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gatorinator · 2 years

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Ok so I just saw an early screening of The Batman and I, as someone who has only seen Batman v Superman and Lego Batman (literally that’s it that’s all my Batman info) am now going to share my thoughts with the class (NOT SPOILERS!!).

This movie was good.

This was a good movie. I don’t go crazy about movies that are like “ooo dark and gritty, it’s hard to see stuff, what if people were mean and the world sucked”. I thought Batman v Superman was boring as HECK. Tbh I expected to be mildly bored in this movie. I don’t know much about Batman, I don’t care about Robert Patterson, the only reason I went was to spend time with my friend. But I will say that THIS is how you do a “gritty, realistic movie”. THIS is how you keep me entertained.

I could simply rave about the reality of it. What I mean is not that it was crazy realistic, but that things had weight. Batman had to fling his cape around several times when he would turn fast. One guy pulled on the cape to try and stop him. His cape fluttered as he rode his motorcycle—I literally started laughing so many times because of his cape. NOT because the movie had a “haha funny cape” moment. But because of how serious and real and there it was. It wasn’t some CGI floaty thin cape, it was real it was rubber and it sometimes got in the way.

Catgirl wears eyeshadow, when she’s catgirl (twinning with Batman). But it’s not perfect natural makeup, it’s bright gold and it’s smudged and messy a little bit, like how makeup gets when you wear it all day. Commissioner Gordon is a guy who’s just trying to do his job. The punches felt like punches, the cape felt like a cape.

The cinematography on this movie was incredible. There is an ending scene—holy flip it’s beautiful. The red is just, chefs kiss. I’m not crazy about scenes where it’s dark and it’s hard to see—but I will give an exception to this movie, simply because it did it so wonderfully.

Half the time this movie felt like an amazing comedy tbh. It’s not. Not at all. But it just took itself just seriously enough, but not too much, so that I would just start laughing. I don’t quite know how to describe it. There’s not quips, not many jokes, but man I think the writing really shined because there were just some genuinely funny moments that I really enjoyed.

I think the characters were brilliant. Robert Patterson really did a brilliant job of just being this deranged late 20 year old man wearing black eyeshadow and running around in a bat suit. Even when he was Bruce Wayne, he just doevotes everything into this idea of vengeance that clearly effects him as a person.

Anyways. I really liked this movie, like a lot. That’s all.

#the Batman #als reviews #when your friend gets the last two tickets to an early screening but they aren’t by eachother in the theatre #so you just sit on her lap the whole time whispering your thoughts and laughing about the cape #and the couple next to you is like ‘please move your gay butts somewhere else’#they did not actually say that but like 2/3rds of the way through the

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ahxiang · 3 years

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10 Dramas I Liked This Year

thank you to @hunginggrapes for tagging me! idk if this means dramas that i watched this year or that came out this year, so i decided to do the latter and only include completed ones! also, these are in no particular order. alright, here we go!

1. 30sai Made Dotei Dato Mahotsukai Ni Narerurashii

okay, i'm already making an exception to my completed 2020 dramas rule, abdkdgsk. but cherry magic ends tomorrow so close enough!! i love this drama, it has easily become my favorite one (and that's a very hard thing for me to decide, i'm hella indecisive). it's the perfect combination of fantasy and reality, with really good themes, fantastic acting, and high quality writing. it's one of the few bl dramas with no problematic elements and that actually depicts healthy relationships! i hold so much love for it.

2. I Told Sunset About You

what can i say about this one besides Wow. it was absolutely amazing. the characterization was fantastic, i felt like all the characters, even the minor ones, were complex and well thought out. itsay was also very artistic, the cinematography and locations were very impressive, as well as the acting. it felt so incredibly authentic and wonderfully portrayed some aspects of the queer experience.

3. Gaya Sa Pelikula

this one is very much on the same level as itsay in terms of authenticity, writing, production, and portrayal of the queer experience. juan miguel severo is an amazing playwright, jp habac is a great director, and pangpang are great actors. the fact that queer people worked on it was really apparent. it made me feel seen and seemed to tell me that everything was okay. the central message of the series was “we deserve a great love story”, along with other life experiences sometimes robbed from queer people. i recommend this show to everyone i can and talk about it a lot. it holds a very special place in my heart.

4. Oxygen

y’all know i love oxygen, especially sologui. so much so that i changed my url to sologui during its run. the fact that both protagonists were equally interested in each other from the start and were both very kind was a really nice and, quite frankly, refreshing thing to see. i also really liked that there was none of that “but we’re two men” “i don’t like men, i like him” bullshit. it was a very sweet show and a weekly serotonin boost i looked forward to.

5. 2gether / Still 2gether

i mean, obviously i have to include 2gether. it was so good! i weirdly don’t remember much from 2gether in detail, so i’m going to talk about still 2gether. it was so domestic and so sweet and everything i love. sarawatine are a very cute couple, especially since brightwin have great chemistry. it felt very warm and it made me laugh and smile the whole time. 2gether/still2gether honestly changed me and my standards for shows. and it’s the reason why i joined this fandom. i had seen many asian dramas and bls, but it wasn’t until 2gether that i got into the community around them.

6. My Engineer

some say that having four couples is too much, but i loved it! i was so invested in all of the storylines and thoroughly enjoyed them all. the romance was very sweet and it impressed me with how they handled some things, like the episode where they unlearn heteronormative relationship roles. i also really liked how focused on friendship this drama was. i am a huge fan of found family and my engineer did that very well. i especially liked how the two friend groups merged together and had so much complexity. my engineer twas *chef’s kiss*

7. Why R U

dang, i can not believe this was this year. seems so long ago. what to say about why r u? saifahzon were very cute, their interactions were very tender. as for torfight, wrow. i’m an ace lesbian so their scenes were a Bit Much for me, but i can’t deny that they were iconic as hell. their chemistry and tension was very well done.

8. YYY

oh, this crackhead show. i love it very much. it’s very funny and makes no sense and has a wonderful found family theme. i really don’t know what else to say about it because it’s so wild and i honestly don’t really know what i watched, abdkfgs. i just know that it’s very good and made me feel v happy.

9. Where Your Eyes Linger / Mr. Heart / Wish You

yes, these are three shows. but they’re made by the same people, all very short, and really just cut up movies. each one has something different that i like, so i don’t really know which one i enjoyed the best. wyel had great cinematography and a very compelling story. mr. heart was heartwarming (pun intended) and sweet. and wish you so far is also sweet and has a great soundtrack. i really enjoyed them, even if they were short and a bit weirdly paced. (the pacing is a lot better if you watch them as movies)

10. Gameboys / Hello, Stranger

sorry to group more shows together, but these two are very similar and i can’t decide which one i enjoyed more. they were both filmed mostly remotely during lockdown, which was so impressive. despite this, the production value was pretty good. the plotlines weren’t anything extraordinary, but they were very cute and very well executed. the acting was great, especially considering it was all over video calls! the soundtracks are also really good, i really liked the arrangement of kahit na along sabihin ng iba that jc and tony sang together. i’ve been listening to it on repeat all day.

so those were the 10 dramas i liked this year! i hope i did this tag right, abdkdg. i’ll tag @phukao @asianmelodrama @khaotungthanawat @sirksj @vihokratanas sorry if y’all have been tagged already! <3

#trinity rain gets tagged #that was fun!

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