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Is the moon upside down in this?
Where to watch?
Name of the Rose reference?
Bible references removed but Aristole inserted?
Anyone know when this will get a proper release?
So basically…
Where was Tuvok?
Anthony Ingruber
Kirk is out of character
Underrated Episode
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Autism wasn’t really recognised in girls and women when this film came out.
It’s because it is mostly aimed to women and IMDB ratings are mostly done by men. You used to be able to compare male vs female voters but IMDB has hidden that now.
This article goes into detail:
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-if-online-movie-ratings-werent-based-almost-entirely-on-what-men-think/
I had this on DVD and only watched it a couple times despite really liking it the first time. There just isn’t a lot is substance to the movie and there’s only one plot thread. The costumes and their friendship is great but a big chunk of the movie is the fake reunion and then straight after there is the real one and the long dance.
In comparison, Clueless feels like every character is fleshed out, it has its own language, and there are several smaller plot points that all come together in the end.
I think loneliness. His niece came and probably won't come back for a while, his sister was distant, he was reminded of his (abusive?) father with whom he is estranged, his co-worker left suddenly without paying him back, he was reminded that the bar woman is just a hostess and has a personal life, nothing came from the nought and crosses game or the woman in the park or the woman who borrowed the tape, he visits the shrine possibly in memory of someone he knows, and the hostess's husband made him feel that your life can end suddenly.
I agree about the abusive parent part. He is shown to be smart from the books he reads and is a good worker yet he is doing a cleaning job. Something held him back from formal education or finding a better position.
No, it was Christina's hand.
You left out the worst part. The woman was a performance artist but the reason she used puking was because she has an eating disorder. So Gaga encouraged her self harming.
Her first few films were iconic and ahead of their time in some ways (such as the modern music used in Marie Antoinette). Everything after that has been bland and forgettable. The Bling Ring is the most frustrating as it had so much potential but she chose to focus on the wrong characters. Somehow she keeps getting worse and worse over time.
No, it wasn't about being attracted to Mavis but what Mavis represented to Sandra in her head. In high school, Sandra dreamed of being popular but instead of trying to make friends naturally she treated Mavis like she was a best friend already when they never spoke because the fantasy of being popular and best friends with Mavis was so familiar to her in her head. Sandra now dreams of going off to the big city and leaving her small town life and being best friends with someone like Mavis who leads a seemingly glamorous perfect life. Instead of taking steps to get a better job and move, she begs Mavis to take her with her as Sandra can't disconnect her idea of Mavis and her own dream life. For Sandra, she needs as close as possible to BE the Mavis in her head which can't happen. Anything Sandra does herself will never be as good as Mavis because Sandra can't become her perfect fantasy version of Mavis because it's unrealistic.
Similarly, Mavis built up a whole dream scenario of winning the old Buddy back and reliving her old high school life and maybe having kids of their own even though Mavis neglects her dog and would be a terrible parent. Both of them were fantasising about people they barely know now but treat like they are close because they represent their dream lives. I wish the movie had focused more on the Sandra/Mavis dynamic. Mavis tells her whole fantasy to Buddy and comes across as unhinged and then Sandra does the same to Mavis but Mavis is unable to see the parallels. Instead Sandra pushes Mavis back into her old fantasy of leaving small town Mercury and living it up in the big city because she is better than everyone else. Neither of them are able to see that the real problem in their lives is themselves and that they will be unhappy wherever they go if they don't change this. They both want connection deep down but they put people on pedestals or push them too far away to have anything real.
Agree. I'm a huge fan of both Elvis and Sofia Coppola but I'm not sure what the point of this was. The original adaptation of the book was much better. This was very forgettable.
Elvis liked Priscilla because she looked like his mother who had recently passed away (not sure if he was aware of the resemblance or it was a subconscious thing). Several of his other girlfriends had a similar look.
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