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honestly a good partner isn’t necessarily someone who loves the exact same things you love but rather someone who is willing to listen to you ramble on and on about a particular subject that you’re passionate about even if they have little to no interest in it

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I wish Batman was depicted like this more often. Many of his villains are mentally ill and victims of tragic circumstances, it would be nice to see him try to help them as much as he helps the people they put in danger because of their problems.

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I tear up every time I watch this show. “I had a bad day too, once.”

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Best version of Batman. Best version of Harley.

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amazing

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“how’s life going?”

me:

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ok every time I see this post I find it necessary to point out Jesus was a carpenter like he legit would’ve used the fuck outta a nail gun

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Crayola beauty is here….it’s over for u other makeup brands lmao

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Actually this shit is really cute and the artist in me wants all of these

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vampire conspiracy theories, go!

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absolutely superb

Cloud Atlas (2012)

From how I’d heard it spoken of, such as in its synopsis (”an exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution”), I expected something... more? I expected it to feel less like a series of stories interconnected only tangentially. Throughout the film, I awaited the aha moment where all the pieces would fall into place to show these were all pieces of one intricate whole, rather than disparate elements put somewhat haphazardly together, and I never felt like I got said moment.

Perhaps things went way over my head, but even having had my viewing prefaced with the aforementioned synopsis, I had difficulty discerning how these stories had any noticeable impact upon another. Each story bleeds into the next one in chronological order, yet only a drop or two, enough to leave its mark, however never enough for it to feel meaningful to me.

If, instead, I treat these as their own distinct stories, Cloud Atlas doesn’t really fare any better for me. Each actor has one character that feels grounded and real, then a whole host of others that seem just... silly. Then there’s Tom Hanks, who I don’t think I could ever take serious, and that’s the true true. When I tried to take it seriously, I was taken right back out of it by just how much blood is shed, and how little reason there is for optimism in at least half of these stories. I don’t need every movie I watch to be cheery (I mean, just look at my Top 5 on Flickchart...), but I still thought we would end things on a more hopeful note. Instead, I’m left feeling that matters have only worsened as we’ve fastforwarded through time. This all leaves me curious about what Cloud Atlas’ purpose is. I’m struggling to see a message. There’s little to entertain, at least for me. Similarly, I didn’t find anything particularly emotionally affecting. There wasn’t as much spectacle as I expected either. For a story with such seemingly lofty ambitions, it felt rather simple and unremarkable in execution. I won’t say the movie is terrible, because the movie didn’t leave enough of a mark on me, good or bad, for that. I just don’t get it, I guess

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