#Please go see it

[ladyoftherocks]

#drive away dolls #please go see it

[still-a-dreamer-even-now]

I cannot believe Jaime studied law in GOTHAM bro picked the MOST crime-ridden city to study LAW in

Like can you imagine the case studies

“How would you prosecute Joker’s newest scheme?”

“Is this a federal or a state offense?”

“Please give me a fifty page minimum assessment on the functionality of Arkham Asylum.”

“You are defending a case and the Riddler decides to make the courthouse into an escape room. What do you do?”

Like the concept is SO funny to me

#jaime reyes #blue beetle #blue beetle spoilers #<- not really but just in case #gotham #gotham law #i love him your honor #he’s my little guy #you guys dont understand how excited i was when i heard they were making a blue beetle film #i was so scared too though #but it’s SO good #please go see it

[j3llyf1shdust]

my part of an art trade/collaboration with @littletrash1027 !! They gave me their lovely sketch if my boi and I rendered it in my style (and vice versa)

You can see the other part of the trade/collab here!!

#art trade #art collab #my art #that sonadow fusion I made #digital art #yeah idk #sonic the hedgehog #shadow the hedgehog #sonadow #sonic au #oc art #art mutuals #we are gaming chat #please go see it #support them

[yukipri]

You can add another to the list of people you've inspired to see Godzilla Minus One. I finally got to see it last night, and it was my first ever Godzilla film. Tbh, the genre has never super interested me, but seeing someone who I respect praise it so much, I had to give it a go. And boy, am I glad I did. I felt so much through all the scenes depicting PTSD, Kamiki Ryunosuke truly did so well in it, and it had me grinning and crying happy tears in the end. Phenomenal. If it doesn't win some awards (particularly Kamiki's performance, I will state again he was *fantastic*) I will be very upset on their behalf.

AHHH Thank you so much for sending this!! I'm ECSTATIC that you went to see Godzilla Minus One, and deeply humbled that you trusted my opinion on it.

It's truly...it feels so weird to say it, but almost a comfort movie?? Like its premise is so bleak, it really doesn't shy away from the true horrors of war and post-war, so you'd think it's dark and depressing. And yet, every time I've seen it, I leave the theater feeling so hopeful, even when coming back to this bleak world we live in irl rn.

This definitely isn't the only Godzilla movie I've watched, but by no means am I deep into the franchise. In fact, the past times I'd seen Godzilla were in academic settings discussing post-war Japan, since Godzilla has always been symbolic of that. The point of which being, as you experienced, you in no way need to have seen any other Godzilla film or even be familiar with the kaiju genre to enjoy it!

Kamiki truly was a phenomenal lead, but as I've mentioned in my other posts, every single actor and character was incredible. I'm glad they were nominated for one Oscar (VFX, though they should've been nominated for more tbh), and just. Last year there were a number of fantastic films that I really enjoyed. But none of them really shook me to the core as much as Godzilla Minus One.

ANYWAY, your ask came at the perfect time for me to mention that it's back in theaters in North America for just one week, for them to show the black 'n white version! Mum saw it in Japan and said that it added a whole 'nother flavor to it, making it seem like it was made in the era it's set in! I think the official dates are January 26~Feb 1, 2024, but my theater it's January 25~31st. If you haven't seen it yet, definitely give it a chance! You won't regret it.

❀ ❀ Send YukiPri an Ask! ❀ ❀

#Godzilla Minus One #YukiPri replies #Anonymous #please go see it #i'm going to see the bw version myself next week

[dreamspelunker]

A Case for Disney’s “Strange World”

No one seems to know anything about this movie. I didn’t before I saw it yesterday. I went to the movies on a whim and chose this one because the pickings were a bit slim and this one looked like the best out of the bunch.

Guys. This movie is good.

Disney has done this film real dirty by not marketing it properly. I mean, it probably won’t ever take over the world by storm like Encanto did, but it deserves better than what it’s getting. As I said on my Twitter, it is 100% a stunningly beautiful solarpunk film and everyone needs to go see it.

Here’s a brief synopsis since the trailer was garbage and no one saw it anyway:

***The Spoiler-Free Zone***

The story mostly focuses on Searcher, the son of famous explorer Jaeger Clade whose mission in life is to find a passage over the impassable mountains that surrounds their community of Avalonia. While on an expedition to try and scale the peaks, Searcher finds Pando, a mysterious plant that generates a renewable source of electricity. Searcher, tired of exploring and wanting to quit the life, takes the Pando back to Avalonia. Jaeger, still determined to find a way through the mountains, keeps going alone, never to return.

