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lserver362reviews · 1 month

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I love this movie! I'm so excited I got to chat with the amazing wonderful brilliant Subtextual Podcast about it when I was in New Orleans.

I should've brought up the monologue that Robin Williams gives the boys in class (Oh me, oh life) that got quoted a lot after his own passing and how it speaks to Niel's end in that he cannot stay alive because he isn't able to harness those things (beauty, love, poetry, "these are what we stay alive for" etc.). This film is so cozy to me while also being deeply emotional and feelsy and it's all about how emotions make live worth living (but not about responsibility for your actions or respect for women)!!

Carpe Diem! Seize this podcast episode!

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lserver362reviews · 2 months

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Incredibly difficult watch. How could it be anything but? I've seen many reviews mention the banality of evil. I disagree. If Auschwitz is in your backyard, there is nothing banal about it. The use of plumes of smoke was incredible, as was the sound design and score. Disturbing, foreboding, chilling. I wasn't entirely sure what I was getting myself into with this film, and not far in, I almost wanted to leave. The only close-ups being on flowers really does convey the lack of sympathy for the people we follow. The irony of Mrs. Hoss feeling like she's being forced to leave her home when her husband gets promoted. Good acts of leaving apples leading to disruption and more death. The inclusion of Joseph Wulf’s, Sunbeams, leaves me at a loss for words: collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn671467. It is incredibly grounding. To me, this movie is a reminder about choice and humanizing evil. We must humanize evil in order to recognize that there is always a choice to do what is good and question the oppressive soup that we're being brought up in. What an excellent choice for the ending. How do you clean a place like that?

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lserver362reviews · 2 months

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This is a Valentines Day movie. "Don't hate me!/Your lips are full, your head is empty/This faded valentine is what you sent me" - The Sons of Thunder Chester "Chazz Darby" Ogilvie and Kayla, forever! Chazz does NOT put up with Rex calling her a bitch in the toy store after their first break up. He's such a softie for women. He's trying very very hard to live his dream, but with integrity. He explains to Ian the Shark at the station, "She's not like what you'd think. She's actually really cool and, well, I guess what it all comes down to is that we really care about each other and I screwed up. She's been there for me from the beginning. I think I let her down, but I still want us to be tight." You can tell they have a good time together from their cutesy message machine greeting. She does end up bringing him the tape and they both apologize to eachother. He later states, "What have I got? My guitar, my bike, and my woman. That's all I got in the world. And you keep kicking me out!-It's making me insane! I figure if I get a record contract, I can make it up to you. I'm doing this for you!" and then they profess their love for each other. It's the emotional heart of this film. This movie has the love of music, love for brotherhood, and it's about telling your partner your name is really Chester & you understand if they don't love you anymore. Plus Where else can you hear John Bender say, "super duper!"? I love Pip's meet-cute of getting hit in the face by a door by Suzzie and their ensuing romance, they just understand eachother. Even the swat leader, Carl Mace's weird martial troubles seem to be a driving force for his character and he talks with Beech about it during this hostage situation! Love is everywhere in this movie! Carter Burwell is a hero (for Twilight) and an icon (for this). This movie has such weird politics (incredibly invested in racism, ACAB, and displays how white people have a hard time engaging in their own obliviousness, but every insult is also super misogynistic) especially for a place where the logo of the station is the confederate flag. The performances in this movie are just great, Adam Sandler is so so funny, Brendan Fraser is so green and earnest, and Steve Buscemi is completely unhinged. I have a soft spot especially for David Arquette in this but really all the side characters are excellent. I am still scared of White Zombie. Happy Valentines Day!

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lserver362reviews · 2 months

