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reviews for new (and things I need to catch up on) movies, tv, and music

[unprofessionalreviews]

The Menu *SPOILERS*

Here’s the thing… Tyler KNEW what was coming…

And he STILL TOOK PHOTOS???

I know we all know this boy is a fucking idiot, but he SUCKS like… REALLY BAD

[unprofessionalreviews]

the MENU (2022)

(Without any spoilers):

👨🏼‍🍳🏝️👏🏼🦵🏼👼🏼🖐🏼🍔🍫🌫️

[trashcora]

THE MENU (2022) + letterboxd reviews

[cuddlycharizard]

It’s a crime they typecast Daniel Craig as a serious action man for so long when it’s clear he was born to play a silly little gay detective

[dykeseratops]

Ransom using the fake knife to attack Marta in Knives Out and Andi's journal blocking the bullet that would have killed Hellen in Glass Onion.

Something about how both women are saved by the eccentricities of the people who loved them. 🤌

[nicostiel]

Glass Onion + Text Posts (part 1)

[unprofessionalreviews]

Rings of Power - Season I

🔷 ⚪️ ♦️

No spoiler review

Score 8/10

I admire their dedication to Tolkien's emphasis on the romance of friendship rather than sexual tension. Despite the opportunity for the romantic tropes taken advantage in most other franchises, they maintained the allure of modern characters as well as adding fresh love of humanity through new female characters (who always pass the bechdel test may I say haha) and new characters of color.

Although romance is present, it holds a deep warmth and is not easily taken for granted as the main player as so many other shows do when they are trying to make something cheaply entertaining. Instead, it is presented with fondness, trust, and deep passion, not fleeting glances and first kisses, but deep true bonds. The same is true of friendship. There is nothing lacking in how they present the means of brotherhood and bondage to one another through oath of both word and presence.

Despite the modern plot devices that are not always perfect, there is still a deep sense of continued world building that is extremely impressive given the quantity and quality of the material available. These characters and this world that have so long belonged to Tolkein, are preserved through the imagination and true creation of those who care most deeply for them and all of Tolkien's work.

[unprofessionalreviews]

Time to review Taylor’s music career methinks...

[lenoreamidala]

I think the tiniest little thing can change the course of your day, which can change the course of your year, which can change who you are.

[unprofessionalreviews]

STAR WARS - THE RISE OF SKYWALKER 🌌

WARNING ⚠️ Spoilers Ahead

Overall analysis: I just wanna start out by saying that I loved this movie and I will accept no hate for it, only constructive criticism. The first time I saw the movie I was satisfied, the second - overjoyed. I realized that it had done everything I needed it to.

Here’s a list of what I loved the most -

Somehow they managed to give Leia a plot and I’m SO GRATEFUL BECAUSE ITS SO GOOD

L A N D O returning - I mostly like this because my mom didn’t expect it and then he took off his helmet and she just about cried it was PRECIOUS - and “give Leia my love”

Also, did we get a hint at a Lando side spinoff or am I just fooling myself?

fetus Luke and Leia training - YES

Leia as Rey’s “master” and the fact that SHE HAD A LIGHTSABER

Constant references to the bond between Like and Leia

Luke catching his light saber out of the fire and then being like SHOW IT SOME RESPECT WILL YA

also... red 5... when he brought his X Wing up I about had a heart attack of happiness, that’s really all I needed, for Rey to fly it and I didn’t even know

Ben and Rey’s bond and thAT MOMENT WHEN THEY BOTH HOLD UP THE LIGHTSABERS YES

Ben’s redemption and when he and Leia returned to the force I JUST -

ok so I REALLY DIDNT SHIP REYLO and then... well and then he smiled and I REALLY DIDNT KNOW THAT HE HAD NEVER SMILED UNTIL HE DID AND IT KILLED ME AND IM SO HAPPY AND SAD BUT IT WAS CINEMATIC GOLD I GOTTA TELL YA

Also, when she gave him the light saber using their bond, THAT WAS HOT

Han appearing to Ben and instead of Ben stabbing him again (lol that would be stupid) he THREW THAT UGLY HUNK O JUNK INTO THE SEE - YES BEN

I guessed that Rey was a Palpatine - I feel pretty fantastic about that one

Luke and Leia training her despite knowing who she was

They ACCEPTED HER AS THEIR OWN AND SHE BECAME A SKYWALKER

When the Emperor threw Kyle down the shaft and said something like “thus dies the last Skywalker” and everyone be like HA YOU THOUGHT

