#what a delight of a film

[fictionadventurer]

All I'm saying is, I've watched three Capra movies this week and we're three for three.

#frank capra #mr. smith goes to washington #meet john doe #you can't take it with you #that's the one that surprised me #because that was supposed to be the more rom-com-ish one #and he still threw in every single one of his pet soapboxes #at least edward arnold's evil businessman gets redemption in this one #and there was lots of fun stuff mixed in with the message #and/or a more fun and rambunctious way of presenting the message #what a delight of a film

[saintsdarlings]

"For what is not connected with her to me? and what does not recall her? (...) In every cloud, in every tree - filling the air at night, and caught by glimpses in every object, by day I am surrounded with her image! (...) The entire world is a dreadful collection of memoranda that she did exist, and that I have lost her!" - Wuthering Heights, chapter xxxiii

#snowbaird #thgedit #tbosasedit #film: the ballad of songbirds and snakes #book: the ballad of songbirds and snakes #this is subpar but i cannot sleep thinking about them with this quote lmao #anyway what a delightful ship to end the year #mine

[kingprinceleo]

Oh fuck me fuckme fuck me

#I'm going to start killing people #I need SLEEPY TYLENOL NOWWWWWWW #Mfer laying in bed for 8 hours full awake 🫠 eyes shut. Brain. ACTIVE #IM TRYING SO HARD TO SLEEP JUST BE UNCONSCIOUS #Too late now #Fuck me I have to be aware enough to not kill everybody in this vehicle #Mfing murder nightmare too what the fuck #Set the scene: YouTuber wedding #The man in charge of filming is an asshole to the minimum wage people working there #Like real mean. And one meek guy tries to tell the groom but the groom is kinda a dismissive asshole about it bc he's already paid the guy #So it's too late now. Meek guy keeps getting disrespected and storms out to the parking lot to just leave #Woman who has been witnessing this apparently is gonna kill on meek guys behalf. He does not want this #Woman gets into a fucked up death machine car and drives it into the groom #But not like. Runs him over. There's a fucking saw blade on the front that starts cutting through the bottom of his torso #He was screaming a lot. I'm not sure if he survived or not. But the atmosphere was not fun #Very muddy desaturated colors. Very wet and musty feeling. It was like almost a parking garage #I don't think I'll ever have a dream as scary as the um time-looping cannibal beach dream #But this was just the delightful cherry of not being able to sleep at fucking. ALL . #Literally cried I'm so distressed about not being able to control anything about myself rn #Hhhhh :((( #3rd night in a row I've slept like shit

[mariocki]

A young Roger Delgado works to expose an otherworldly conspiracy, as newspaper columnist Hugh Conrad in Quatermass II: The Coming (1.4, BBC, 1955)

#fave spotting #roger delgado #the master #quatermass #doctor who #classic doctor who #delgado!master #quatermass ii #quatermass 2 #images are rough i know‚ but that reflects the quality of the material to a degree #that we have complete copies of Quatermass II is a small miracle and to be celebrated #but as a bbc series from 1955 it is understandably in rather poor form as regards picture and sound quality #at least compared to contemporaneous shows from itc or america (largely shot on film) #anyway. what a delight to see young Rog! he's only in this one episode (although he can be seen briefly in the recap at the start of ep 5 #and thus sometimes is credited with both) but he's playing a great character‚ a fleet street wonder that Quatermass brings in to try #and spread word about the conspiracy at the heart of the series. it allows Rog to play quite a different figure to the villains and foreign #dignitaries that became his stock in trade later on; he's a wily‚ astute but sceptical figure‚ who wants proof of Quatermass' claims and as #such is exposed to the alien horrors at work (allowing SPOILER for some very good 'battling possession' acting that leads into a truly #great cliffhanger). the serial almost feels like it has a guest of the week‚ with a significant character turning up for one ep only in #most installments‚ including Rupert Davies in the previous episode‚ but i think it's just the way the serial was formatted (and it's not #like Delgado or even Davies were particularly well known actors at this point in their careers) #still it's been fun to revisit. highly recommended for fans of dark and doomy sci fi horror

[taibhsearachd]

Okay, having finished Glass Onion, it is a masterpiece on par with Knives Out...

I will actually lose my shit if I don’t get a romcom fic of Benoit Blanc and what’s-his-name Hugh Grant.