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Is this the dreamiest film ever made? Seeing it on the big screen was really something for me and my mom. When it started and those florals came up, I got chills. I'm a huge fan of florals and I have to wonder if this movie is why. Growing up we had a lot of VHS tapes and they would play various ad for home video releases, including certain collections like this one: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXD0ohY0GHw. So this is how I even found out about or heard of My Fair Lady. Either one of those collection ads or this ad: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQPaaeon778 was on my VHS tape of The Wizard of Oz. I'll have to pull it out and check sometime. I was always intrigued by the marbles going into Eliza's mouth (I thought it was candy) and the shot of Rex Harrison standing outside of his door during I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face as well as his outburst for Let A Woman in Your Life on the staircase. Then one year when my parents went and celebrated their anniversary they left my sister and I home with a VHS rental of My Fair Lady (on 2 tapes) so we could finally watch it. I fell in love. Since then I've watched it countless times on dvd and have seen a touring broadway show of the production. I decided to do a deep analysis of On the Street Where You Live (a song I sang for my chorus class in high school) in a college class on musicals. If I ever did theatre again, I'd want to be Eliza Doolittle. All this to say, I love this a lot and have no way of knowing what it's be like to see it for the first time or see it without having seen clips. I guess it's been a constant in my movie watching life. I've grown accustomed to its ways. Watching it today I was struck by how broad the brush strokes of the themes are (class, education, the soul, ideas of gender). Nothing is handled with nuance and a lot of the characters are low-down meanies! I think it would never be made today, but for a stage show it works so well. It kinda adds to the dreaminess, it's set apart from reality in its black and white structure. It's also not an investigation into anything it presents. I also think that there's a really queer reading to it. Henry Higgins is a queer man with no queer community. He is in love with Colonel Pickering and also platonically in love with Eliza Doolittle. He just wants to live together with his friends who he loves, but he's also such a big baby and hates feelings (can anyone else relate?). I love Eliza Doolittle and her journey. I think there are some really good lessons about compromise. I also sadly love Freddie and how he's a lowkey stalker-just hanging out on her street every night. I know it ain't right but much like Knox Overstreet in Dead Poet Society-he makes my heart melt because he's so caught up with being charmed by this new person! Having a crush can be one of the greatest feelings in the whole wide world! Please nobody stalk anyone though. The costumes, the sets, the songs, this movie is just stellar. It will always be my favorite musical and seeing those soft focused filters on the big screen was just loverly.

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lserver362reviews · 2 months

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This was WYE.ULD!!!! I laughed, I cried, I thought it was heavy handed, I thought it was nuanced, I thought it was perfectly complex. All the love for Myra Lucretia Taylor!! Her and Raymond Anthony Thomas's storyline was beautiful and made my heart smile. So so so much about masculinity to be unpacked from this movie! Also alcoholism. I get why Sterling K Brown was nominated, wowee. Also like, I have been saying how freaking good Jeffrey Wright is!!! I also really liked Erika Alexander, who I'm not as familiar with. I was not expecting the family drama, but I did predict a couple of the twists. Overall a really deep watch with a beautiful soundtrack and great cast. Some really important exploration going on here!

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lserver362reviews · 4 months

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lserver362reviews · 4 months

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A really really good watch as we go through another Awards Season! This gave such an amazing timeline of the entertainment industry and sex equality.

If I may droll for a moment: Geena Davis, the woman that you are. Gosh, just simply look my way. I would lay down my life for you if you ask me to.

This is a great reminder of what to be demanding of. Also some of the stats were just chilling. I was very glad to see how intersectional the representation is!! To be honest, I think the title turned me off from viewing this sooner but in seeing the film, you get why it's tilted that way. The editing was a little tight for me. I could've used a moment to breathe with each statement and not feel like the women interviewed were getting cut off, granted there's so much to say on this subject!

Some silly thoughts: I was today years old when I learned Catherine Hardwicke and Kathryn Bigelow are two different directors. Not David O. Russell on my screen. Not Toddlers and Tiaras on my screen. If we have to have a celeb as president can it be Meryl Streep?

In all seriousness, I had no idea about the silent era having so many women involved in different film-making areas! or the DGA Original Six! (Thank God for libraries). Thank you, ACLU!! I worry about gender essentialism on a personal level but I do see the need for gender equity in all areas of life and experience.

Also I love you, Brit Marling! (Thank you for bringing such insight to your male characters.) FX has had some of my favorite shows (POSE, Trust, A Murder at the End of the World)!

I actually can't recommend this doc enough. I teared up, I can't lie. I do think that the end of the film undermines a bit of the section about how we need laws to be enforced and legal action to get change made, in light of the power of consumer choice (I'm so disillusioned by that term). I think we're going to watch this in 15 years and maybe see a tiny bit of progress on this. And man, I hope I'm wrong about that.

Kinda wondering if I should try to do a film project of only watching women and femme directors for a year.

COLLECTIVE LIBERATION. FOR ALL. NOW!

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lserver362reviews · 4 months

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I was honestly so nervous to watch this one BUT I had also really really wanted to catch it in theaters and just didn't.

