I hope Martin Scorcese writes about Star Wars review.
I was in fourth grade when Batman TAS released "Heart of Ice" and showed that a bad guy could acutally be RIGHT, and justified in his actions despite their illegality. And then X-men put out "Slave Island" their Genosha arc, and blew my little brain apart. Human slavery! Holy shit!
It is a real shame that kids don't get any challenging content anymore outside of netflix cartoons, which are beautiful but super niche.
"A happy ending? So unlikely. We're not having a moment here.
Wrong city, wrong people, all huddling in fear.
No one escapes the slaughterhouse, and that's just where you're at.
(You could've asked Rebecca but then Adam stomped her flat.)
You think you're special cuz you're scrappy? You're deluded, time to go.
Lucy's living on the moon but you're another dead psycho."
The Last Jedi is a rare piece of genuine art though. Imagine a Marvel Studios movie openly questioning its heroes’ intentions.
(The biggest development in movies in the 2010s is that Kevin Feige ruined movies)
TLJ and No Country for Old Men are my two favorite movies of the 21st century. I have an amateur interest in zen philosophy and deconstructionism, so seeing Rian Johnson turn a star wars movie into a meditation on personal failure and learning to live with grief and PTSD, was very moving. It really bothered me that the default reaction was to attack Luke for being a coward instead of empathizing with how much he'd suffered, and understanding why he'd want to be left alone.
"A happy ending? So unlikely. We're not having a moment here.
Wrong city, wrong people, all huddling in fear.
No one escapes the slaughterhouse, and that's just where you're at.
(You could've asked Rebecca but then Adam stomped her flat.)
You think you're special cuz you're scrappy? You're deluded, time to go.
Lucy's living on the moon but you're another dead psycho."
I can’t tell if my cat is gay. I know she likes Marlene Dietrich but that’s not definite proof.
I mean, the recent movies are one thing, but no one here is a fan of the Mandalorian? I think every fandom has it's ups and down, but to each their own.
At least the X-men are doing well.
"This is starting to sound like a bad comic book plot"
-Spider-man
“Evil is evil...lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same."
-Geralt of Rivia
I assembled two bookshelves today. I feel so butch.