Monster House

- that "girl house" line took me the fuck out 🤣🤣🤣

The Women

- still one of my favorite pieces for dialogue--so damned sharp. - and i was really glad to show my mom this one. she loves it like i do.

High and Low

The School Is Watching

Treasure Planet

Perfect Blue

Sanjuro

Egúngún (Masquerade)

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

- i think if this wasn't a mummy movie, and it was its own thing with the focus on zi yuan against emperor han, i would've fucked with it a lot more--especially if it was done right. - because, baybee, if you're giving me michelle yeoh, jet li, and anthony wong in one film, i'm here. their involvement had me more excited than the damn movie itself. - but really, i didn't care about the idea of a third mummy. i could've stopped at one, and been completely content, but i didn't. - it was okay. wasn't my thing, but it was okay. still enjoy the characters off of nostalgia, but that was kinda it. 🤷🏿‍♂️

Invisible

Winter Star

Longlegs

- whew. - boy. - first of all, i loved it. the performances, the astounding atmosphere and its thick air of dread. this is my first maika monroe film, and her as lee gave me near levels of anxiety as florence pugh's performance in midsommar (2019). alicia witt, good lord. - and nicolas cage. my favorite role from him thus far. - secondly, and finally, i wasn't prepared for it, and that was phenomenal. it shook me up, and i knew it as soon as i stepped outside. - i'm definitely owning it. - but i'm watching it sparingly.

John Wick

- i liked the dogs. 🤷🏿‍♂️

Gretel & Hansel

- outside of the cinematography, i was left pretty underwhelmed by this one. - the writing and the scoring kept me out of it. 😕

The Flintstones

The Prince of Egypt

- first, i want to thank my friend, cc, for bringing the film back to my radar with their logging of it. i'd been meaning to rewatch it for so long, but something about seeing it on my main page one day put a pep in my step. - secondly, while i am not a religious person--while growing up in a christian background--i understand and appreciate the good that comes from those steeped in their faith, and i thank my parents for the love they've exhibited in my life and the lives of other people. - i've always loved this movie. - the last time i watched it was through my vhs copy, as a child. and i was fortunate enough to see it during its initial theater release. - as an adult, i'm as astounded as i was when i first saw it--if not more. it's still an amazing work, but i also noticed more of how absolutely intense and terrifying it is. - one thing that's turned me away from religion, is how manmade it feels to me, how power dynamics and personal biases change essential concepts, such as love, trust, selflessness, that is often mentioned in turn with things that seem to contradict these aspects. - the contradictions didn't take center stage in my mind when watching the film, but while a major plot point is the freeing of the hebrews, there's also this power play between the institution of egypt, its pharaohs, its traditions and the hebrew god. which, in turn, greatly affects the plot that i've always been the most interested in: the brotherhood of moses and rameses. - it's sad. - and part of what makes things more apparent, especially seeing it as an adult, is that rameses held on to that "weak link in the chain" comment and mentality for so long, that i think it put an unbearable pressure on him, even moreso when he becomes pharaoh. and ralph fiennes does such a phenomenal job just showing what rameses is going through, even when not outwardly telling us. you hear so much weight in his words. - i find the more i think about this film, the more i believe i can go on and on about it. i won't go much longer, but one other thing that stuck with me this viewing was this: - as a widely-marketed, faith-based animated film, from a big studio--something that i don't think i would've witnessed in 1998--it would've been so cool if the characters were portrayed by people of color.

Skinwalkers

Yojimbo

Fourth Period Swimming Class

The House of Loss

- oh, my god.