Madi G

I’ve seen a lot of reviews saying “if it were made by a man it would be seen completely differently” but that’s the thing, It wasn’t made by a man; this is the story of a woman, living as a woman, experiencing through a woman. The bare and naked of bodies were not gratuitous in nature, rather, they had the point in the film itself. They were not filmed to be ogled at, but seen through the eyes of a woman being subject to the beauty standards as we know them. Seen through the eyes of someone who does not fit into a world that places not only male subjectivity at a level of great importance- but groups the female body, and even the female worth into such categories of “valuable” and “invaluable”. This movie was excellent, very similar to Black Swan in many ways. Above all, to be a woman is to perform.

This is like what cinema should have always been

I don’t care what anybody says. Sam Raimi may not totally love it, but it’s still a Sam Raimi film. Who can argue against the guy.

Incredible. Timothee Chalamet showcases his absolute best. In the first dune I don’t believe any of us really thought he was the best choice, but in Dune chapter two- I can say he thoroughly, and I mean *thoroughly* delivers. This movie made a hell of a splash.

Yay let’s have grown women act like children for the male gaze!!!!

This show gets better and better each episode. The tension-building is just perfect.

*minor spoilers* I’m going to be honest fellas, it’s not the best. Matthew Lillard is always wonderful - but everything else here is pretty lackluster. There were some nice shots for sure, some tasteful seconds most definitely, but it just seems like *such a waste of potential*. They had all the ingredients but squandered it- especially when they toss out the goriest kill on something and someone so meaningless and the movie feels so dedicated to middle schoolers. They could have easily gotten by with a PG rating if they cut about 2 minutes. It just needed more. Too much of the animatronics too quickly, too little atmosphere and world building, too many loose ends. I kept turning to my friends asking “what?”. Don’t even get me started on the child actors, I can’t have big expectations there, but cmon, another take won’t kill you. The entirety just feels like a rough draft. One of my buddies compared the acting to the live action air bender. Damn.

90% Incoherent but this movie was funny as hell and super entertaining

Usually I’m more with the “no, you just didn’t *get it*” crowd towards negative reviews with the more artful films but yeah- this was pretty awful. Maybe it was redeemable towards the end, but from the hour I sat through, it was a complete and utter waste of time. I’m cool with slower movies but this felt like it went on forever, it was “this! Ok now that!! This again!!!! Surprised??? Look we are so whimsical and out there!!”. Through everything (everywhere all at once) I found myself bored out of my mind.

Absolutely devastating and beautiful. I watched it three times in theaters and would recommend it to anybody.