Whatta home run (except for the terrible Elvis impersonator they got to sing-like what the heck was that?). Jacob Elordi absolutely killed it as Elvis, like damn. I loved the jittery nature he brought to him and he nailed the way he spoke. I know this will be one I rewatch. It really has to gallop along to cover so many years, but reading Elvis and Me this summer was very good prep to understand this story. Sofia did a fantastic job with this! Also I appreciate the Larry inclusion. Thank you, Priscilla! I still feel like I'm in too deep in my Elvis Presley journey to fully feel like I know Priscilla, what she likes, what her interests are, who she is, but in light of what her life has looked like to have this stark reminder that she is her own person, for now, is enough.

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lserver362reviews · 4 months

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GAH, I loved this so so much!

A techie gen z feminist Knives Out 2 in Iceland with a perfect soundtrack and awesome cinematography! I watched this show with my pal, Pat, and we are huge fans of the OA so we were looking forward to checking this out. Such great characters, and yes I'm biased towards Harris Dickinson (Bill Farrah was so written by a woman!), but Emma Corrin was seriously giving baby Jodie Foster and I came to really love Darby Hart. We did keep asking why she would trust Ray from the start but I think that's due to growing up in the soup of ubiquitous technology. I also freaked out seeing my girl, Josie Packard from Twin Peaks! Joan Chen is as stunning as ever. Clive Owen also nailed it in this role. At first I felt that he was no Jason Isaacs but his outbursts were played perfectly and I really enjoyed his screentime. Ryan J. Haddad also really came out of the wood work towards the end there as a great character. I love that this show allowed everyone a bit of time with Darby as to have us as the audience ask, okay do we trust them? I am delighted by the quintessential moment of the ensemble being questioned around the sofas at the end of the show. Very Agatha Christie. I'm not typically a murder-mystery person nor a true crime person but I really really love the way these two genres were handled with such a fresh and emotionally grounded way. The realism in this show is lovely. Some people have said it was heavy handed and I completely disagree. The show and the character's dialogue remain extremely humanity focused. I often watched with a cup of tea in hand, in light of Darby never wearing enough, and it made me grateful for warmth. From the No More I Love You's scene I was hooked on this show, and while some people have said the ending was a letdown or predictable, I disagree, even though I did guess it during the last episode. The emotional weight of the twist was a gut punch of AI and where we're at and could be headed. Very brave and moving stuff me thinks. For all of the tech featured there was so so much life. It's the relationships and our emotions that reign as the important takeaway. Our bonds to each other and the power of that. I don't know how Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij did it again but I should have never doubted that they could. Some silly thoughts include, never trust a Gemini and RIP Darby Hart's mom's ipod.

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lserver362reviews · 4 months

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This was the saddest fucking movie I've ever seen.

This review is going to be all over the place, but as per usual I'm going to start with a deeply personal overshare of where I'm at for this viewing. I'm seeing this as the first watch of the New Year after coming off of 2 months of deeply missing my sister, who lives in another state. This movie understands what it is to go through your little everyday needs while having a giant sibling sized hole in your heart. I sobbed at this movie, especially during the dream sequence of the afterlife, but throughout the whole film I was getting chills. I sobbed last week at Christmas Mass because the priest started his homily with a comment on how all of his Christmas memories are of him and his two older sisters, in the house that they grew up in, which has been sold so that place truly only exists in his memory now. The first thing I thought of when I woke up on Christmas morning was how my sister and I would always get up extra early, before our parents, and just sit together in front of the tree and look at the lights. That's what Christmas means to me. My childhood house is also now sold. I was so affected by Kevin's statement that he doesn't even need to be doing anything in particular with his brothers-it's just the being together. I will be going to my sister's for Christmas next year. It cannot be overstated how masterful Zac Efron is in this film. When David is announced as having the match against the heavy weight champ you just see Kevin embody every emotion. The betrayal, the holding himself together, the wanting to cry, the disappointment, the growing cold. Then again when Kerry gives his father the gun and Kevin bores his eyes into Pam as if to say, maybe if we just pretend we aren't here it'll be okay. I cried very hard at the sight of absolutely swelling Zac Efron cradle his little baby. So beautiful and you just know that this man will try his hardest to not be his father (whether that means running away to protect them from the curse or by remaining and being triggered by his own grief). There was such a delicate balance of conveying his limited worldview, wanting to live up to his dad's expectations (manipulations), and support his brothers above everything else. Just masterful from Efron, and I didn't think I'd see that to this level. I came to this movie because A24, I love Richard Reed Perry, and I'm a huge fan of the talent that is Harris Dickinson. I think the final straw was that A24 mailed me my zine which had the pinup of my baby, Harris Dickinson. I hope to continue to watch everything he does (plug here for FX's mini series, Trust). Every time Harris was on screen I had the dopiest grin on my face because he just makes me happy and especially so as David. And then the unexpected happened. I didn't know anything about the Von Erich's and I certainly don't know anything about wrestling (I did love the Netflix series, GLOW), so this was almost completely foreign territory to me. Wrestling is just heterosexual drag, right? I knew this movie would be sad, and I knew that I'm super susceptible to anything that showcases siblingship, but this was a new level. The tragedy of it all. Sometimes the movie felt clunky but that kind of fit with the body shapes thematically. Some lines, especially from the father didn't feel natural to me. I think Maura Tierney was outstanding for what little screentime she had. The music, the costuming, as well as the camera work was all superb. I also did like seeing Michael J Harney and Lily James. Also I LOVE when a movie has a, Thank God I'm A Country Boy, needle drop (looking at you, Pauly Shore's Son-in-Law)!!! Once again, I was crushed by the ending dialogue and the way this movie just gets what it means to love your family. I loved that two background wrestlers were actual Von Erichs! Maybe I should rewatch Blue Valentine or Dead Man Walking before saying this is the saddest movie I've ever seen but man, I have not sobbed like that in a theater before. I'm glad I managed to stick with it. This movie bonzo gonzo'd my heart.

