#happy evermore szn

[crowdvscritic]

round up // OCTOBER 22

My shortest Round Up yet? My shortest Round Up yet! I spent most of October celebrating fall by rewatching Gilmore Girls and celebrating Spooky SZN by rewatching Halloween favorites and all of Stranger Things (which inspired me to compile a list of every inspiration for and reference on the series in a list on Letterboxd). But a few new movies, SNL skits, and songs caught my attention this month. Here they in the order I experienced them: 

October Crowd-Pleasers

1. SNL is back! 

With a new logo and opening credits to boot. These skits made me laugh most in the last month:

“ManningCast Cold Open” (4801 with Miles Teller)

“Please Don't Destroy - Tommy” (4802 with Brendan Gleeson)

“Weekend Update: Marcello Hernández on the MLB Playoffs” (4802)

“Joker Wedding” (4804 with Jack Harlow)

“Weekend Update: Drunk Uncle on Why He Hates Halloween” (4804)

“David Pumpkins Returns” (4804)

“Kanye Skechers Commercial” (4804)

2. Ticket to Paradise (2022)

Without underselling the effort needed to make an easy, breezy, beautifully simple film like this appear effortless, Ticket to Paradise had a lower threshold for success: With George Clooney and Julia Roberts above the title, It really just needs to not mess that up. Paradise may not be as clever as a Howard Hawks romp, but it’s just as feel-good as his classics and just as worthy of Roberts’s canon as her Garry Marshall collabs. Read my full review for ZekeFilm. Crowd: 9/10 // Critic: 7/10

3. Midnights by Taylor Swift (2022)

In the most predictable news of 2022, Taylor Swift made another great album! I enjoyed the characters and stories on reputation, folklore, and evermore, but the return to confessional songwriting feels like finding homeostasis after the sonic experiments of her previous four albums and two re-relesases. Even though this album leans into a minimalist electronic vibe-y pop like Lana Del Rey, Lorde, The 1975, and Bleachers, many of the songs feel like throwbacks to Fearless, Speak Now, and Red. (Makes me wonder if she held on to these songs for years.) “Sweet Nothing” sounds like curling up with a blanket next to a fire, “Question…?” makes me feel 19 again, and “Anti-Hero” reminds me of Stephen King’s advice to use stronger nouns and verbs instead of adverbs. (Please don’t @ me with your feedback on my opportunities for development here.) With plenty of jams and sharp lyrics, Midnights has a cohesive sound like 1989 with the poetry I wish 1989 had.

4. Black Adam (2022)

Saying Black Adam is one of DC’s better superhero movies isn’t saying much. Like Wonder Woman 1984, Black Adam is a fun watch in the moment but fares less well upon further reflection. It’s trying to be two movies, and only one of them is working, though fortunately, it’s the one I paid to see. Read my full review at ZekeFilm. Crowd: 8/10 // Critic: 6/10

October Critic Picks

1. Amsterdam (2022)

At times this feels like a loose collection of episodes, and in some scenes I wasn’t sure if the slack-laden thread would hold it all together. But I don’t trust every film’s architect like I do David O. Russell. Grounding it all together is a reckless hope we can make beautiful things out of a grotesque world. I’ve had my share of cynicism in the last few years, and I’m happy to welcome back movies as sumptuous and sentimental as this one. Read my full review at ZekeFilm. Crowd: 8/10 // Critic: 9/10

2. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

I tried 12 new movies for Spooky SZN this year, but this alien maybe-invasion classic is the only one in this Round Up. If you love the Spielberg wonder face, Close Encounters may be the peak example. Richard Dreyfuss, Melinda Dillon, François Truffaut, and more keep looking awestruck at the sky when U.F.O. after U.F.O. appears and they feel compelled to follow the lights. (Spoiler alert!) There’s a darker reading of this film that interprets Dreyfuss’s obsession as a preference to be abducted by aliens instead of spending time with his family, but I’m choosing to focus on his desire to uncover the unknown. (End spoiler alert.) Crowd: 8/10 // Critic: 9/10

3. Sofia Coppola on Instagram

Another one of my queens has entered my feed! She has been sharing inspiration and behind-the-scenes shots of her new biopic about Priscilla Presley, plus a playlist she curated for getting the set ready for the day. I feel smarter and cooler and every time she posts.

4. Un Homme et une Femme (1966)

Widowed single parents meet when their children attend boarding school together. She works in the movies, he drives a racecar. This French New Wave film shows them opening back up to love through montage, and it just might be a montage of you falling in love with this story, too. Crowd: 8/10 // Critic: 10/10

Also this October…

On SO IT’S A SHOW? ep. 130, Kyla and I watched a George Clooney double feature in honor of Ticket to Paradise. First up is the 2002 sci-fi drama Solaris, in which Clooney is investigating some weird behavior in outer space, and then it’s the 2005 journalism docudrama Good Night, and Good Luck., in which Clooney is investigating some un-American behavior in the newsroom. What is the story of Solaris? Which famous journalist is Paris comparing herself to? What did audiences and critics think of these movies? And did the Oscar buzz get to George Clooney?

At ZekeFilm, we all checked out movies from the 1980s that we’d missed until now. For me, it meant writing almost 800 words with 8 reasons and 60+ examples of why the ‘80s were totally, tubular-ly awesome for the movies.