#knives out #benoit blanc #as a more serious review of the film... #I saw a lot of people wanting marta to be involved when the film was first announced #I stand by my feeling that that girl deserves her goddamn retirement leave her alone #I believe benoit has dinner with her when he's nearby #I love that the film continued Benoit getting emotionally attached to a fundamentally sweet and kind girl in an extreme circumstance #I want at least ten of these movies #I want Benoit Blanc to become a character like James Bond where the mantle gets passed down #oh my god it was incredible #(granted half the story was 'spoiled' by my wife noticing a nice bit of acting #but that in no way diminished my enjoyment of it #because contrary to what some people think about storytelling... the twist isn't the interesting bit #it's how you get there) #and it still managed to surprise us in such DELIGHTFUL ways

[lesbiancolumbo]

What's your take on Peter Bogdanovich's work overall? I've only seen Last Picture Show, which I enjoyed but wasn't exactly blown away. I want to see his collabs with Ben Gazzara, but wasn't sure if it's worth going through the rest of his CV.

his collaborations with the true genius in his first marriage, polly platt, are fantastic. these are the first four films of his career, which she worked on as production designer and in the case of targets, helped write AND effectively produced the entire damn thing uncredited. polly made peter a better filmmaker and no one likes to admit that, least of all peter, but i don't care. i like these films a lot.

i don't care for his first film with ben, saint jack, if we're being fully honest, but his second collaboration with ben, they all laughed, is probably the non-polly collab of peter's that i like the most. it's a beautiful film and the beginning and sad end of dorothy stratten's career. even if it's just to see her budding talents as a comedienne, you should watch they all laughed.

i have a lot of thoughts about peter as a person that is divorced from his work, and i won't get into That here (it's mostly very negative - i fucking hate that guy) but his early period is honestly the best he ever was (he knew it too, i think) and then he went through a lot of ups and downs, career-wise. a lot of people love to give his more maligned works credit in retrospect, and i respect that for them but i'm really just not interested in watching anything that isn't they all laughed or paper moon or last picture show.

#asks #like honestly? go watch they all laughed. it's a fucking delight. #i think i like last picture show more than you but even if it's not on your wavelength paper moon might #or what's up doc. that's the pb that i'm colder on than most. it is funny though. #for me it's like. i'd probably like the PB films i haven't seen. but his personal arrogance was just SUCH a turnoff that i don't wanna deal #with his shit anymore. so i just stick to the rivers and lakes that i'm used to

[creature-once-removed]

I've been reading and watching some reviews of Oppenheimer and am shocked at the way some people don't seem to be able to connect to characters who are a little bit closed off and inwardly complicated.

This is a film you need to bring your own empathy to. It isn't actively provoked and drawn out of you.

Which, given that it deals with the construction of the Atomic Bomb, I think is something that should be self explanatory. If you go into making this thinking "Oh I will make people feel so bad about the bombs" you're already headed in the wrong direction. It's not the question whether or not it's bad. The question is whether or not you realize it's bad when no one tells you outright how to think about it.

This movie is incredible for doing this.

#oppenheimer spoilers #oppenheimer #also it is very much not impartial or distant or anything like that #there's razor sharp opinions in the details; the script is fucking amazing #they just don't jump in your face with it; you gotta notice for yourself #I see in this movie a tiredness of needing to discuss baselines of human decency #'if you cannot recognize for yourself that constructing a bomb like this is horrible then I have no patience to discuss it with you' #is a sentiment I felt very hard throughout the whole thing #people paying attention to it will notice the affirming details #and it's a delight how simple it is in terms of many other things #it's amazing how good Nolan becomes when he's not trying to make another gimmick movie for once #I had so much fun in the theater and it was horrible #how can you have fun knowing what it all means #incredible experience. pretty upsetting. I cried on the way home #can recommend it for people who are a little bit tired of flashy emotional symphonies in movies #and for people who like to start analyzing and reflecting while the film is still running #and honestly for people who like pretty movies #because honestly this movie was very very beautiful in the best oldschool simplistic way #(maybe slightly tasteless side note: Cillian Murphy would make an amazing Frankenstein) #(pathetic wet rat of a man (tragic and unhinged variety))

[filmografie]

Favorite films watched in November 2022:

Felicia’s Journey (1999), dir. Atom Egoyan

The Garden of Delights (1970), dir. Carlos Saura

Nothing Compares (2022), dir. Kathryn Ferguson

Pollock (2000), dir. Ed Harris

Oh! What a Lovely War (1969), dir. Richard Attenborough

#w22* #2022 in film #2022 favorites #felicia's journey #atom egoyan #the garden of delights #carlos saura #nothing compares #sinead o'connor #pollock #ed harris #oh! what a lovely war #richard attenborough

[starbuck]

had a really normal movie experience tonight.

