i draw girls for a living. i've been watching a movie every day, mostly, since the start of 2024 and i have no reason to stop now i guess
there's a lot more of the humor that i don't like out of jackass in this than i remembered but the stuff i do like is like some of the funniest they've done
[person who has just returned from Japan voice] i think it's great that 24 years ago people were still being fucking lunatics in shibuya scramble
Really fun time. Love the puppet, what a friend. Some moments of this look really stunning, the "fishing" scene in particular. Thankful that Goddard toned the Reddit-ness down about 400% from the last time he adapted a Weir novel, which still unfortunately leaves this at 200% too high. It would be insufferable if Gosling wasn't as fun an actor as he is when being a goof!
Pemberton's score is unsurprisingly great. Big year for Tau Ceti enjoyers.
Incredibly necessary and important film in the current moment. Also a movie where being extremely aligned with its politics does not mean I also like it as a movie. The chronicling of the British empire's role in forcefully giving away Palestinian land to the early 20th-century Zionist movement is nowhere near as common knowledge as (understandably) our current reality and history of the region post-Israel. It is unequivocally good that this details this era and does so with a vehement…
If Glass Onion was the byproduct of Rian Johnson spending way too much time on Twitter, Wake Up Dead Man is the "maybe still spends too much time on Bluesky" version of that. Fortunately, he remembered to make a movie around his very pointed critiques this time !
There's some very "ah, yes, the current events" moments but it's overwhelmingly just a really fuckin' fun murder mystery. Also appreciate it having a sincere perspective on faith, given the series lead…