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lserver362reviews · 4 months

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As a very vivid dreamer who generally recounts their dreams to their friends after waking up before they dissolve, I loved this! An excellent rumination on virality, relationships, and influence. Surprisingly heart touching, lovely audio mixing, and generally just a super original and compelling film with perfect editing! Casting Nic was also perfection and I loved the cameos! Also this movie has one of the most truly uncomfortable scenes I've ever had the pleasure to sit in a theater with my pals for! The in-movie ad kinda fell a little flat for me but I'm starring it how I'm starring it! This happened to coincide just as I kinda finished crafting a thesis on how, as Americans, we have no idea how to build back public trust. It's why cancel culture is the way that it is, and ACAB, as well the constancy of white Amerikkka shirking away from even acknowledging the brutality inflicted on Black Americans and Indigenous Americans. I also finished listening to the book, Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma by Claire Dederer, last week, so what I'm saying is, these are the themes that have been on my mind and watching this movie seems synchronistic!

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lserver362reviews · 4 months

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I'm a sucker for 90's cornball queer cult films (I'm not a big noir person!!). This film objectifies the hell out of Gina Gershon's hands with her jaw harp (according to Wikipedia this was Gershon's idea!!!) and Bella Swan-ass truck, but her mouth alone is doing so much of the work! I guess the tattoos, earrings, and wardrobe do a lot too. If The Matrix made the masses buy leather trench coats, this movie makes me want to buy a lock pick earring set. This movie made me wonder do the Wachowskis love David Lynch? The elevator alone is giving Black Lodge. The outdoor scenes where Corky is spying on other characters felt like Lost Highway to me, funny how daylight can be eerie. Overall just some of the editing, flashbacks, and fading to white felt in the same vein as the fuzzy eroticism in Wild at Heart. I feel like DKL would love this soundtrack. It seems like everyone just had too much fun here (following the telephone cord!) and there's not one bit I can disparage about that! This movie pulls no punches. You can learn so much about how women view men from this film!!!

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lserver362reviews · 4 months

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I too would kill for Gina Gershon. This gave me such I Know What You Did Last Summer vibes. When hot old Patrick Dempsey said "dinnah" I laughed. A lot of the heavy accents made me laugh, really. I was surprised there was no casual use of the R-word, that really would've sent it over the top Masshole-wise. Some of the editing felt sloppy at first, but for the most part it was well paced and kept me in the story. The sound editing really shined for me in places, like when a scream turned into car tires screeching. Also I must must say that I thought Nell Verlaque was excellent. Bring her into the Scream franchise please. Speaking of which, was the cat, Dewey, a shout-out? I feel like this is how you balance anti-consumerist messaging into a slasher, and can we just point out how the men in this movie exhibit a lot of healthy conversation skills? These were good characters! For what it is, I really enjoyed it, even though I did convince myself that Milo Manheim was a son of Ray Romano. Makes me wish Barbarian (2022) was written by Jeff Rendell.

