Introducing a new member to the dog family: Timmy, the Donkey! 😂 🫏
(Or, if you don't actually know, the big bronze and gold dog 🐕)
Timmy has officially joined our family, and we are more than thankful to have him with us ❤️
Will definitely make a separate post all about him!❤️ 🐾
Dr Strangelove or: How I experienced and learned the best worrying hour and a half, stopped panicking, and learned about the nuclear adventure and the bomb 💣☢️
Finally! Another f*cking rewatch! 🏳️
After watching something totally absurd, which of course I'm referring to the Greasy Strangler, I need a rewatch, but of course, at the same time, a film analysing night of a movie I could not remember at all. And what do I choose? Dr Strangelove! Or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb 💣
Well, for starters, there was definitely a lot more improvisation from the last time I watched this back in June. I could barely remember a single scene; in fact not even remember the opening I could remember. How crazy is that?! For a movie being in my top 45 favourite films of all time. But luckily, after the second rewatch, I've got everything under control 👍
With that introduction out of the way, I think it's time we get to the movie ☢️
Peter Sellers's performance in this is absolutely fantastic. Having the roles of three different characters played practically all equally amazing is something extremely rare and valuable for a movie to have for a comedy actor to play one important role. Another distinctive role that is important to the films, the war elements and a character that represents not a villain, but rather a psychologically one-step-ahead character (Dr Strangelove, of course) in the best way I have seen a movie do. The same credit I gave to Peter Sellers goes directly as well to George C. Scott! He and Sellers have extremely Oscar-worthy performances, having extremely political yet satirical and grounded roles that genuinely helped screw the screws in the structure of the film, which tightens the tense, hammers the nails, and saws the wood 🏆
The biggest and most controversial opinion is that there are quite a few people who agree with me on it, but I consider this to be one of the most thought-provoking, smart, clever, and grounded satirical satire movies ever constructed. Not only was this made by one of the greatest directors to ever live (Stanley Kubrick), but it is packed with nuclear, smart, genre-changing, and seriousness-packed content, performances, grittyness, satire, and vision in just a matter of 1 hour and 34 minutes, making the experience even more unforgettable than it already is with its nuclear nightmare layers, stripped all away from the satirical comedy ☣️
There are countless iconic scenes from this; practically every quote, line, characteristic, and character is considered iconic in cinema 🎥
I will not get into too many details in case you have never seen this movie, but the ending of the movie is probably the most beautifully haunting ending you could ever see for any movie. I won't get into a lot of explicit detail about what happens in the end, but the only thing I can say is that it is neither a happy nor a sad ending. Expect something a lot more Kubrick-style and nuclear atmospheric ☢️
The thing I love about this movie the most is that, despite it being just from, let's see, a random person's view that has no idea about this movie. A typical political satire making fun and cheeky jokes about politics. However, there is so much underneath 🖼️
The cleanest picture I can give you is this
Layer 1 - politics, laughs, farce, and parody 😂
Layer 2 - nuclear war, atmosphere, and black comedy 🪖
Layer 3 - war, character, bleak comedy, thrilling, and atmospherically uncomfortable Doomsday's and political structure and situations ☢️
Phew! What a lot of explaining I had to do there!
It's not easy talking about this movie because it's not just a simple, funny political satire
There is so much underneath the nuclear barrel that I could go on it for hours and hours in this singular review. Talking about every little detail and aspect about it because of how much is hidden underneath just a simple, plain satire. The reason I keep saying this is that this is not a simple random movie. This psychologically movie; you are expected to meet the bleak, uncomfortable, unsettling, thrilling and atmospheric comedy, satire and situations. Don't expect the next citizens can; expect the next acceptance of the Doomsday Machine. Expect Doctor Strange Love.....💣
Favourite quotes
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"
"Of course, the whole point of a Doomsday Machine is lost if you keep it secret! Why didn't you tell the world, eh?!"
"What they were building or why it should be located in such a remote and desolate place no one could say."
"Mein Führer! I can walk!"
"Sir, I have a plan."
"Gee, wish we had one of them doomsday machines."
Overall: This was absolutely fantastic to come back to after watching it again and barely remembering anything about it in August. I just knew that something had to be done with this situation. So I constructed my nuclear idea and gave it a shot. And what happened? It completely worked, even better than last time!
Ever since the last rewatch, I completely view this movie in a whole different way compared to my first time ever discovering this.
Instead of just laughing at the random, obscure, and farcical scenes, I can see through two lenses; one of them being the comedy, abstract and bleak situations, while the other is the uncomfortable, nuclear and hazardous situations that are heavily political.
One thing I'm pretty shocked by, based on a lot of reviews, is the engagement level for me, and this was ridiculously high. Practically me begging and shouting at my bladder. Not for me to go to the bathroom anytime soon because I am so focused on Strange Love giving a speech 😂
But you get my point: it's very hard to look away when you're watching something cinematic.
I also want to see one more thing: that this went from being 22nd place in my top 45 all the way up to number 15. The obscure scenes, the bleak, uncomfortable tension and political situations completely rose it for me. What a movie though!
