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finished watching Alien: Romulus 🌗🌑🌑🌑🌑
I wanted to take another look at the sets, lighting, production design... I should have watched the making of, maybe some stills, because I can't focus on the visuals, not while this... this remix of old elements posing as a new movie annoys me.

#alien #AlienRomulus #remakes #movies

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finished watching Superman
That was surprisingly fun! And no wonder the right are mad about it: for starters, a broligarch and Netanyahu are the villains XD

#movies #superman #dc #jamesGunn #palestine #techbro

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finished watching Death of a Unicorn
I don't get it: mid budget horror comedy, not a sequel, competent cast, ludicrous monsters, capitalism bad / nature good, props and sound effects referencing classic genre movies... I should love this, but, for some reason that escapes me, I can't care less.

#DeathOfAUnicorn #movies #faux80s

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erstellte Sammlung Divalis Top 100 Movies of all Times and Genres
Divalis poster to scratch off movies
#movies #list #top100 #cinema #neodb #letterboxd

it's been quite a while, so lemme write a new #intro

#introduction #introductions

i'm raven, a silly #transgirl on the internet who likes to write, and create free-to-use #photography (mostly landscapes). u can find me on mastodon, and see what an overview of what i’m up to on my now page. i have so many interests and try my best to experience new things in this short life. some sort of neurospicy, tend to be overly genuine, a bit corny, over-opinionated at times

🩺 #nurse, 📸 #photographer, 👩‍💻 #linux nerd, 🏳️‍⚧️ #trans girl, 💞 #relationship anarchist, 🌱 #vegan for the animals, 🌹 #leftist, ✊ #union steward, 🧗‍♀️ #queer outdoor girlie, 🌠 star stuff, 🚴‍♀️ bikes are cool, 😽 certified girl/boy/nb-kisser, 😝 #silly adventurer

i work in the OR as a nurse and i love my job

likes: #forests, #mountains, #oregon coast, #coffee, #adventures, #movies, #computers, #transit, #bikes, #Portland OR, scrub-role in surgery, science-stuff, n95s, #sewing, #privacy and #security in tech, #philosophy, #ceramics, #sailing, #music, pineapple on pizza, #leftism, workers-rights, #silliness, #headpats, and #praise

“chaotic af, kinda scatter brained, but smart if that makes sense”

“very direct and able to be vulnerable very easily (a good thing!) and the most ethically-minded and community-focused person ive met!”

“an iceberg. you’ve got a fun, flirty, smolder of a vibe when people meet you initially. then after getting to talk with you people see that you’ve got way more going on under the surface of the water”

i upload my photography as creative commons attribution license, i don't own a car, i have a #cat named Loki who i post about under the #catsofmastodon tag, i'm #divorced after a 14 year marriage (not the outcome i wanted, but here i am), and now happily in relationships as a relationship anarchist.

i live in #pdx and want to make it a better place by organizing and creating #unions and #community

i do #rock-climbing, #bjj, #running, #swimming, #sailing, currently recovering from injuries

i love #webdesign and created a #hugo theme which i use for my website (on github)

yes, imma #puppygirl and silly af

erstellte Sammlung Taschen 100 All-Time Favorite Movies of the 20th Century
Taschen 100 All-Time Favorite Movies of the 20th Century ( NeoDB )
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erstellte Sammlung The Official RAZZIE® Movie Guide
The Official RAZZIE® Movie Guide - Enjoying the best of Hollywood's worst
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Fantastic Four: First Steps (A Review)

I liked this movie.

