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Blue Velvet (1986)
Dream as a film
Would you judge a dream you had as bad or good? You'll probably be pleased, neutral, or horrified about it. Dreams have plenty of symbolism. Some are easy to get, others require a deep understanding of the human mind. Sometimes, they don't mean anything at all. That's how I think about David Lynch's works, except Dune.
Blue Velvet is a dream made into film. I'm sure heavy thoughts were put into most if not every single scene, but I didn't need to try and interpret them to succeed in experiencing it. I'm just watching the events as they unfold. You need, in order to appreciate the movie, a certain state of mind such as being very open-minded, and non judgmental. Approach it as dreams creep into your mind during sleep. You're not required to think too hard or too analytically. Let yourself absorb the content slowly, there's no rush.
Carrie (1976)
Sweet, beautiful, sad, and chilling
First of all, I would like to pour praise on Sissy Spacek's phenomenal performance.
Carrie's start was something I didn't expect from a horror movie. Fully naked girls in their change room, shot in slo-mo with a serenading tune. Seemingly jolly after a P. E. class has finished. Then blood.
Then we move to the admirable teacher who supported Carrie, sheltered her from her bullies, and punished them. Told Carrie how to better showcase her features, and even questioned the guy who wanted to take her to prom in case it was a cruel joke. Then she gets impaled.
Now Tommy, the handsome boy who took Carrie to the prom. At first I wasn't sure if he's taken her out of pity, or to engage in a shenanigan. But, I concluded that he did like her at the end, and his gf Sue was really just trying to help. Taught Carrie how to dance, and kissed her for her first time. Then gets killed by a bucket on the head.
Sue was ambiguous for me at the beginning. She bullied Carrie, but then wanted her bf to take Carrie to the prom. I thought, hmmm, was she in with her friend's plan? Maybe I wasn't paying much attention, or that I couldn't believe she could do any good deeds even though she prefaced that to her teacher about helping Carrie. Then she gets into a coma.
Now I'd like to talk about Carrie. A timid, shy, suggestible girl. Lives with her zealot mother who believes she was a mistake, sin, and a life-costly accident. She's constantly praying, often alone cramped in a small room at the behest of her mother. She knows a little about the world, and herself. Although not so evident to her parent, she has needs to socialize with people, to fall in love, to be desired, and just live like normal people. She found a small little tiny ray of light when Tommy asked her out to the prom. Her mother was grounded instead, after she made herself a nice dress. Finally, Carrie can be around normal people in her senior prom. Everyone showers her with compliments. Her teacher shares with her a story of her prom, Tommy gets jealous, and takes her hand for a dance. Then blood, arson, a massacre, and a lethal road accident.
Carrie walks alone in her red dress home. A super chilling scene.
When Carrie returns home, she washes her bloody body, and calls for her mom. She's around the corner, literally, hugs her daughter and shares with her the story of her origin. She gets crucified, the whole house gets destroyed and burned.
In the final scene of the movie, we see Sue in her white angelic dress visits her misunderstood friend's now destroyed house in a attempt to ask forgiveness. I cried and tears poured from my eyes in this scene until Carrie grasps Sue's leg from 6 feet under. Then I didn't know if I should continue crying or get terrified. And that's the first time I felt those two emotions getting mixed together.
Un homme qui dort (1974)
The original doomer/NEET
This movie is a long existential essay about a man who lives (without living) in his small book-ridden apartment. The man walks (without walking) in the bustling streets of Paris looking (without looking) from a bird's eye view at people/places/alleyways/museums/benches/trees while occasionally smoking (without smoking).
It's unlike everything I watched. A deeply relaxing movie, slightly disturbing, but overall a good experience.
The Mist (2017)
It was great!
First of all let me disclose that I haven't read the book or the movies yet and will do that soon because of the show.
I'm surprised by all of the negative ratings this show received. It's surly not the greatest show of all times, but certainly not the worst. I'm reading that how come a short novel be turned into a 10 episodes show, and how come there's an agenda behind it since it's from Netflix. Honestly, what did you expect and why're you still having a subscription with them then?
But, I digress. I liked the world building and slow start of the show and the subplots here and there of various characters. The show takes it's times at first until you reach the 8th episode where things really get on a moving. The locations are very well done for a survival like situation. They git stuck in a police station, a garage, a hospital, and of course a mall. In all of these places there's no electricity so the the lightning is very cozy and suitable for a monster take over event. I also liked the character interactions between each other. I mean everyone is for themselves but they have to rely on other people no matter how bad they are to survive. But then you get rewarded for that by them getting closer together.
Some of the character motives, especially in the mall, were questionable. I really disliked the manager and his security as the show goes on. But then all of them are just trying to survive and keep the place safe.
The ending, though it lacked closure and left us with a cliffhanger, was nice. I was sad that Jay didn't survive and his plot is truly tragic. However, the revenge was pretty sweet.
Some of the things I disliked was the protagonist. His acting is a bit awkward and the character itself made me mad by his poor judgment along the show. It's really frustrating but then it grew on me.