I Killed The Teen Dream. Deal With it - Jawbreaker (1999)
I wasn’t really expecting multiple posts in a row to be about what could be called “classic” films (I call them that, shut the fuck up.) But Covid-related lock-down sure does trigger a desire to spend your time thinking about old content and, perhaps more importantly, wondering why the fuck you love it so much.
So with that in mind, I decided a couple of weeks ago that it was time to re-watch Jawbreaker and wonder if it’s still as lovably rogue as I remember?
In some ways, it is.
Somebody Super Like You - Phantom Of The Paradise (1974)
Give me a film that touches on creativity, copyright, romance, deals with the devil and a touch of queer (y’know, things I’m likely to love) and I will love you.
I’ll also probably tell you that there’s no need to give me that shit because I already have Phantom Of The Paradise and I will then ask if you have watched it. And if you haven’t, I will point you in the right direction, lend it to you, buy if for you or give you a filthy look for never hearing of it.
Invisible Monster - The Invisible Man (2020)
In something that might come as a bit of a surprise (to some people), I made the point of not wanting to see The Invisible Man in the cinema.
Why? Because there’s a certain element of home invasion in movies, especially by things that are silent and unseen, that plays with a primal fear inside of me, a fear that I do not willingly want to visit in a public space. That said, I was intrigued by everything else to do with this film, knowing that, when I got the chance to watch it at home, I could turn it off, pause it, leave the lights on, that type of thing…you know, all of that primal craic?
When most of the world is on lock-down and you’ve made such a film open and available for me to watch at home, though; that is something I can do.
AKA Everybody Move, Everybody Gets Hurt - Jessica Jones, Season 3
No, now would not be a good time to sit down and watch thirteen episodes of a TV show that goes out of its way to shit on its own characters and their interactions and relationships, providing absolutely no sense of closure to their journey, nor any hope or promise of a future for them.
Picarder, Better, Faster, Stronger? - Star Trek: Picard, Season 1
Sometimes, all I want out of my TV shows is a little bit of consistency; is that really so much to ask for?
I was enjoying the early episodes of Star Trek: Picard, even if it felt like it was taking its goddamned fucking time to get going with whatever it wanted to do. But, by the end of the show…I don’t know, it feels sort of mean thinking this, let alone writing it, but…I wanted my fucking time back.
I'm Asking, Mr Harper, If You Had Sexual Intercourse With Count Dracula - BBC/Netflix’s Dracula, 2020
After watching just one episode of the BBC/Netflix's Dracula, I got back surprisingly more creative drive than I expected.
I was entertained, and I wanted to talk about it and write about it and think about it. It takes a lot for something to do that to me these days, but clearly 2020 is the year I'm meant to get my groove back. #wishfulthinking
Terminator? I Barely Know Her - Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
I didn't get to see Terminator: Dark Fate opening weekend, and it didn't bode particularly well that I hadn't heard much about it once it opened: there were no outstandingly amazing reviews, no particular hatred, just...nothing. Sure, I didn't go out of my way to find reviews or that, but I had heard or seen a grand total of nobody talking about this film.
The Mucky Chucky - Child’s Play (2019)
It takes a certain level of messy that, when I'm in the middle of watching a film, I'm just thinking about how problematic the story is. That was me when watching the 2019 take on Child's Play, a film so frustrating on so many levels that I'm unsure how much is intentional.
Because it has to be, right?
The Ultimatest Of Alliances? - Marvel Ultimate Alliance: The Black Order (2019)
I like video-games; I like comic-books; I like stories.
It should come as no surprise that I'd be interested in things that bring the lot of them together, right?
Yeah, that's a winner.
Popular Content