to a film, and the people around you are laughing at the movie, it sucks.

So if you don't like the movie and don't get it at all, please be kind and do not laugh or say anything insulting in front of the other guests. If you go through the tags for this movie and many of the reviews, you can see how personally this film affects many people, and you are being very hurtful and dismissive by laughing in front of them while they're upset. This was not only my experience, but one I've seen echoed among many other viewers. So keep it to yourself until you are out of the theatre, please.

Yes, some lines are a little weird. There's things that feel a bit silly and cartoonish, and you just need to ride with it. The absurdity is not an accident on the part of the filmmakers and I think my fellow theatre-goers thought it was.

And as for the technical and artistic aspects, I only have good things to say. Phoebe Bridgers' cameo easily could have been cheesy but it was that song that first made me cry. Pay attention to the use of color. Pay attention to the music. The actors are excellent and it's very cool how many queer people were involved in the project. This is what happens when queer people get to tell our own stories.

tl;dr You will either walk out of that theatre confused and annoyed, or feeling like you just got home from a war. If you are in the first category, please be respectful to those in the second. This is not an easy watch but it's an incredible and highly unique film and it makes me excited about the future of horror and queer filmmaking.

[honeybunchesobees]

there are only two kinds of 'i saw the tv glow' reviews.

[johnnyiscaged]

i saw the tv glow isn't just a queer movie it's a movie about the suffocating experiences of queerness and the horrors of it, the fact there will always be time and the unique experience with indentities only able to be described by metaphors and not labels; especially neurodivergence and using special interests to orchestrate and explain your identity. the horror uses sound design to it's greatest and leaves you feeling isolated like Owen was since the beginning as a kid underneath that parachute while the colours tell their own story, muting out all pinks and purples of comfort and discovery until even Owen's memories are muted by mr melancholy. There is so much I could say about this movie

[joleneghoul]

some people will really say "I couldn't enjoy this because it wasn't about my exact life experiences and instead showed the intricacies of people other than me, but I didn't completely relate so i didn't like it" and think that's a normal thing to say?? why do you not care about the stories of people other than yourself??? please think before saying shit damn!!

[updatingranboo]

from ranboo!!!!!!

[pancakeke]

when I bought new glasses from Zenni I also grabbed these retainers and they rule. I was able to work on my hands and knees cutting baby trees out of our fence yet my sweat never made my glasses slip downy nose or off my face.

they seemed to help stop sweat from dripping into my eyes too since pieces of sweaty hair couldn't fall into my eyes.