Don't laugh. Start laughing.
Don't worry. Start worrying ☢️
5/5
To put it simply: Requiem for a Dream is one of the most psychologically exhausting films I have ever watched.
Let me start with the acting in this film. Outstanding. It's probably some of the best acting I have ever seen in a movie. Jared and Jennifer convincingly portrayed not themselves, but real individuals, making you feel as if you're watching someone's life unfold into addiction. I am very impressed that they managed to do that for me, rather than appearing as celebrities—one from a big rock band, the other from Labyrinth. I see these two as genuine human beings trapped in addiction, unable to escape. No matter how hard they try, the more they sink in, and the more they feel 💊
Can we also just give our appreciation for a minute to Ellen Burstyn? She was absolutely fantastic in this. She was heartbreaking, Oscar-worthy, and absolutely fantastic in this. She definitely did go beyond her length as an actress. She portrayed addiction in one of the best ways. I think I have seen any person play for any movie. She was fantastic in this! 🧪
Those two were definitely some of my favourite cast members in this movie. They portrayed it very well. Could we also talk about how Marlon Wayans, from making some of the most ridiculous and comic horror movies and satires we have, such as Don't Be a Menace and Scary Movie, is in this movie???
It is so strange how he is in this film, although he does play a pretty good character 👍
It's just random how I think of this random guy, who literally says "What did you say about ma mama?"—literally being satirical to the shops and a menace to society, as in probably one of the most depressing movies ever made. Why?! 🫨
During the last 10 minutes of the film, I truly started to fall in love with it.
Speaking of which, can we discuss the last 10 minutes?!?!
I will definitely not spoil it for anyone, but I will say this: It is probably some of the most horrific, disturbing, depressing, humiliating, and traumatising final 15 minutes of any film that could ever exist. It is extremely graphic, and it is certainly not trying to lighten the effects of addiction. Absolutely not.
Trainspotting is practically the same. This and Trainspotting are not trying to glorify drugs. I find it very clever. How a film does that, and it genuinely makes me appreciate the movie even more ⭐
One more thing just before I finished the review for: I can't ever go to sleep because now I'm terrified that my fridge is going to start coming after me, just like the piano and Super Mario 64! 😂
To be fair though, that was a weird bit
Let me tell you though, even after finishing it, I was still in shock. From what I just watched. This is a film I will never forget, no matter how many movies I watch. It will always stay in my memory, probably for the rest of my life. Is it an extremely graphic film? Absolutely. Is it worth watching? Most definitely.
Anyway, what are your thoughts on this film?
It can be good or bad! 🤩
Edit: I finally got around to talking about Ellen Burstyn. Enjoy!
Because if there is one, I don't have it. Please send to me ASAP!
If you are wondering, the dog breed is a patterdale terrier
I'll start:
"See when I take ma c*ck oot"
I still miss her every day. I think about her every day. I wonder what she would think of my new pets. 🐕
My mum, dad and I gave her the best life I think she could have ever had. I still think about her, miss her and talk about her every single day, wondering what it would be like to see her again. It gets me emotional even writing this.
She is still with me in my heart. ❤️
Rest easy, Suki. ❤️
You had the best life imaginable. ❤️
Update: Thank you all so much for the support. I could never have imagined how many comments, likes and kind words this post would receive. I'm incredibly grateful for all the understanding and support from everyone. ❤️
Of course, I'm doing a lot better today, but I'm still learning to adjust while missing her just as much as I did a few years ago. She'll always have a special place in my heart. 🐾❤️
It's definitely a movie that is one of a kind!
Directed by David Lynch, Lynch's 1977 feature-film debut is a unique masterpiece that would eventually become a cult classic.
The originality of this movie is one of the things that makes it widely recognisable to David Lynch fans. There is definitely no movie out there like this. One of a kind!
The thing that makes this movie so unique is that, compared to a lot of movies, it doesn't use music to set the atmosphere in place. It takes the intensity, effect, and visualisation of sounds to raise the tension.
One of the things I absolutely love about David lynch's projects is that his own original ideas and style are very original, thought-provoking, and smart, making them very unique, special, and cinematic.
Besides all of that, David Lynch was an absolutely amazing director. In my opinion, he's directed some of the most emotional movies I've ever watched (The Elephant Man), he's directed some of the unique yet wonderfully well-made movies (Blue Velvet), and he's made some of the most tense, atmospheric movies made (Eraserhead). Absolutely amazing!
Anyways, what are your thoughts about this movie?
Feel free to share any thoughts and opinions.
Mostly Waters', with one Kubrick film. Still building right now! 🧱
Wow..... What a f*cked-up film!
This is definitely shocking, celluloid, and rebellious in a million different ways. I think it's the most shocking movie I have seen since Pink Flamingos (1972). This movie practically took shock and reaction, putting them together, and going beyond ridiculous levels. This was one of those movies that I completely understood why it had a complete impact on multiple people I know.
Despite getting all of the notoriety out of the way, the cast, the performances, the director's visuals, and thought-provoking ideas are extremely positive, smart, and some of the best I have seen. I was genuinely surprised that this film delivered a lot of surprises that I was not expecting, although it definitely did deliver the taboo-breaking subjects!