So, let me just get my main grievance out of the way to start with, and then we can go from there: this needed to be longer. It is just barely short of the two hour mark including the end credits, and it should've been pushing the three hour mark excluding them, I think. I'm keeping this spoiler free, like usual, so I can't go into too much detail about that. Suffice it to say that Silver Surfer's character definitely should've gone in, well, basically any direction whatsoever, more so. We get one, short scene to serve as an exposition dump regarding her back-story, and what they should've done instead of that was, you guessed it, pad out the running time even a little bit. Also, this is the first film in what is being referred to as Phase Six of the MCU, and takes place on Earth-828, which is a separate universe from Earth-616; the latter represents the main continuity for the MCU so far. So they're starting from a clean slate. They're setting up an entire universe here, and I have no problem with anything they did, in fact, set up with this one; I just wish they'd set up more. As I've already said, more back-story for Silver Surfer, and likewise Galactus. That would've gone a long way. We get basically nothing in terms of Galactus' back-story. I honestly walked out of the theater feeling like part of the movie was missing.

I thought all of the major actors gave great performances.

I'm not the first person to make this comment, and I won't be the last: the aesthetic reminded me, in a good way, a lot of The Jetsons. It really makes me wonder in what ways Earth-828's technology has advanced, and when, and in what order. This is set in 1960. Their screens are all what look to me like CRTs, and they still use vinyl to listen to things—and they also have faster-than-light travel and teleportation. Really interesting.

Something I haven't heard anyone mention in any of the (admittedly few) reviews I've watched for this movie, is how much of it was practical effects. H.E.R.B.I.E., the robot, who is awesome, was actually built. So were a lot of the main sets. It shows. A lot of it would've looked fake if it'd been green-screened. On the other side of that coin, the CGI all looks good, too. If this movie doesn't hold up well years or decades from now, visually, I will be shocked.

I'm gonna come as close to spoilers as I can here without technically spoiling this plot specifically; as per Wikipedia as of the most recent edit at the time of writing:

Franklin Benjamin Richards is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is a supporting character in Fantastic Four. He has been portrayed as a child and as a novice superhero.

Franklin is an immensely powerful being with vast reality-manipulating and psionic powers beyond most Omega level mutants. He is the son of Mister Fantastic and the Invisible Woman of the Fantastic Four, the older brother of Valeria Richards, and the nephew of Invisible Woman's younger brother, the Human Torch. His parents named him Franklin Benjamin Richards; his middle name is taken from his godfather Ben Grimm, the Thing. Franklin's first name comes from Franklin Storm, his maternal grandfather. He has started using the code name Powerhouse. Franklin restricts the use of his powers to once a year in order to give himself a normal, healthy childhood.

So, that is, clearly, what they're trying to set up here. I still haven't, technically, spoiled anything already committed to cellulose, yet.

I feel like they what they have set up for the new universe was good; like I said, good enough that I wish they'd done more of the same, actually.

Honestly, I regret that this isn't a longer review, but for one thing, that's hard without spoiling anything. Also, I have to be up at 0400 so I think I might call it a night soon.

I would recommend seeing it. I saw it in 2D because 3D always gives me a headache.

#movies #moviereview #fantasticfourfirststeps

SUPERMAN 2025 REVIEW

Alright… a movie review that doesn't warrant a content warning. A first for me. Anyway.

I should say it up front that I was obsessed with Spiderman when I was a kid, and as far as superheroes go, that was about it. So I walked into this with strong feelings about no one and nothing adjacent to Superman, nor Superman. If it seems like I'm not comparing this to any prior interpretation, that's because I'm not, at least for the most part (see below).

This movie mostly worked for me, even in terms of the suspension of my disbelief, and I actually mean the rough opposite of what you probably think I mean by that. It pisses me off because I didn't figure it out until the third act. Superman's standing there giving a monologue that's so cliche it's borderline self-aware, and I'm just sitting there thinking, "Why is this so cliche, why is the good guy giving the monologue; why isn't the bad guy the one giving the monologue if they're being so cliche, and why does this still work?" Then it hit me. This is kayfabe. For those who don't know, kayfabe is the structure against which the script for professional is written.

