#2024 resolution

[just-gay-thoughts]

Juniors

10/10

When my friend told me this was a movie about Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny Davido having a baby I thought it would be a quirky hijinks issue when they discover an abandoned baby type film.

Yeah no Danny literally gets Arnold pregnant, it was both kinda weird but also unexpectedly wholesome at the end? Over very good it was insanely funny and Arnold looks good in drag

[xothemedia]

Put YOU first!

[woestruckalex]

idk if u guys know the stay flexy guy on ytb shorts but he's my role model actually

[just-gay-thoughts]

Atlantis: The Lost Empire

10/10 loved it, the animation was beautiful, the story was great and I had so much fun watching it with 2 people who grew up with it. I now Stan milo, we love a nerdy guy who just wants to find Atlantis and make his grandpapa proud

[just-gay-thoughts]

Resolution for this year is to read/watch more books/movies I haven't read/watched so here's a quick catch up on so far from memory so I can just start recording as I go

Books:

The Atlas Obscura

I picked this one up years ago and was slowly ready through it before bed, 10/10 if you love learning about some of the interesting nooks and crannies that exist in this world, not sure the author off the top of my head but I do they have a website of the same name with even more entries than the book

Movies:

The Holdovers

10/10 honestly like Dead Poet's Society but if both the kids and the teachers sucked, honestly very funny overall

Dicks: The Musical

Finally someone not afraid to advertise their musical as such and has the sense people who love musicals worked on it with the tiny ways that they poked fun at the medium (very laughing with not at). Absolutely holarious and they had some very talented people like Nathan Lane and Megan Thee Stallion making appearances, overall plot is the adult male version of The Parent Trap 11/10 for the sewer boys

Saltburn

Not terrible, I enjoyed it, but not one I'll be eager to rewatch. The overall plot was fun I just couldn't deal with all the weird sexual stuff, if it weren't for watching with friends I'm not sure I'd have stuck with it too far past the bathtub scene. I'll give it a 8/10 because I did enjoy it for the most part and there were so many moments I did love but outside of select gifsets not one I'll be seeing again anytime soon

[just-gay-thoughts]

Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

10/10

Really enjoyed it and it made me cry during the games portion of the movie. From what I remember it's a lot more gory than the 1st hunger games movie but I think it fits the message better seeing the full reality of the games. Pretty much every death during the games broke me, especially the last one with " I can't have killed all these people for nothing". I know by the time we see katniss the top districts have a different view regarding the games, but seeing the start with the honor aspect not fully ingrained in the kids heads is just heart breaking. It's purely for survival for everyone and while some districts have an advantage when it comes to living conditions, it's otherwise pretty even footing.

Also I'm gay for Lucy gray but that should be a shocker considering my affinity for pretty women who sing

[just-gay-thoughts]

Arthur and the Invisibles 1 and 2

My friend wanted me to watch the first which led to us watching the second and at some point when it's not 130am watching the 3rd and a 4th psychological horror installment? Let me be clear the first 3 are meant to be kids films.

I'm giving them both collectively a 5/10 because while I did have fun it was only because I was watching with friends and could laugh with them about the 10 year old and 1000 year old getting married because of a kiss (it does get explained that the 10000 year old is actually 10 later on). Or the definitely an old man wanting to get the princesses first kiss because it'll make him beautiful again. Or the oversexualized design of the 1000 actually 10 year old. Or the 2nd movie solely being a set up for the 3rd. Or the minimoys band cover of bad romance during the end credits of the second movie that sounded like kids bop

Basically a fun watch if you're with friends and want to make fun of something, I'm not sure I'd recommend the first 2 for kids though considering the adult content is not sneakily hidden. Like maybe a kid won't immediately know what certain things are but they will have some questions.

[just-gay-thoughts]

Cinderella In The Caribbean

6/10 and I'm being a little generous

I'm a sucker for a hallmarkesque romcom and I'm a sucker for cinderella adaptations so of course I watched this. The plot and acting wasn't as bad as a free movie of this genre can tend to be and it was one of the few that made some sense plot wise. Only part I can't get past is stepsister actively flirting with her soon to be step brother😬

Like that plot point was weird and the fact that the cinderella character and the prince characters only met because his dad and her step mom were engaged, I swear these movies will sometimes find the weirdest ways to get the love interests to meet.

Not bad if you like bad rom coms tbh