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May. 18th, 2025 05:34 pmrandom sinners thoughts:
+ love letter to southern american music. we love to see it.
+ finally some recognition that the southern us has always been culturally and racially diverse--the black/white binary dominated and still dominates most thinking about race, but there have always been people who don't fit into either category. having chinese, choctaw and mixed-race people more accurately reflects the time and place than most stories with similar settings.
+ the dobro is one of my favorite instruments ever and i hope this movie inspires a million people to start playing it
+ finally a movie that's filmed in Real Locations and knows to use cgi for necessary effects and not for the whole world. the production designer should win every oscar. as should the costume designer.
+ The Scene was one of the best scenes i've seen in cinema. like. wow. yes. that's what movies are for.
+ wtf was up with using "wild mountain thyme" though that song is from the '50s????
+ honestly the irish picks were pretty low-hanging fruit and something more obscure would have been more interesting but “rocky road to dublin” is a banger of a song so i’ll let it pass
+ having the white trio play the world’s whitest version of a geeshie whiley song was a genius move (and that one! with those lyrics!)
+ so proud of michael b. jordan in my heart he'll always be vince all grown up
+ michael b. jordan and hailee steinfeld got top billing, but this was sammie's story. miles caton, i'm excited to see what you'll do!
+ lovely to see wunmi mosaku, who i have liked since in the flesh, getting such a great role. she's otherworldly beautiful.
+ i am always happy to see hailee steinfeld
+ delroy lindo!!!
+ i thought it was pretty cool how jack o'connell kept going in and out of that irish accent--added texture to the character
+ can chris eyre or somebody make a movie about the choctaw characters? it's tragic we lost jeff barnaby a few years back--he would have been awesome at that.
+ a bunch of people left when the credits started, and i feel sorry for them
+ rhiannon giddens on the soundtrack! honestly i would have side-eyed them if she hadn't been
+ i always think that i don't like horror movies but i think i need to admit to myself that i do like them, i just prefer them to be period pieces
+ the amount of time we had for set-up before the revelations of what kind of world we're actually operating in was excellent and not something i expect to see in 2025
+ the dialogue was layered enough that i feel like i'm going to keep picking up new little details on subsequent rewatches
+ in short: that was a Movie and i love a Movie
+ love letter to southern american music. we love to see it.
+ finally some recognition that the southern us has always been culturally and racially diverse--the black/white binary dominated and still dominates most thinking about race, but there have always been people who don't fit into either category. having chinese, choctaw and mixed-race people more accurately reflects the time and place than most stories with similar settings.
+ the dobro is one of my favorite instruments ever and i hope this movie inspires a million people to start playing it
+ finally a movie that's filmed in Real Locations and knows to use cgi for necessary effects and not for the whole world. the production designer should win every oscar. as should the costume designer.
+ The Scene was one of the best scenes i've seen in cinema. like. wow. yes. that's what movies are for.
+ wtf was up with using "wild mountain thyme" though that song is from the '50s????
+ honestly the irish picks were pretty low-hanging fruit and something more obscure would have been more interesting but “rocky road to dublin” is a banger of a song so i’ll let it pass
+ having the white trio play the world’s whitest version of a geeshie whiley song was a genius move (and that one! with those lyrics!)
+ so proud of michael b. jordan in my heart he'll always be vince all grown up
+ michael b. jordan and hailee steinfeld got top billing, but this was sammie's story. miles caton, i'm excited to see what you'll do!
+ lovely to see wunmi mosaku, who i have liked since in the flesh, getting such a great role. she's otherworldly beautiful.
+ i am always happy to see hailee steinfeld
+ delroy lindo!!!
+ i thought it was pretty cool how jack o'connell kept going in and out of that irish accent--added texture to the character
+ can chris eyre or somebody make a movie about the choctaw characters? it's tragic we lost jeff barnaby a few years back--he would have been awesome at that.
+ a bunch of people left when the credits started, and i feel sorry for them
+ rhiannon giddens on the soundtrack! honestly i would have side-eyed them if she hadn't been
+ i always think that i don't like horror movies but i think i need to admit to myself that i do like them, i just prefer them to be period pieces
+ the amount of time we had for set-up before the revelations of what kind of world we're actually operating in was excellent and not something i expect to see in 2025
+ the dialogue was layered enough that i feel like i'm going to keep picking up new little details on subsequent rewatches
+ in short: that was a Movie and i love a Movie