25 years later, Pando has transformed Avalonia into a bustling sci-fi uptopia. Searcher is renowned for having discovered Pando, and now lives a quiet life growing Pando crops with his wife and teenage son. One day, however, the Pando starts dying. In search of a cure, one of Jaeger’s former crew comes to Searcher asking for his help to lead an expedition down underground to figure out what’s killing it and save the society they’ve built with it.

If that sounds like a movie you’d like to see, stop reading now and go see it. Because from here, I’ll be busting out spoilers to talk about themes and why this movie is solarpunk. So I’ll be writing as if you, dear reader, have seen the film.

***The Spoiler Zone***

First of all, this movie is goddamn gorgeous. I really liked the opening comic-panel sequence and all, but I fell in love with the visuals once the story opened up and began showing us Searcher’s farm and Avalonia. Aesthetically, this is about as solarpunk as you can get. Art nouveau-inspired stained glass windows, visible mending on clothes, and really cool-looking tech that’s not at all in conflict with its environment.

That’s not even touching on the world inside Avalonia. I loved the shades of pinks and purples. And the creature design! Absolute chef’s kiss. That whole part of the movie reminded me of this one book I’ve read called ‘Expedition’ by Wayne Douglas Barlowe, which is just about exploring the ecosystem of alien life-forms on a planet called Darwin IV. It’s mostly a collection of really detailed sci-fi paintings of alien creatures. Fantastic stuff. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if someone at the Disney studio had a copy and passed it around for inspiration during production.

In terms of the characters, i thought everyone was engaging and all the voice actors gave really good performances. I really liked Jaeger in particular (yes, he comes back, of course), but all three of the main characters were really well developed.

But, of course, there is The Gay Character. We all know about HIM.

I kid, I kid, I capitalize with irony. They did a good job with him, actually.

I’ve seen a lot of people on Twitter respond to the idea of Ethan Clade with a very cynical shrug without having seen the movie. I have to say, I think people would be genuinely pleased with his portrayal if they gave the movie a chance. There’s no goofy wink-wink LeFou-ing about here. He’s a main character throughout the movie, his love interest is presented upfront with sincerity, and everyone within the world accepts it as normal. He’s not fighting anyone to be gay or trying to hide it, nor is it his one defining trait. He just has a crush on a dude and his dad embarrasses him a bit in front of him. Normal teenage stuff. His character arc is about sorting out his identify in relation to his family, especially his dad. Being gay literally has nothing to do with his character any more than his mom and dad being straight. Which is how it should be.

The story is a fun ride. It’s really well-paced. I was never bored, personally. There are some really great action scenes, some cute comedy with a three-legged dog and a goo creature called Splat, and the emotional beats all made sense with the characters and moved the story forward. It has a lot of qualities that reminded me of Up! and some parts of The Incredibles without directly being a rip-off of either of those. It’s its own thing, and I look forward to being able to watch it again on DVD/streaming.

***I know some of you kept reading anyway so for real, this is where I’m about to get into True Spoilers so save yourselves now y’allllllll***

Ultimately, this is a movie about legacy. Specifically, the legacy we want to leave our children (i.e. those who will come after us). I love the way this movie manages to take the existential crisis we face now in our blessed, beautiful world and condense it into a story where that issue of legacy, of our priorities, and of who we want to be is made clear.

Jaeger Clade is the society that brought us to where we are now. He’s a loud, brash, bush-whacking old man who’s driven to overcome obstacles. Searcher Clade is us now. Not looking to conquer for conquering’s sake, but complacent and only interested in continuing the status quo. He’s proud of what he’s made and sees no reason to change. Ethan Clade is who we should want to be. Someone looking for a third option, who wants to co-exist with the world around them, and be curious without being destructive.

These three outlooks correlate directly to the reveal that Avalonia is actually a living creature, and Pando is a disease that is literally wrapped around the living, beating heart of their world and slowly killing it. It was Jaeger’s drive to explore that led to the discovery of Pando. Searcher was unintentionally making the problem worse by growing more and more Pando to fuel their society. And throughout the movie, everyone is working together to save Pando, and it’s Ethan alone who tries to get them to stop and think more about what they’re looking at, and that things might not be as simple and straight-forward as they appear.