Rey hearing the voices of the Jedi GOT ME cause she now knew SHE KNEW SHE WAS A JEDI AND SHE DIDNT HAVE TO BE AFRAID OF HER POWER ANYMORE BECAUSE SHE KNEW IT CAME FROM THE LIGHT

Murdering Palpatine and ENDING THE EMPIRE FOREVER WITH LEIA AND LUKES LIGHT SABERS YEEEES

The burial of the sabers at Tatooine - this scene was the only one that made me cry - but I cried BOTH TIMES - FOR AN UNCOMFORTABLE FOR EVERYONE SITTING AROUND ME AMOUNT OF TIME (the first showing - I legit cried for like 7 minutes straight)

Rey didn’t end up with a man cause she a queen 👑 (although RIP Ben, they might of been cute but also this was better, DONT @ ME)

ALSO WE STAN FORCE HEALING ITS HONESTLY SO POWERFUL - LIKE WHAT A WAY TO GO COMPLETELY GIVING YOUR LIFE FOR THE WOMAN YOU LOVE

ALSO THE REDEMPTION OF THE PEOPLE THEY ASKED TO HELP THEM IS SO GOOD - “good people will fight if we lead them”

Rey and Finn and Poe being adorable at the end and reflecting Luke, Leia, and Han - I’LL MISS THEM SO MUCH WOW

Also Poe’s “wanna make out face” and then his “yeah that makes sense” follow up to Dorii was low key hilarious

Poe in general is pretty hilarious and fantastic character like wow

Chewy, C3PO, and R2D2 being the nostalgic masterpieces I didn’t know I needed them to be

Also my mom though Babu Frik’s name was Bubble Freak and I -

To wrap this up I gotta say I will always hold Star Wars on a pedestal in my mind because it was a big part of my childhood and my nowhood so I gotta say thank you. Thank you for headstrong and badass female characters. Thank you for constantly showing the importance of family - by blood or not. Thank you for showing the importance of Hope and how no matter what happens, we must never lose it. Even when we fall, we can rise again.

[mydarlinginej]

so I put my phone down fall into the night with  y o u

[unprofessionalreviews]

Doom Days 🔺

Album by Bastille

Genre - alternative/indie

Overall - WOWOWOW, like all other Bastille albums, I love this. A couple of them are mind blowingly well written, of course I’m not that surprised though, Dan Smith is a freakin boss, we stan.

It’s a quarter past midnight:

- Honestly the imagery of adventuring through a city and watching the lights fly by is such a euphoric picture to me

- Idk if “love will tear us apart” is a song, a lyric, or something else, but i like to think it’s an idea. This young group of people singing of love and loss, whether it’s specific or not, it’s a feeling.

- This song is honestly such an anthem

- It addresses how people take for granted the lives they had when they were young and I LOVE WHEN SONGS DO THAT cause it always gets me in the feels (this is especially focused on in the chorus)

- Did I mention the chorus is A BLESSING

- “Good time, bad decisions” reflects the next song lol

BEST LYRIC ~ “We want the bodies on the billboards

Not the lives underneath them”

Bad decisions:

- right off the bat a contrast to the last song

- OH MY LORD I LOVE THIS

- “Stay forever numb” instead of young, I’m g a s p i n g

- This is already stuck in my head

- Ooo chorus is all upbeat now, we stan

- This is REEEALLY GOOD

BEST LYRIC ~ “You always let me down so tenderly

So live fast and die young and stay forever numb”

The waves:

- oooOooOO begins with angelic vocals

- Aw piano, I love that

- And them bam there’s a beat

- The CHORUS IS ACOUSTIC BLISS but then it comes down (like a wave 🌊)

- “Twilight zone” and “lost boy life” is such a good way to use allusions give the same feeling to the music and the story as those shows give the watchers

- The last chorus sounds like he’s underwater I love that

BEST LYRIC ~ “Is it an apocalypse or nihilism on your lips? We sink or swim”

Divide:

- I can FEEL this song

- Bastille love songs are rare because they make me feel so much more than the majority of bands and singers nowadays

- The verses are so short but so poignant

BEST LYRIC ~ “In these darker days, I push the limit to the love you offer

There’s a riot in my head, demanding we do this forever”

Million pieces:

- I love when songs are upbeat but actually really existential lol

- We go through life ignoring the pain of the outside world cause to be fair, reality is truly sadder than anyone can ever actually handle

- The bridge encapsulates the entirety of the song

- I thought y’all should know my candle smells like Carmel rice cakes and it’s making me really happy

BEST LYRIC ~ “If it’s gonna break me

Won’t you let me go?