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lserver362reviews · 4 months

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The season of giving thanks is officially upon us! This is just such a beautiful film capturing a moment both bittersweet and cumulative of all the history of The Band. The theater I saw this in cranked up the volume on the music sections and despite watching it every year for the past 3 or 4 years, I had forgotten just how energized this film makes me (Neil Diamond being the one and only low point). The audio for the interviews was significantly lower than the concert footage, but it still worked for me overall. I really noticed how the sections and performances were tied together thematically. I also think that there's a undercurrent of politics that goes untouched. My dad, upon leaving the movie theater remarked, "It sure was a different time." I will note that the previews consisted of a voice over from Robbie Robertson (that had been advertised as a special introduction from him) over clips from the film, and then they played a highlight reel of just his parts as tribute. It felt really weird and inflated when the movie was about to be shown. Don't play a highlight reel when we're about to experience the whole thing! I think it would have been better to just have an in memorium at the very end. (Alright, I had to get that out of the way). I really love how this is not a completely polished product, you see some of the sausage getting made and I love that for it. Also having just seen Mavis Staples in concert this last week (aka God's gift to the world) sing The Weight with local rock hero Grace Potter, seeing her in this felt extra special, and that section received the only full audience round of applause of the night. I guess I had also forgotten that Pops gets a verse on The Weight and delivers it so so nicely. I need to start a new paragraph just to talk about Rick Danko and how he oozes a sweetness that cannot be named. He's just such a jolly player and totally buoyant, just so talented. Rick Danko is the ideal man. My best friend Lynn, turned to me and said, look at the bassist, during the Dylan bit because Rick looks like a Muppet. It is sobering to see him mention something about drug use and the rest of the guys kind of joke and chuckle while he remains stone faced. Marc Maron mentioned thinking about him a lot and how sweet he was the other week to Joan Baez, and I completely relate to that. It Makes No Difference is just a stunning song, performed so magnificently and I just have to wonder, who hurt you, Rick? His vocal talents and joyful bass playing, along with the fiddling, are a wonderfully captured gift. I love Rick Danko and will think about him so much, always. Also Robbie Robertson rocked that fuchsia scarf so hard while absolutely shredding the guitar throughout this night. I loved seeing all his interviews, as he oddly kind of seems the most mature. I loved hearing about Garth teaching music lessons for a price. Richard Manuel had my favorite voice out of the guys, but I always thought I liked Levon's songs the best (I've kinda come around to Rick having my fav songs though). I plan on watching all the docs I can this month devoted to The Band. I'm so long overdue on Festival Express, but hopefully I'll be able to find: Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band, Ain’t in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm, Revisiting the Last Waltz, and Bob Dylan & The Band: Down In The Flood. I hope you join me! Now let's take it from the top!

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lserver362reviews · 6 months

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Man, what a film. I'm really really glad Marty made this and I was really touched by Robbie Robertson's work on it (RIP King). I do have criticisms, but they don't take way from what I saw. I think it is a net good that Martin Scorsese would highlight this story. I had read the book this summer in preparation and nothing has ever made me want to divest from oil as much as this dark history. I think that White America needs an interloper in order to be disarmed for a lesson to be learned or a story told. I think that is a measly and pathetic fact. I wish that Ernest Burkhart wasn't portrayed as sympathetically or as stupid as I found him to be in this. I wish we got more voice over from Lilly Gladstone's character, Molly. The shot of the platform when more wolves arrive with her voice over on revenge was chilling. I was also extremely horrified by the audience's reaction and the amount of laughter I heard. People laughed at Lizzie's being beckoned by her ancestors to join her. I feel like in that moment, it was the most ashamed I've ever been to be white. They also laughed when the phrase "they're just Indian" was uttered (I can't pinpoint the exact moment-it's a long film!). I do think the runtime was really well used, and while I didn't feel the scene in the Mason Lodge was really necessary or could have been shorter, I thought Robert De Niro smashed it. In the very first conversation with Bill and Ernest, you learn all you need to about William K Hale (i.e. what this man values through the questions he asks). That scene and its dialogue was masterful. I hope it used in lessons on microagressions. The radio play bit absolutely shocked me (Okay, Wes Anderson), and Marty reading the final lines was really really something. I couldn't help after seeing this but think about how Oppenheimer (2023) chooses to show no violence against the victims of the subject, whereas Killers of the Flower Moon cuts away from absolutely none of the violence. I found it really graphic. I can see how traumatic it'd be for a Native person to watch this, but for colonized White people (not sure on the best wording-but once again, probably the majority of a Scorsese audience) it speaks to the fact that White America has looked away from the transgressions (too kind a word) against Native Peoples for too long. White America MUST confront the truth of our being here and the oppression that lives on today, especially in light of never actually acknowledging what we've done and do to make it so (and now the banning of Critical Race Theory in schools across the country). In some ways I feel like this is Marty saying, screw the crowd who complains about wokeness. I hope that the take away is new support for the Indigenous populations of the Americas of today. I found that last image to be uplifting. There is so much going on in our world as I write this that pertains to stolen land, revenge, and murder and this movie does not offer any solutions. The first step to restorative justice remains naming the issues and for that, I hold immense gratitude for this film.