And this is why I think this movie is solarpunk, and not just aesthetically. Obviously, there are direct parallels to our use of fossil fuels, but I think it’s important that in the universe of Strange World, Pando is not an obvious poison or something they have to destructively mine to get. It’s a plant. Something that appears so innocuous at first, but under the surface, grows into a huge, overwhelming problem. No one is an evil bad guy looking to make profit off Pando or keep on destroying the world because it makes them money to do so. Everyone in the movie does what they do because they think they’re doing the right thing. What is the right and wrong answer isn’t always clear, and rather than being a result of them being outright evil, it’s just because they don’t fully understand the consequences.

While I was in the theater watching this, I thought about the Himalayan blackberries that have taken over the Pacific Northwest. It was introduced in the late 1800s by a botanist named Luther Burbank. He prized it for how much produce one blackberry bush could make in a single season, as opposed to the native blackberries that made smaller berries in smaller quantities. His intent was genuinely for the good. He wanted to propagate a crop that could accessibly feed the growing urban areas of the PNW. Create a food forest, in a sense. He sold the seeds because it was easy to grow and would feed people.

Obviously, it’s not bad to want to feed people. But now the damn plant has invested everything, and while the berries are still very much edible (and people do still eat them), it’s also created impenetrable thickets that kill everything around them and interfere with the ability of wildlife to get around. It got out of control. Even though the intent was meant well, the outcome created a problem that is now essentially impossible to overcome. People try anyway, because we have to, but the odds are not in our favor.

Solarpunk isn’t about growing more plants or having more trees in our cities or building solar panels and wind farms everywhere. Well, it’s not JUST that. Of course those things are good things, but every solution offered needs the proper context to work. And that’s the real nature of the movement, right? It’s finding solutions that lead to the best outcomes for everyone. Being invested in our world, learning about it, falling in love with it, discovering the intricacies of how everything is interconnected and how we fit into that. Everything we do will have inevitable impacts on everything around us, but what those impacts are can change radically depending on how carefully we consider our actions. We know we have to change. The question is, how do we change? How do we change for everyone?

And that is the ending message of the film. The heroes choose to save Avalonia. They destroy the Pando, knowing that it means they can’t have their society the way it was anymore. They choose that, because it is right to do. And the movie ends with the resilience of humanity as they come together and try to find a different solution to build their society on, the third solution of people like Ethan Clade who bring together the bravery and curiosity of Jaeger with the steadfastness and dedication of Searcher, and create a world that’s built on understanding and co-existence. In a world that constantly feels like it could teeter over at any minute, that’s a beautiful message to see in a goddamn Disney film.

P.S. I just want to say before I go that I really really really want Ethan’s boyfriend’s sweater. When you see it, you’ll understand, but I NEED the sweater in my life more than air.

#strange world #solarpunk #movie review #novel-length post #disney #this film was done dirty #please go see it #you'll have fun i promise

[rose-of-gabriel]

#so i saw elemental #guys it’s so good #please go see it #elemental #pixar elemental #disney

[our-marvel-universe]

Ok I know a lot of us are kind of burnt out of Marvel. They've put out so much since Endgame it's hard to keep up or get invested or even care at this point honestly...

But I beg of you Please PLEASE go see the Marvels. Y'all it is SOOO GOOD. It is fun and cute and just an all around good time I loved it so much and it made me so happy I have nothing but rave reviews for it.

Plus it is a female led action movie with a female director and if it doesn't do well we know who those Disney/Marcel execs are going blame it on 🙃

So yeah go see The Marvels it's fantastic

#the marvels #The Marvels review #please go see it #its so good #positive reviews

[forasecondtherewedwon]

Holy FUCK. They made a better Top Gun. They made the best sequel movie I’ve ever seen. They made my new favourite movie, and possibly the best movie of all time.

#Top Gun: Maverick #just got home from the theatre and I'm ready to scream about how incredible this movie was #seriously do not think I'm overstating this #please go see it

[messy-di-voce]

Growing up, I wanted to live where the Barbies are because the movie made me want to be a fairy

As a grown up, I want to live where the Barbies are because the movie made me feel connected to womanhood in a way I’ve never felt before

#Barbie #barbie movie #womanhood #feminism #god this movie is so good #please go see it

[whimhaven]

i still have not emotionally recovered from seeing guardians of the galaxy 3 last night 😔

#shanna.txt #i have gotg3 brainrot rn #deadass cried on 5 separate scenes #please go see it

[mrenickma]

"Children of God are not for sale."

