shallowness

As referred to here, I saw Thunderbolts* in the cinema. What I did not say was that a filling came out of my tooth while I was watching the trailers. Yes, I was eating a sweet at the time.

On streaming (on Prime): My Zoe. This came up in the science fiction section, so when it looked like a domestic drama (separated parents sharing custody of their daughter, Zoe, who then have to face something awful), I knew there would be more going on. There is, and I don’t want to spoil it. I’ll just say it’s intense, but judiciously handled (though I could quibble about some of the use of flashforwards and flashbacks.) The acting is seriously good from writer-director Julie Delpy, Richard Armitage, Daniel Bruhl, Gemma Arterton, Lindsay Duncan, and the kid is naturalistic. It’s dated 2021, so may not have had a UK cinema release.

She Said (on All4) is in the lineage of Spotlight (and yes, All The President’s Men), but, as the title suggests, from a female perspective. I thought the formal choices they made to foreground the survivors’ words, to show details of corridors or rooms, but nothing more, and not to show Weinstein’s face were effective, as was giving us enough details of the reporters’ personal lives to be invested in them and their investment. I don’t have strong feelings about the blending of some women playing themselves and others being represented by others. The wrongdoing revealed is horrifying and angering (and I was reminded at the top of Twohey and others reporting about Trump in this context and through the film of how NDAs are still a thing.)

I also rewatched Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning part 1 on the small screen. The action is still brilliant, but ( spoilers? )

This was in prep for Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning (am amused that they dropped the ‘Dead Reckoning Part 2’. Am also not convinced that it will be the final final instalment if someone offers Cruise another couple of mad stunts he thinks he could pull off.) The action remains worth seeing in the cinema: ( Spoilers? ) The connective tissue is weaker. There was less of the Entity, it was more about what humans would do now that we were living in the Entity’s world, and although Hunt’s plan was clear, it didn’t really stand up to too much thinking about it.

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Fanfiction recs in the following fandoms: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spinning Silver and Veronica Mars.

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Posting twice in a day, because this is time sensitive.

There were two big cinema releases in the UK this weekend (sorry Heart Eyes): Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, the fourth Bridget Jones film vs. Captain America: Brave New World. I have thoughts about this! I’ve got history with both properties, if you will, but I was on the comic everywoman’s side over MCU’s latest offering ( Read more... )

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There’s no point in doing the fic writing meme separately. The only fanfiction that I posted last year can be found here. ( About that. )

My version of the fandom meme

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Het fanfiction recs in the following fandoms: Gilmore Girls, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Once Upon a Time, The Rings of Power and The West Wing.

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I should be posting at least one more batch of recs before the year's end.

Two recs posts in one month! Fanfiction recs from the following fandoms: The Blue Castle, Community, Inception and Marvel Cinematic Universe, and an original fic rec!

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Fanfiction and fanvid recs in the following fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Rings of Power, The Sherwood Ring, Spinning Silver and Twister.

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Fanfiction and fanvid recs in the following fandoms: Alice (2009), Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Mr and Mrs Smith (film), Dirty Dancing, Marvel Cinematic Universe (Thor), Once Upon a Time and Push

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Happy new year!

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Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3 was the first film I went to see in the cinema after three years and change (due to caution because of COVID and vision issues,) and I’m glad. ( Positive review with spoilers ) I’d say it’s not worth staying after the mid credits scene for the post-credits one, but apparently Star Lord will be back. I like Pratt’s Peter Quill fine, but I love the weird space setting of GatG more.