Definitely effed up in multiple ways. You don't even want to know the tiniest piece of information about Dylan Baker's character. The stuff this man in Philip Seymour Hoffman talks about is probably some of the most explicit details I think I have ever heard. Talked about in a movie before.
Same with Phillip Seymour Hoffman, and the explicit conversations and taboo subjects being some of the most graphic I think I've ever heard in a movie as well. Dylan Baker's more of a psychological character, meanwhile Phillip Seymour Hoffman is more awkwardly social, and socially awkward.
That's a summary of what I thought of it. Anyways, what are your thoughts and opinions on the movie?
Feel free to share any opinions, thoughts, and minds
I'll start:
"Ya bottox-faced bastard!"
I'll start
"Take the poker oot yer arse, ya prick!"
I finally braced myself and watched John Waters' Pink Flamingos. To say it’s a wild ride is an understatement. From the absolute absurdity of the plot to that infamous final scene, it’s a movie I will literally never forget.
I'm curious to hear about other people's first experiences watching this. Did you love it, hate it, or just stare at the screen in disbelief? How well do you think its brand of camp and "filth" holds up today?
My review for it:
Back at it again with another John Waters movie! Before ending my adventure with The Trash/'Filth' Trilogy, I had to make a quick stop to refuel. ⛽ The stop I made was for: Multiple Maniacs! Going into this film with a completely different mindset—rather than expecting it to be a Pink Flamingos II—was probably the best decision I could have made. It was definitely rough around the edges, raw in the middle, and rooted in gritty underground filmmaking. The best way I could describe this is that, compared to Pink Flamingos, it feels more like a full-volume explosion everyone sees. Meanwhile, this film is entirely underground, like another explosion that no one hears, sees, or feels. Divine, as always, is just a pure badass. He always has that attitude, and he’s not afraid to flaunt his 'bad-assness.' This film feels more like, 'What the hell am I watching?' than, 'Let’s go into this expecting a big bang!' This is definitely John Waters’ roughest comedy—not as outrageous as Pink Flamingos, nor as beauty-focused as Female Trouble, but undoubtedly the rawest, least polished, and most rugged of all his films. Yet, even so, it was absolutely hilarious, outrageous, and exhilarating. I won't spoil the most shocking scenes for this review, but let’s just say... they’re not what you might expect. There’s religion, lobsters, a circus, and much, much more. The only critique I have is that the pacing can be slow and heavy at times, which might drag a little. That said, everything else still works! This was definitely a curiosity watch, not a must-see. Whether it’s a must-watch depends heavily on your curiosity. If you're already at this point in my review, you probably know why I watched it. For Divine and John Waters, I love them! Overall: After a few days without watching anything, I finally decided to return to the movie world. And what did I choose? John Waters’ most controversial, rawest, and roughest comedy, Multiple Maniacs! It’s quite the circus ride, made specifically to shock and provoke reactions. Both elements work well together for this film. I didn’t really find anything disappointing. I absolutely adore this movie, and I’ll definitely revisit it in the future—whether I watch the full trilogy, explore other John Waters films, or just watch it as a comfort rewatch (more of a heavy, disgusting, outrageous comfort rewatch).
Raw, unfiltered, old, and unique. Loved it!
What did you think about this movie?
Going to give it a watch. Loved Phillip Seymour Hoffman a lot in The Big Lebowski.
What do you think?
Probably the most disgusting thing I have ever watched....
Following up to my post about when I watched Pink Flamingos, and getting a TON of recommendations about watching Female Trouble, I finally decided to pick up my chance on watching it. And let me tell you, this was something else! While for me it wasn't as disgusting, taboo-breaking and shocking as Pink Flamingos, It still is definitely the most funniest comedy I've watched in a long time. But even so, that doesn't mean that the movie isn't shocking at all. There are countless scenes in this movie that are very shocking to watch. Not as shocking as pink flamingos but definitely still give you a reaction. I also randomly found out that my uncle has also seen the full "trash/filth" Trilogy before, so I was speaking about Pink Flamingos (before I watched it) as well, then he told me you should really add it to your watchlist, because it is proper outrageous! Divine in this though, like always, was just being himself! He always has that spark for playing a drag queen. He never failed to make us laugh, disgusted and shocked at the same time. There was people from Pink Flamingos that were in this and and Pink Flamingos as well. Edith, David, and not to forget, Divine. The pure perfect filth cast! You can never go wrong with any of them! This post does follow up to my Pink Flamingos post so a lot of it is in common with this post. A lot of people told me it was funnier than Pink Floyd was. And yes, I can definitely agree that it was a lot more funny. It was more humor-based not shock-based. But at the same time it was shock-based and it was human based. This and pink flamingos are quite rare movies for that. It is also an extremely uncommon film for being The Godfather in underground trash cinema, but is a complete unknown outside. But most of all Divine was just a pure badass! What are your opinions on this movie following up Pink Flamingos?
(Sorry I reposted a few times. Forgot a few things)