#Round Up #SNL #Saturday Night Live #Amsterdam #Ticket to Paradise #Black Adam #Sofia Coppola #Taylor Swift #Midnights #Midnights Taylor Swift #Close Encounters of the Third Kind #Un Homme et une Femme #A Man and a Woman

[celestie0]

i love that i could understand gojo, yayyy!!! oh my, there are only a few reads that i’m looking forward too; next week’s jjk manga release, kickoff, the recent fic that you’ve teased. yep! thats the list.

i wont spoil which chap it’ll be but im alr so curious how you will receive it dear reader given how deeply youve given his character thought 🫶🏼💕

this makes me so curios, you don’t understand. i’m eager enough to invent a time machine, though idk if ill go back and experience reading kickoff for the first time all over again, or read the next chapters. super confused, i’ll probably experience it for the first time once more and them edge myself for the next releases.

you’re a folklore/evermore girlie too? SAME WOMAN SAME!!! my favourite songs ever are cardigan and august, oh and i very religiously vibe over you’re on your own kid and innocent, what are your favourites?

i actually enjoy the dynamic between gojo and his father so much, it makes me sniffle and giggle all the same. such a good man, papa gojo was 🫶🏻 i hardly ever find myself connecting with any sort of fatherly dynamic in fics unless its kafka’s father, but damn you wrote papa gojo so sweet and heartfelt that i break down :((( i really want more of him! he makes me feel what my own didn’t.

it’s absolutely adorable how much passionate reader is about her career, and it never ceases to amaze me how much dedication she has towards filmmaking, it’s hard to find such passion in today’s fast paced world, only a few can see their dreams to the end. also gojo’s relationship with soccer and how it originated? hands down the most heart-wrenchingly beautiful thing i know of.

they both need each other, and i need my own kickoff gojo, gonna manifest him for myself. (runs to her abracadabra-zoobiee-zoobaa-hoo-haa-room.)

THANK YOU AGAIN SM FOR YOUR WORDS I HAVE SM FUN TALKING AB KICKOFF W YOU omg its got me out here emotionallll. that’s so lovely you write poems my dear i could TELL honestly haha you have such a breathtaking way w words n deliberation

aww love, lots of warm hugs and fuzzies for you!!! your words uplift me so much, they make my entire day, like thank you so much!!!! you’re the sweetest ever ❤️

also im sorry for such late response, i haven’t been doing well the past couple days.

🫶🏼💌

the fact you’re looking forward to my works that much makes my heart feel so full 😭💕 thanks lovely. AND NOT THE TIME MACHINE HAHHA i’m screaminggg ur too flattering skskdjdhdhd

OMG cardigan is one of my absolute favesss pls. i also love exile, betty, tis the damn szn & rwylm. yoyok is sooo good def my fav off midnights ahh. i also adore red album in general i love her acoustic sounds. atw ten min is my FAVE SONG OF HERS. are you excited for tortured poets dept?? 🫣

ouuu im happy you love papa gojo 🥺 i got butterflies when i was writing ab how he met gojo’s mother haha it’s a love story i want so bad 💕 there will def be more of him, mostly in gojo’s last pov chap i’m super excited to explore more of himm. i’m glad you’ve connected w him :”)

plsss you’re so real haha i’m manifesting a kickoff gojo for you (version of him once he’s gotten past his commitment issues tho LOL)🕯️ you deserve ittt.

no worries dear i’m sorry you’re not feeling well still 😭 is it like a fever now? i really hope you feel better!! i’ll be thinking of you

#asks #kickoff

[neoswift]

happy salt air and the rust on your door szn besties 🫰🏼

sino pinaka-august coded sa dreamies and why is it jaemin (hes very folklore/evermore coded actually 😭) HAHAHAHAHA

#daldal ni roni! #Spotify

[taylorswiftstylequestions]

Happy evermore season! God I’ve been through it with this album. When it first came out, I was not in the right headspace to listen to a lot of the songs. Now I’ve done some healing, I can now listen to evermore and just enjoy it as the masterpiece it is. It’s honestly my favourite Taylor album now, and I would get “this pain wouldn’t be for evermore” tattooed on me because !!! So real.

This fills me w so much peace and love for this album and those who enjoy it.

#HAPPY EVERMORE SZN BABY BUTTONS

[alltoolauren]

y’all it’s almost evermore’s birthday… my baby girl

#evermore #happy almost one year since that masterpiece #haven’t been the same since #obsessed with her #my everything #not even being dramatic #it’s her szn #taylor swift #love u #text

[enragedbisexual]

for the evermore-themed asks, gold rush, 'tis the damn season, and evermore :)))

omg thank u sm 4 asking 🥺❣️

🏆 gold rush: do u have a crush on anyone atm?

- yes i do hehe i have a few actually ! i am known 4 crushing on everyone ,, like a clown ,,,,

🎄 ‘tis the damn season: what’s ur favorite szn & y?

- 100% summer !! no school ,, the sun stays out so long [ unlike now where it leaves @ 4 pm & makes me wanna kms ] ,, the vibes r jus. immaculate. going swimming @ night ,, seeing friends u haven’t seen in a while bc the yr got busy. summer songs !! lemonade ,, popsicles ,, ice cream ?? all hit different when it’s summer ,, esp in vegas. anyway yeah i love it !! <3

❄️ evermore: talk abt ur favorite memory

- o gosh i have tons ! this came 2 mind rite away tho so here goes: the day me n my sis [ hi @incrediblesmoak ] went 2 see my favorite band ,, mayday parade ,, & we got 2 the venue early so we could search 4 m&g tickets that the band had hidden ?? & we didn’t find them ,, which was totally cool bc i was jus happy 2 be there ,, right ,, except the fans who did find them already had m&g’s !! so by some wild stroke of luck they decided 2 give them 2 us ,, & i got 2 meet some of my favorite ppl in the world & tell them how much they mean 2 me :’) + the concert itself was so lovely aaa i definitely cried SKJDJD

#asks #i had a lot of fun w this #is it unnecessarily long ? yes #but i rarely get asks so i went 4 it ok !! #evermore #mayday parade