I know I'm late to the party.... but I just watched Power of the Dog and oh my goodness!
First of all, everyone's acting is incredible! Kodi, Kristin Dunst, Jesse Plemons, even the background characters are impeccably acted.
The music, the scenery, the cinematic filming style- it's all just so good. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it!!
Nobody was better than anybody else, but I'm going to focus on Benedict because I'm biased. 😂
We all know that Benny can act, but he exceeded himself in Power of the Dog. The emotions are so raw and honest, that I found myself crying and laughing along with him. He gives such depth and complexity to his character. Yes, Phil is a hateful and manipulative man, but he is also broken and traumatized.
For those that haven't seen it, imagine the emotions and complexity of Doctor Strange x100. Here are just a few minuscule expressions I found incredible:
And the accent! If I didn't know Benedict was British, I would think this was his natural accent. As someone that lives in Texas, I have never found the southern accent charming, but when he does it... *chefs kiss*. His accent in PotD is more southern than mine. 😂
How he didn't get the Oscar, I don't freaking know. Maybe soon, if the academy can get their act together, he'll finally get one. He deserves it!!
"She was drunk! Pie-eyed, she was smashed! I think you'd know from the books your pa left you, that your ma's got... . uhhh whatchamacallit alcoholic personality? It comes under the letter A!"
Pedro Pascal also kinda looks like Fassbinder. So there is that.
(I still kinda wish Jake was Michael Fassbender. But hey, at least I have The Forest From the Trees to write).
Also, I wonder if Almodóvar watched Slow West or not. Maybe not, but the big coincidence of Silas/Jay and Silva/Jake continues to tickle my brain (as well as the actor playing Jay being in The Power of the Dog).
Put them together and The Road (2009), A Quiet Place (2018), and Bird Box (2018) form a genre I like to call "parenting at the end of the world sucks."
spooky tuesday is a (now not so new!) podcast where we’re breaking down all of our favorite slashers, thrillers, monster movies and black comedies on the new scariest day of the week.
we'd say we didn't know how badly we needed paranorman (2012) on our spooky tuesday pride month lineup until we saw it, but sydney definitely did. with everything going on in today's ~~political climate~~ (and despite this movie being a decade old), the stop-motion masterpiece feels more timely than ever. it's not just that it was the first animated film to feature a canonically queer character, although it totally was, just fyi. it's also that the whole story challenges viewers to put their money where their mouth is when it comes to the central message that it's ok to be different. if you still need convincing, we'll go ahead and say this: it's cozy horror, babes. haven't you heard that's all the rage?
give spooky tuesday a listen on apple podcasts, spotify, iheart radio, or stitcher