Happy Endings
Mefites are discussing Vanity Fair's list of 31 feel-good movies to boost your mood.
Mefites are discussing Vanity Fair's list of 31 feel-good movies to boost your mood.
"I think the movie has a few different messages, all of which overlap with one another, which is another very campy thing: when you're parodying dumb, incoherent things by embracing them, you wind up a little incoherent yourself."
Over in Fanfare, community member 'Tom Hanks Can't Be Trusted' dives deep on the overlapping messages in the Barbie (2023) film.
IRL, mochapickle and danabanana have organized an online meet for "The Artist's Way" (Julia Cameron's classic creativity program to help with artistic work of all kinds) starting Sunday, May 7, so check in to learn more! And over in Fanfare, DirtyOldTown has posted Trailer Park: May 2023, a collection of fresh trailers for upcoming movies. (See April Trailer Park collection here)
RearWindow asks "What are some of your favourite and best 1930s films? ... I am open to comedy, drama, mystery, and all kinds as long as it is well done."
"I want to make a list of films that evoke a strong sense of time (and possibly place). Through dialogue, sets, etc. they transport you to the era in which they're set." In Ask Metafilter, jdroth asks, What movies act as time capsules?
In Ask Metafilter: "I want to have a nice cosy new year's weekend - good food, crazy cats, and something nice to read/fun to watch. The first two are covered, but suggest me something for the rest?"
I feel like the lead character on a Hollywood Forensics show, able to produce amazing results from the other characters by saying "...Enhance." In Ask Metafilter theatro asks "Manhattan history detectives: what church is (was?) this?" and gets a great investigative analysis.
Got to thinking about how Bowie was in The Hunger and Tom Waits was in Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Are there other vampire movies with iconic musicians? mermaidcafe in Ask Metafilter
Currently trending in Fanfare at Metafilter: Moon Knight, Asylum; Better Call Saul: Rock and Hard Place; Russian Doll; Everything Everywhere All at Once; Spider-Man: No Way Home; The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.
In Ask Metafilter, jeszac asks What media hit you differently the second time around? "Have you had experiences of returning to scenes or moments within texts or other media with new eyes or understanding? What shifted both in your interpretation and in your life that allowed for that new interpretation?"
Film historian here. Audience reaction is actually one of the holy grails (or missing links; choose your metaphor) of film history ... Dr. Wu has a great answer to circular's great question about viewer feedback from classic films.
"These deaths lack individuality!": eotvos posts Paste Magazine's 50 Best Dystopian Movies of All Time, and Mefites add their own analyses and offerings.
Mefites have their own ideas about what sorts of horror films would fit the current zeitgeist, from the Second Monster, to bacon-enraged intestine-slurping aliens to posh Freddy Krueger (requires billionairity), to how difficult it is to clean a bathroom when evil forces keep messing things up again, plus stories! ... And opinions! Many Opinions!
Mefites are talking about their perfect comfort films
Pajamas, pyjamas, shorts, jorts, leggings, jeggings, capris, tees, scrubs and sweats ... forever? Mefites are discussing the unravelling of the US fashion industry.
Meanwhile, in Fanfare, people are talking about The Umbrella Academy second season, the first episode of Star Trek, Lower Decks, Tamsyn Muir's book, Harrow the Ninth, the 1955 film The Night of the Hunter, and the "You're Wrong About" podcast Disco Demolition Night, among other things.
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