gonna be honest, i can see why people have a perversion to this but dare i say.. i kinda loved it? while maintaining her visual language, celine song COMPLETELY shifts tones with this one. such an ambitious shift here, so excited to see what she does next. 

i would argue The Materialists is more parts satire on modern dating rather than rom-com and im glad it was. it has such a unique tender yet dystopian tone. which can come off as…

despite the lower rating in giving this thing, i really enjoyed this!!! sooo much fun, and it’s fucking short as hell too. really love the cyberpunk aesthetic used here. everything is trashy, the practical bits are very fun, and the Sin City esque stylization was sometimes… ineffective. but i mean, with this film, that’s the biggest complaint i’ll have. some scenes are ineffective but i won’t say that it’s not ambitious. they really shoot for the stars on this one, and…

andddd i’ve seen this 4 times now 😵‍💫😵‍💫 

which is a testament to how this was constructed! every interaction is chock-full of incredible depth. seriously, every actor in this brings forth such amazingly humanistic performances. so many layers to the lies in the film as well as characters trying to cope with the events set off in that amazing opening scene. everytime i see this im just left thinking, “wow now i gotta watch that again.” such a incredibly taut…

as someone who has recently been on a wes anderson kick, surprise surprise, really loved this one!! and as someone who loves new wes anderson as well, i had a great iration seeing how his style continuously pushes its own boundaries. this is a FUNNY movie, so many great slapstick moments, as well as moments of peril that i haven’t seen anderson manage at this scale in a while, maybe ever? the plane sequences were all SO much fun to…