From Wikipedia:

Faces, short for "babyfaces", are hero-type characters whose personalities are crafted to elicit the support of the audience through traits such as humility, patriotism, a hard-working nature, determination, and reciprocal love of the crowd. Faces usually win their matches on the basis of their technical skills and are sometimes portrayed as underdogs to enhance the story.

Heels are villainous or antagonistic characters, whose personalities are crafted to elicit a negative response from the audience. They often embrace traditionally negative traits such as narcissism, egomania, unprompted rage, sadism, and general bitterness.

Here's the thing, though: everyone knows professional wrestling is fake and no one cares, and the face is not who sells the tickets; the heel is. The stadium is never packed because of how much everyone likes the good guy; it's packed because of how much everyone hates the bad guy, and how much they want to see the good guy wear a completely absurd costume while kicking his ass in some hilariously unrealistic fashion. The parallels are obvious now, certainly. Here's the other thing: this movie leans into it, correctly. The problem I've had with movies in the past that were based on DC Comics' IP was always that they were trying to be the MCU and they couldn't figure out how to do it right. Unlike this time around, when they finally nailed it if you're asking me, they've always given me the impression that they were dead serious, somehow. So, is the heel in this movie any good? Hell yes, Nicholas Hoult's performance as Lex Luther is outstanding. To put it simply, my ass wasn't in the seat to watch Superman win, but to watch a fellow bald man lose. I mean, the plot revolves around Lex Luther running a smear campaign against Superman, and then other things that also paint him horribly but I'm not spoiling anything.

Krypto a.k.a. Super Dog is hilarious, and endearing throughout, and he's introduced immediately in the opening scene for reasons that pay off later, and I already said I'm not spoiling anything.

This interpretation of Green Lantern is… something. Like I've already said, I don't have much if anything, especially off the cuff, for comparison. I don't know what Green Lantern is usually like in the comics. He has in this version a really stupid haircut which Lois Lane calls him out on directly, appears to be experiencing a midlife crisis, and literally refers to himself as an "upgrade"… from Superman… his words, not mine. I'm really curious to see where they end up going with his character in the future, because I could see it being either really good or really bad, easily.

I thought David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan as Superman and Lois Lane respectively, were both great independently, and I thought they worked very well against each other.

I had a few issues as well.

First off, and I do realize this is minor: I liked Mister Terrific's character overall, but I had a slight problem with him, too, and that was some of the exposition he gave about Lex Luther's tech. How does he know all this, from nothing? Also, I'm sorry, but most of it's just a bunch of random words randomly ordered, and I had a really hard time buying it, even though it was already established that the movie regarded as a whole is by no means taking itself too seriously. I also felt like nothing would've been lost if none of that had even been explained, ever, by him or by anyone else.

Also, it is simply impossible that a huge amount of CGI wasn't used, and I can't fault anyone for that, especially in a movie like this; however, there are scenes where it's blatant, and where I honestly feel like they could've done at least some of it in camera and it would've been all the better for it. According to Wikipedia as of the most recent edit at the time of writing, this movie had a budget of $225 million and it's already done $416.2 million at the box office so far. The outside of the glorified helicopter thing could've been built, and by that I mean a "real" one, just for the one shot. We never see the inside of it—that I can remember, at least, so that part must not have mattered, which is fine—and how many people work in the film industry who could've built the outer shell of a glorified helicopter thing in no time flat, and actually made it look convincing? How much more would that have actually, really added to the budget, in reference to the damned-near-quarter-billion they'd already spent by the time they were finally done spending? Or would that have been cheaper, even? I don't honestly know the answers to any of those questions, and I spent money to watch this thing, and so I don't really care, frankly. The Force Awakens had a "real" Millennium Falcon, that was ten years ago, it did huge numbers at the box office, and most people didn't even like that movie. So it's not too much to ask.

Anyway: I recommend seeing it. Oh, and see it with Dolby Atmos if you can. It's worth it.

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erstellte Sammlung James Bond
James Bond Filme
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