And the bonus was they couldn’t afford for me to be in the room with him while he recorded, so everyone saved a lot of sanity. I think that one took him between 3 and 5 records. It was probably 7 for Shawshank with a longggg pickup and notes session once my main cut was done. The Green Mile took probably close to a year of recording sessions (I was in the room for probably a dozen or so of them before I had to go do work for Harry Potter 4). I don’t even know how many sessions but it was called the most expensive commentary Warner Bros. ever did lol.
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Flanagan needs to do an adaptation that deserved better like The Langoliers.
Remaking The Mist is like remaking Carrie.
(wait he’s doing that too?!)
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Yes The Langoliers was a disaster, it deserves a remake. Also, I like Flanagan a lot but haven’t seen his King adaptations.
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I was arguing with someone that Langoliers is a lot of fun. But she said listen, it’s not good. It’s just all we have.
Jellyfish (2018)
A teenager discovers her hidden talent for stand-up comedy when her drama teacher urges her to perform at a graduation showcase.
An exceptionally well-made film. Terrific cinematography and performances. An insightful look into how stand-up comedy can help a person find their voice.
But listen. I thought from the premise it would be a goofy 3/5 exploration of stand-up comedy, however this is one of the least funny movies I’ve ever seen. It is the very definition of misery porn. Requiem for a Dream had a more hopeful ending (and 100% more consensual sex).
But hey if you’re into that (and I guess I am), this is a 4/5.
One day I was sitting at home working and heard the craziest sound. I immediately thought, ‘this is kind of what I envisioned the langoliers to sound like’. Can you guess what the sound is?
Bump. (The Children’s Hour is still on Tubi.)
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Friend, not all heroes wear capes. I will watch it as soon as I finish Riverman: the Movie.
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Bees?
But I wouldn’t expect you to hear that out of the blue.
If bees were sounding like that, I would in no way be outside lol.
It was stucco being applied to a house. I was like, ‘what is that weird sound?’. So I went to the roof, heard that, and had to record it. It was probably close to a block away.
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Weird!!
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Sensitivity Training (2016)
After grumpy microbiologist Serena crosses a line with a colleague, Serena is forced into sensitivity training with Caroline, the bubbly woman assigned to be her coach. Caroline and her sunny disposition represent everything Serena hates, but Caroline is determined to make Serena into an acceptable human.
Think what you want about @Riverman, but if you read his posts as the mad ramblings of a movie character, you will be entertained.
And to that target audience, I present to you Sensitivity Training. The difference is that the protagonist is a woman (irrelevant once you hear the fire coming out of this woman’s mouth). Also there are 100% more jokes. And by that I mean deliberately being funny.
The real gift of this movie is that despite being a little over the top, it never feels over the top. It walks the fine line between realistic asshole and our fantasy of a person who speaks blunt truths.
Now for the grade: 3/5 worth the premise
I was entertained but would not insist anyone rush to watch it unless they want to laugh a bit and say oh yeah, lol, that character IS just like Riverman. But the script is just not quite good enough to qualify as more than a passing diversion. This character has an actual arc, and as we know, Riverman’s ire is eternal. No awkward friendship with an attractive redhead (who throws him in the friend zone!!) would ever quench that fire.
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This was made in 1962?!?
‘61 I thought, but yeah it surprised me when I bumped into it randomly the first time too.
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The 1930s one has an inferior rep (I haven’t seen it), but 1961 must have been the very beginning of even being allowed to go here.
It was released only a few years after Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, which also got completely gutted of gay subtext versus the original play (which was pretty explicit about it).
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I’m not sure whether I can finish this. The little girl is an outright ****.
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Truly one of the most infuriating characters ever. No surprise that this is the top review on Letterboxd.
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I literally LOLd
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I’m glad I finished it because that was an all timer twist and an all timer ending. But JFC I cannot believe someone released The Children’s Hour in 1961. This movie goes HARD.
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Yoooooo y’all know Into the SpiderVerse is on Netflix? 