Leave it till the morning

I don’t wanna know”

Doom days:

- THIS SONG GETS ME EVERY TIME

- “When i watch the world burn, all I think about is you” k i l l s m e

- This song is so real and so perfect as the titular song on the album

- “Live-streaming the final days of Rome” Lord almighty that’s a good line. This addressing not only worldly concerns like climate change but the obsession with social media this planet has fallen under, our last resort has become content creation, even when the Earth dies. Also, a good history lesson lol.

- ~ WE LOVE THE SOUND THAT OUR VOICE MAKES / MAN THIS ECHO CHAMBERS GETTING LOUD ~

- I’ve heard this song a thousand times already and here I am listening to it twice when I need to hear the rest of the album lol

- 1 intro, 1 verse, 1 chorus and a whole lot of staring off into the distance because what does it all mean anyway?

BEST LYRIC ~ “So I put my phone down

Fall into the night with you”

Nocturnal creatures:

- at first I thought this was “not tunnel creatures” LOL

- I can already tell I’m gonna be listening to this like every night

- This is good for nighttime reminiscing (which I do often)

BEST LYRIC ~ “We’re nocturnal creatures, we own the night

And we don’t need a reason if we want to lose our minds”

4AM:

- honestly the humming makes me feel like I’m falling asleep in a safe happy place and I love that

- “Tuesday’ll be a doom day” he says that like its the norm and I love that (also got that album title in there, we stan)

- This song makes me blissfully happy

- The outro reflects the bridge and the post- chorus of A Quarter Past Midnight and I stan

BEST LYRIC ~ “I never felt more comfortable, could never want for more when you’re near”

Another place:

- the pacing is different then I would expect and I really like it

- The lyrics depict such a real relationship

- I feel t h i s

BEST LYRIC ~ “So don’t make promises to me that you’re gonna break

We only ever wanted one thing from this

Don’t paint wonderful lies on me that wash away”

Those nights:

- Listening to this is like feeling all your loneliness grouped with every other human being’s and suddenly, you’re not alone because everyone feels the pain of those nights

- The bridge is so good wow

- OUTRO REFLECTS NEXT SONG WHICH I LOVE BECAUSE THIS ONE IS MORE EMPTY AND THE NEXT IS SO WHOLE

BEST LYRIC ~ “'cause aren’t we all just

Looking for a little bit of hope these days?

Looking for somebody you can wake up with?”

Joy:

- This song is about HAVING SOMEONE which contrasts the last one which is about SEARCHING FOR SOMEONE and this song is so full and I love it

- Awwww

- What a happy ending to the album I love it so much

BEST LYRIC ~ “As the night dissolves into this final frame

You’re a sweet relief, you saved me from my brain”

[unprofessionalreviews]

I’m kind of obsessed with the bonus tracks/demos on the Target edition... so here’s my review of those as well...

When i watch the world burn all i think about it you:

- there are those two soul shattering lines again that year by sanity apart

- One-sided love is full of failed solace and hazy despair and this song reflects that perfectly

- Both “My love” pre-choruses hold a different feeling of loss and pain and I can really feel what the speaker feels

- This song is just a demo so it’s much rawer then the other songs, but I love it so much for that reason, because the feelings this song emboles are raw and focused and emotionally driven

BEST LYRIC ~ “But it fucked me up when I fell for you

I shouldn't let me fall for you”

Easy days:

- When Dan sings “back again”... thank you for coming to my TED Talk

- His falsetto sounds sooooo gooood though

- It’s such a simple song but I love it infinitely, Dan never needs too many words to get the entire concept of his thoughts into a song

BEST LYRIC ~ “Everything was so simple then

Little fires burned away

Oh won't you help me start a fire?”

[les8ean]

I’m gonna say it

[les8ean]

Florence + the Machine and Hozier may have fae energies, but Bastille has ‘immortal who has never entirely gotten over the mortal lovers he’s outlived’ energies

[muppethole-deactivated20240312]

oh they’re not even trying to hide it:

[unprofessionalreviews]

“When I watch the world burn, all I think about is you...”

[roseblooms]

                               now my morning has broken / and it brings the fear

[roseblooms]

                               we’re gonna rabbit hole down, third act love now

[delilahhbard-deactivated2022072]

You need to calm down. 👑 💕

[dansmithsdoomdays]

Reblog if you can’t get over the beauty of The Waves