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Excellent musical

—however! It really is just glorified fanfiction about the US, and that fact always made me uncomfortable (and it's a weird kind of propaganda that I, a non-USian, could never fundamentally understand). It makes me doubly more uncomfortable now because fascism has been on the rise!! It feels a little cringe to watch now, but I will always appreciate the artistry. These kids were out here rapping for like three straight hours!!

Anyway, LMM is a talent and the songs are bangers, the direction is stunning, and maybe I still have a bit of a crush on Daveed Diggs. Ok so what? Where do we go from here, you know??

Predictable twist but ok overall. It sorta fell apart for me towards the end, though. Some of the writing was kinda meh. I don't think that boy needed to die but RIP anyway.

Love a good haunting. This was an ok watch. I'd love to see this kind of movie made with a group of people who aren't like "spirits don't exist, I don't believe in this stuff" etc because I think that gets a bit old. Personally, I think there are just more people who believe in spirits than not, so it always feels a bit like a relic from 90s storytelling!

Girl what the fuck

A rewatch - I needed to watch it again for research purposes. But!! Lovely film. Oddly enough, I enjoyed it more watching it now than I did the first time I saw it. I wish there were more movies about soulmates and fated connections etc.

Really enjoyed this, but wow how heavy.

I didn't know much about the story of Cabaret before watching, but I had heard some things - namely that lately some people in the audience would laugh at certain scenes that weren't meant to be funny, and that that's a good indicator on how close we're slipping and sliding towards fascism. So I was doubly unsettled, not only from the subject matter, but the knowledge that people were laughing at things that they shouldn't have. :(

Important side note: Alan Cumming as the MC was such a joy to watch.

Literally don't ever put me in a situation!!!

I kept thinking of that meme with the pastor talking about how he'd smack a person who maybe wasn't take their faith seriously, and ask them: "When are you gonna stop playing with god?" That was the only thing going through my mind while watching this.

It was scary but I didn't like how we didn't get a strong sense of wtf was going on. The supernatural bits felt out of place and a bit arbitrary. Like were they demons? Was it a portal to hell??? There were decorative pentacles on the wall, which is a catch-all symbol for the occult I guess, but they felt truly like a set piece and not something actually relevant to the story - of which, there wasn't a lot!!

Obsessed. I thought it was near perfect - except!!! I felt it dragged a little bit at the middle of the second act. They had to go around establishing everyone and everything, and I was like, "I get it, now pls show me the VAMPIRES". And then I also wanted more vampire action in general. And at times, the lighting was a bit too dark.

But those feel like small things in comparison. I really, really loved the script and the music (I've since warmed up to the instrumental tracks). They do a good job showing culture through music, idk how else to explain what I mean, but with the juke t and the blues and the vamps outside and the folk music, I was like "!!! Ed Sheeran would love this shit!!" It was very well done.

Ryan Coogler is an amazing director, Michael B Jordan did an astoundingly great job playing double roles, and no matter how many times I see that one boy from Skins, I still will be like "hey, that's Cook!" every single time.

A cute and inspirational watch - and a great reminder that it isn't always what you look like; sometimes, your energy may just suck!

I cried during the end, unsurprisingly!! I'm also now feeling inspired to do something with my life idk.

A really nostalgic watch. I love this movie - surprised to see most of it still holds up! The soundtrack is amazing. I still know the words to so many songs lol. But one thing I noticed this time around is that this movie is actually really well-written. It's compact, hits all the story beats, and isn't like 3 hours long. Honestly, we used to be a real country - which, as you know, is what Dujour means.

It just really felt like a movie, you know?

Genuinely really enjoyed this! It felt like a really good short story collection. Also, lots of nazis got their ass beat. What's not to enjoy???

There are parts of this movie that reminded me of Blade (1998), which I have a huge soft spot for for whatever reason. The soundtrack was also really good.

One of my faves. I will always women's wrongs!

Also, I've seen this movie a couple of times, but for some reason, I never that I've seen it in full. Very strange!

Halfway through, I realized this is a play that has been adapted into a movie - and it shows. Personal pet peeve of mine tbh - like minimal scene and setting changes, and a lot of talking. I like it in the theatre but not so much for movies!

Aside from that, I thought it was just ok! Natalie Dormer's accent was a bit distracting to me. I kinda wanted more to happen. I don't get the wasp analogy.

The narration was getting on my nerves a little throughout the beginning - just personal preference. Otherwise, I went into this not really knowing what it was about, and it felt kinda shallow. I'm gonna assume that's a writing thing. Concept was ok tho!

Also on the way in, the guy scanning tickets was like, "Oh, you're gonna love this one" and I was like, "wow, yeah thanks I hope so!" And as I walked out, I kept thinking, like, why did he think I, in particular, would like this movie?? Is it because the love interest is Black (love Naomi Ackie, she is great)? Is it because he could tell I waited in queue for 4 hours to watch the Twilight movie when it first came out????