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lserver362reviews · 6 months

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I came across "Hot Dr Pepper" (2012) [watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIRnM6s4GNo&t=27s] on Tumblr dot com probably in 2018 or so. I can't remember exactly when it was, it was probably late at night as I scroll this hellsite before hitting the hay, but I'll tell you what, I watched that video once and chuckled, then I watched it again, and again, then I showed it to everyone I know. The amount of people that associate me with Hot Dr Pepper (and chilled Dr Pepper) is a lot. I quote this video weekly and bring it up every chance I get. "Glass- glass- made of glass" In 2019, I received an unmarked package in the mail and it was two cut out ads (both of which are featured in the first Hot Dr Pepper video), which are currently hanging on my bedroom wall from a friend who moved half way across the country from me. I was Dr Pepper for Halloween in 2018. Maroon is my favorite color (coincidence?) so I have a lot of that colored clothing. I bought a Dr Pepper jean letterman-style jacket off of Depop and added the letters H-O-T above the logo on the back so it references this video in 2021. This video has become a core personality trait, I hope I've made that clear here. From 2021 to 2022 I watched every Brendan Fraser movie, I was absolutely rocked when Hot Dr Pepper made an appearance in Blast From the Past (1999). I still have the clip on my phone (and I don't keep media on my cell phone) because I recorded my screen so I could send it to all my friends and family. To my knowledge it is the only movie that references this beverage in this way (but I am still on the look-out). I brought Dr Pepper Strawberries and Cream to my workplace pot luck this year. I've put Dr Pepper in Jell-o! My favorite comedian, James Acaster, did a great bit on Dr Pepper in 2017 (if not earlier)-which I tweeted him about (and he liked it, mind you), and now my second favorite comedian, Joe Pera, has a bit on Dr Pepper, BUT this is truly my personal Return of the King. I never expected to see a sequel/redux/anniversary edition. The updated images, the aged-up presenter, the popping lemon. I needed to add the link to something and just happened to see it. Just masterful, heart warming, and cup filling. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SwB59TkWqg

"A little carbonation, and I'll see you next time"

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lserver362reviews · 8 months

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My heart! Toula and Ian are still absolute couple goals! I could watch them lean on each other in various locations all day. There wasn't quite enough for Ian to do, although I loved seeing him with the monk. I am convinced John Corbett came up with the idea to imitate the rooster in that one very brief shot. This movie packed so much in (maybe too much) but I laughed, I cried, and I recognized places I've been. I loved how much Nick got in this! I found Paris' college storyline the least compelling, but I enjoyed her character in this new setting. Nonbinary disaster gay Victory is an icon. I feel like this movie really shows an evolution where our characters are less tropey and deeper. What a beautiful nod to immigrants, the impact of war, and the sharing of culture, as well as grief and seeing parents age. Beautiful stuff. There are movies that I consider mine, as in no one recommended them to me or showed me them, but I fell in love with them on cable. These titles include You've Got Mail, Music & Lyrics, and of course, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, even though I was definitely too young to be the intended audience. I only watched the sequel to My Big Fat Greek Wedding after my local FYE went out of business and I got the DVD BluRay combo pack for maybe $10 tops. It had come out while I was in college and I was jaded that a sequel even existed. But it got me hook, line, and sinker when I did sit down and watch it. I figured that this third installment might surprise me in a similar way, and I was right! I was very scared by the poster as it looks just wretched and I had seen some people online say it was a flop, and there were only three other people in my screening, but I was just thrilled to be seeing some of my favorite characters on the big screen for the first time. Going opening weekend was important to me. The heart that these films have-and that's what matter to them-is unmatched. Nia Vardalos is my Greta Gerwig. If you didn't have fun, I don't know what to tell you! Σωπα!

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