#sound of freedom #this movie #was amazing #please go see it

[genderless-girl]

I saw the movie "The Whale" yesterday and wow- it was amazing ! I value the relationship with my father so much. And to see that dynamic on screen, acted out so well...made me tear up lol.

Also, I love movies based off of plays. I feel like actors do too. The writing seems to be much better (obv) and the lack of setting changes is nice. Everything in that movie was a character. The apartment, the door, his couch...everything!

#please go see it #the whale #think piece

[marble-guts]

the fact that our shitposting got morbius back in theaters across the country is just spectacular

#.txt #please go see it #morbius #morbius discord

[brgrchld]

spoilers for the movie under read more

thank you loren for confirming my headcanon of louise reading during recess (yes it was a manga but that still counts)

i don’t think louise was upset about being called a baby, it was more so the fact that chloe was calling her a baby because of her ears

no because louise being scared of height, the dark and small spaces means so much to me

also why they have to make her choke on the dead guys teeth what the fuck was that!! AND THEN SHE BRAGGED ABOUT IT THE NEXT DAY LIKE IT WAS NOTHING.

the way the louise was visibly annoyed anytime someone said the word ‘baby’ or when someone tried babying her

amazing songs. all of them. i can’t wait for the movie’s soundtrack

no because why is mr fischoeder’s family always trying to kill the belchers. his cousin literally shoved the family into the hole and BURIED THEM ALIVE WHAT THE FUCK

FUCKING!! LOUISE REMINDS BOB OF HIS MOM IM CRYING!! NO WONDER SHE’S HIS FAVORITE /j

i’m also really pleased with louise’s character growth here, like the whole time she thought she had gotten the ears because she assumed she was scared her first day of pre school and it turned out that wasn’t even the case! she was fine her first day! it was just her relying so much on the ears when things got scary. i think she still relies on them it’s just less. it’s not a big deal if she’s not wearing them and i love that (i’ll talk more about this later because ahh!! i loved her arc so much)

also im really relieved they didn’t show us louise without her ears, i was worried they were gonna pull that

THE KID’S BAND PLAYING ON THE BANDSHELL HAD ME CRYING!! IT WAS SO CUTE

#ooc — *𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪'𝘮 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘵* #anyway #it was great movie overall #please go see it

[daincrediblegg]

OK THIS IS NOT A FUCKING DRILL EVERYONE FUCKING REPEAT AFTER ME. THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL DO WHEN YOU WATCH MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL THIS YEAR:

You will navigate to the page on disney plus (and it has to be here. Unless someone has actually uploaded the REAL movie anywhere else you cannot get it elsewhere)

BUT YOU WILL NOT HIT PLAY. You won’t do it. Because it’s NOT THE REAL VERSION OF THE FILM AND DISNEY IS FUCKING LYING TO YOU AS IT ALWAYS DOES

You will scroll down HERE. To EXTRAS instead. You MUST GO HERE. This is non -negotiable

THEN YOU WILL SCROLL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE EXTRAS AND YOU WILL THEN HIT PLAY ON THIS BAD BOY: THE FULL LENGTH VERSION

And you will watch it. And you will thank me for having been so blind and led astray by that stupid fucking mouse. You’re welcome.

#I’m so mad everyone I’m sorry I’m going to make sure EVERYONE sees the proper version of mcc this year or die trying #literally this song is so important to the narrative and the film is so fucking hollow without it #if you grew up with disney’s bullshit version and thought it was good WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THIS SHIT #please. please watch the REAL version of this film. it means a lot to me ok #the muppet christmas carol #for the love of god please people

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Must be a Sugondese joke.

#dungeon meshi #chilchuck tims #laios touden #senshi #Looks like I won't be able to post this on dungeon meshi thursday so instead I will have a fun past/future conversation #This is wednesday me who has not seen the episode yet but I have such a strong feeling that it is going to be extremely special. #*This* fight is what the first arc has been building up to and it has *so* many incredible moments. #We're going to see the chilchuck knife throw! The leg sacrifice! The bones! #Watch them ramp up the quality this episode and go wild with the frantic action of 'oh god our plan is going to shit'. #Hello. Me of the future who just watched the episode. #I knew it was going to be good but that...that blew my mind completely. My high expectations were beyond met. My god. #I'm just speechless at how well they handled everything. The leg. The tension. That ENDING. #If you have not already: PLEASE watch Dungeon Meshi.