my recent four watched films is so interesting.
Dressed in Blue: a documentary filmed in 1980s Spain about the lives of six trans women framed around them having a luncheon. You get small glimpses into these womens lives as they navigate sex work, transitioning, family, friends, performing, the law, etc. It covers a lot of topics and it’s such a beautiful, beautiful film. Watching women my age transition, and while do experience a lot of pain, be free in a lot of ways made me cry so hard. I need to be able to transition so badly.
The Crippled Masters: a martial arts film that follows two men who have their limbs cut off by an evil master, one his arms, the other his legs. They get trained by a new master and are tasked to steal the eight jade horses, a series of small statues that unlock the secrets of kung-fu, which they will use in service to their ultimate goal, revenge against their evil master. This film is very odd. Fun, yet kinda boring. I find it so cool that they main actors actually have disabilities and are amazing at kung-fu in real life. At the same time though, this movie can be considered exploitative of these actors disabilities. I’m not going to make a definitive statement seeing that I’m not disabled and I’d like to hear more disabled people’s perspective on this film. I find it funny that the only reason this movie is known at all is because John Waters loves it. Beyond that, I don’t think this movie would be very well known. It’s a very well-made movie, great cinematography and editing, it’s so fast paced and has some great shots, but my god the writing is just horrid. The actors are so hammy it makes it work in some ways but it’s sooooo boring. I don’t wanna say that but it’s crazy when I want a 90 minute movie to be shorter. At least it has some really fun stuff in it.
Jackass 2.5: I don’t know how controversial it is to say, but I do know it is kind of a hot take amongst the Jackass fandom. I didn’t really like Jackass 2 at all. I understand there’s some context I missed for it and I understand it’s kind of a document of the emotions America was feeling at that point but I don’t know, it just felt too miserable and mean for my taste. And despite the subversion of the final skit in the last movie, it still felt weird seeing a guy “dress like a terrorist” and I think they also darkened his skin? Don’t quote me on the 2nd part it just looked like it. So, Jackass 2.5: it was okay. I liked it more than Jackass 2. If I consider Jackass 2 to be the most “evil” and mean of the franchise, I consider 2.5 as the most disgusting of the franchise. There were so many times I was close to vomiting, it was so gross throughout. Nothing bad about that necessarily but y’know, not my favorite. I think Jackass as a franchise just wasn’t ever going to be one I’m really into, it’s fun but yeah, I’m not the biggest person for gross stuff lol. I’m glad it’s a thing though, I like the people involved and it has some really funny stuff.
Charade: my favorite film of this bunch. A comedic, romantic thriller that follows a woman, who after the death of her husband, is followed by 3 men in search of his money, and it seems the only man she can trust is a man she met on vacation. This movie is so fun and so, so energetic. The camera is kinetic, the colors pop, the editing is thrilling. There’s many laughs, gasps, and swoons to be had. This movie is so thrilling, and so, so sexy. So many points where I was enthralled in the suspence as well as the relationship developing between Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant. Their chemistry was through the roof, genuinely some of the best chemistry I’ve ever seen captured on film. Their performances alone are great but put them together and it’s like watching Jesus himself being resurrected. And my god, Audrey Hepburn’s performance is just brilliant. She’s almost effortlessly charming and so enthralling, I think this is some of the best eye acting I’ve ever seen. Someone in the movie mentions how she bats her eyes, and I can definitely say she bats them hard. I’m thinking about this particular scene towards the end where you can see her through a small opening in a stage, and she gives this look of terror that’s so convincing, like yeah, Audrey is that girl, y’know. She’s particularly amazing in this movie that stands out a lot. What a great film, so many twists throughout. You know those memes where it’s someone showing their friend a movie and they guess the plot in 5 minutes? I feel like you could show this movie to that kind of person and maybe they’d guess some stuff but I don’t think they could guess the entire plot. So clever.
and those are my recent four watches, all around fun time! I love movies!
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