(I didn't know Letterboxd had TV shows as well!)

This is haunting. So well-acted, so beautifully shot, so deeply unsettling. It'll stay with me for a really long time.

This is one of the dumbest movies I have ever seen. Words can't describe how ridiculous I think this movie is. And I watched to the end, so really, who's the fool here lol

I could barely get through this - the writing was really tacky and a little too over-the-top for my tastes. The main character also didn't feel like anything fresh or interesting - a headstrong girl who cares more about her career than relationships ok girl you and everyone else lol like???? Her acting like she didn't understand the Indian wedding customs was so insane because even if she doesn't want to get married, of course she knows what the customs should be, it's her culture ffs ???? And!! Who keeps casting this boy!! He clearly did not get the acting talent of his uncle-cousin-relation, Ralph Fiennes, who was ROBBED of the Oscar for a 2nd time!

Anyway, I think the main reason I couldn't get through it is because it reminded me a lot of another movie I couldn't get through (Five Blind Dates) and then I read online that this was a remake of that. On paper, it's a very cute romcom idea, but I don't think this movie plot needed to exist twice. Justice for my girl Simone Ashley though, she would be great in literally anything else.

Thought it was just ok! Mostly an ok watch. Cute and just ok. Ok.

Ok wtf was this lol. I only watched 20 min but it was pace-less, story-less, and sauce-less!!! I knew it would be bad but I was expecting to at least be entertained!

Obsessed. There was a moment when Ncuti Gatwa winked at someone in the front row, and I just kept thinking "that should've been ME"!!

So dramatic!! Why was I yelling at my tv!!.

It was ok! The commentary overall was a good level - didn't feel too shallow or anything. It fell apart for me towards the end, like in the last 10 minutes or so. And idk what I think about the ending, but I don't regret watching it.

The larger moral of course is to once again never go anywhere with anyone on vacation!!

I've been trying to watch this movie for 10 years. Not that it was hard to find - but because I'd always start the movie, and be like "this is BORING" and then turn it off. If I'm being honest, I only wanted to watch it because Alex Turner did the songs for it. I am obsessed with him a healthy amount. It's fine!

Anyway, what is important now is that I finally watched to the end!!! And it's not a bad movie lmao. It is more artsy than my younger self would've liked, so I understand why I never got through it. But it's sincere and I enjoyed watching it now as a very mature adult who essentially watched it because there was a promise of Alex Turner singing to me. I found the last two thirds of the movie much better than the first third. The characters felt more lived in, and it was pretty endearing. It feels like the sort of thing that may turn into a comfort watch for me.

I get what it was trying to do, but it felt a bit shallow. Lots of body horror - which isn't my thing so aaahhhhh. It was ok overall. It didn't really scream Oscar-worthy to me, though.

Don't ever make friends, don't ever go nowhere with anyone on vacation smh!

Very touching and engaging! I loved the complexity of the characters and thought the pacing was good. I kept having the feeling that this was the kind of art heaux movie Challengers thinks it is. It's smart and endearing and funny and tragic :')

I couldn't finish it. I watched an hour - and then I finally locked in. Turned it off immediately lol. It was like a fever dream. Why was everyone singing half-songs?? None of the songs were full songs, just like 3 lines in the middle of a conversation. And it shouldn't have been a musical! And the lighting was so bad!?

Pretty good, though I was distracted by that guy, and not in a good way. The entire time, I was like "HIM??? With that page boy ass haircut????"

Ok but otherwise!! I enjoyed it overall. Minus the haircut. And any mention of milk.

A very fun watch! Keke Palmer and SZA were great. Laughed a fair bit. It made me really miss Insecure, though :')

The 1.5 stars is purely for the acting because all the actors were great and did a good job with what they were given, which was, tbh, not a lot!

Otherwise, this movie was a MESS lol - there was no cohesion with characterization or the plot. There was little growth - not even character growth, but just story growth. It didn't feel as if anything progressed, and by the end, it felt as if I learned absolutely nothing. Everything felt as if it was equal weight and so nothing felt important.

A very sweet short movie that says a lot with a little :') Makes me also wish I took more photos of things before everything all started to change.

Very good, very important movie. Soundtrack is legit. The loss of language has been and always will be an act of violence and it was really nice to see that tackled in such a modern way. Aka fuck colonization lmao 😤😤😤😤

Idk what's up with my recent Wham! obsession but I'm ok with it! This was a good watch, but parts of it felt really impersonal. Mary J Blige has so far showed up in 2 separate George Michael-related docs that I've seen, and every time I see her, I'm still shocked as to what she's doing there??? Anyway as always, I enjoyed all the bangers.

Enjoyable! Very disgusting, so maybe not for the squeamish. The acting was solid. About a week ago, I saw a post about how "everyone's forehead in this movie is massive" and ing that kept me distracted when I physically couldn't look at the screen!!