watch log

little thoughts on things I've watched recently! title colors mean good, okay, or bad.

• TALK TO ME (2022)
  horror movies love to be about grief, don't they? I liked this one, even though it was sadder than I expected. very neat premise, and a pretty solid ending! also I liked the dog.


• WEAPONS (2025)
  hmmm... there was something about weapons that made me not like it as much as I think I could, if that makes sense. something slightly off the whole time. I thought the character chapters were a cool way to move through the story, and I hope all of the child actors had a fun time during that scene


• THE SUBSTANCE (2024)
  I was so surprised by how truly bonkers this turned out being. like it generally wasn't my favorite and I thought it was a bit long... but I would absolutely recommend it to other people. I went in with a vague expectation of it being a 'ur beautiful the way u are' kind of movie, and I ended up with five continuous minutes of blood cannons. hats off for actually doing something unexpected!


• CUCKOO (2024)
  I was surprised by how much I liked this. did I watch it just for hunter schaefer? well yes! but it was extremely fun. everyone needs a straight-up monster movie every now and then.


• THE STAND (2020)
  listen. I'm really good at finishing bad shows. I like the closure of finishing the show, regardless of how bad it is. I couldn't make it past two episodes of this. I read the book over the summer and thought that this would be a fun way to end it, but I really cannot express to you how bad everything about this show is! from the pacing to the cinematography to the casting, I have so many gripes with this thing. I'll stop now but oh boy.


• LONGLEGS (2024)
  this one is so interesting to me because plotwise, I thought this one was just okay. but my dislike of the plot was made up for by literally everything else about this film. I thought the character of longlegs was sooo intriguing, one of my favorite villains in a long time.