#i was going SO insane about that one film yesterday that i decided to rewatch it #and it was even so much better than i remembered???? #i thought i had made up a lot of stuff about it but um? No! #that is - in fact - the plot #a very Gender film imo #(which is possibly a kind of weird opinion but i AM right) #i didn’t even say ANYTHING about mimesis in these notes - which is truly to my credit #because. i mean Come On Now… #it’s pretty ridiculous #mimesis is when there’s only one bed where there shouldn’t be a bed #also DELIGHTED that Max is haunting my brain just like Crozier every time i hear the word ‘close’ #what a film. What a film.

[tinyferalbeing]

I got myself the best thing ever,,

#its so beautiful its perfect i love it so much i am so happy #😭😭😭 #ohmygodohmygodohmygod #its a dream come true to own brokeback mountain stuff #everything is absolutely delightful #and i can't believe this dvd box set exists either #the thing im the most stunned to own is. an actual piece of the film. #like what.. am i allowed to have that?? #the realization is hitting i am going to start screaming emotional nonsense!!! #im just filled with joy;;;; #brokeback mountain #tiny goes feral

[eek-a-tron]

Sooooooooooo I watched a double feature of The Lost Boys followed by Only Lovers Left Alive this week and I absolutely can’t recommend this viewing order enough, 10/10 toothy hijinks

#oh and I had seen neither #how I’ve managed to not ever see what was likely joel schumacher’s magnum opus is beyond me #I just went ''well that was DELIGHTFUL'' like some timewarp british woman discovering a scone #possibly the best ''the dog survives'' ever committed to film #and the intentionally slow slow slowwww vampiric pacing in olla? with two tols? gorgeous #I was living (which is additionally funny given the subject matter) #the lost boys #only lovers left alive #this post goes out to my fellow tungle vampires #of course #vamps and woozles

[pureanonofficial]

1950?

movie year ask meme

Summer Stock!

#What I learned from this is that I've seen remarkably few 1950 films lol. #(Yes Sunset Boulevard and All About Eve are on my watch list.) #Me scrolling through IMDB like '"Oh lord have I really only seen Cinderella--SUMMER STOCK!!!!'' #Summer Stock is delightful though so it is a worthy choice. #Asks

[daincrediblegg]

dain cancel saltburn i have insane news. joker 2 trailer

I wanted to hate this. I wanted to hate this so bad. But I might not. And this troubles me.

#also I’m so sorry to any of my followers who didn’t know I’m into the first film. but I am. I still am #my god… it’s been five years #look at us now #oh arthur #like ok 90% of my beef was worrying about lady gaga being terrible (she is in most of what I’ve seen her act in) and especially worried by #the promo photos bc she did not look skrunkly like I think is deserved #… also I was worried todd stole my idea from a few years ago but it seems not and thank god #with this trailer it has now subverted my expectations… and now I am intrigued #and this… this delights me #I’m so sorry for the person I’m going to become in october

[nebquerna]

i had been thinking about fight club and since it showed on my home bar ive started it IT IS NOT WHAT I EXPECTED AT ALL

#what is this #theres those cool shots #i thought it was a grim homoerotic fighting film #but it's this interesting weird ass story?? #ive never seen it #delighted & flabbergasted #i am #nebs words

[ennaih]

Not Every Film I Watch In 2024 4. The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)

#the distinguished gentleman #the distinguished gentleman (1992) #2024filmgifs #my gifs #i don't know what's wrong with people #who slag this movie off #it is delightful #and it's not even satire #it's a straight up real life drama #and yes of course it's very Capra-esque #not that Capra had an ounce of integrity the fink #but i love this whole cast #and Lane Smith as the baddie omg #and Ms Sheryl looking fabulous #even though she had not much to do #and Eddie looking the hottest i've ever seen him #and i've watched a LOT of his films #i have so much respect and admiration for him #coulda done without his casual homophobia tho

[therebelcaptain]

my brain, while watching nimona: (in the tune of ramona by beck) nimooooona, nimoooooooonaa, oh-oh, nimoooooonaaa

#idk what to say other than my brain is a silly goose #but in all seriousness nimona was such a delightful film #nimona movie