I haven't been to a movie theater since before the pandemic and it's mostly because movies are too long. I grew up in the 80s when movies were 90 minutes long, and that is the correct length. (Exception for the 1995 BBC Pride and Prejudice which is perfect at 5 hours.) So I am with Sarah on movie length. I also love that she described Yesteryear as "the tradwife novel that everyone hates but is selling like hotcakes" because that really sums it up. I plowed through that book, couldn't put it down, and the more I think about it the more I dislike it.
And finally, the original Star Wars movies came out when I was a child so they were pretty formative, but I have come to realize that I don't like them. They are not good movies. So Sarah was pretty much channeling my brain on all things during this segment.
The twitter guy who prefers Paxton's faith is not perplexing to me at all. He decided that Democrats are the enemy tribe, and he reasons backwards into a stupid and wicked conclusion, because he is a stupid and wicked person. Many such cases...
I'm glad Sarah mentioned that blue states are the ones who adopted independent redistricting. It's very possible that if we stuck to our guns, we'd have good-governanced ourselves out of a midterm victory this year, which is totally unacceptable at this time. All of this is a consequence of the uncomfortable truth that our system is very dumb. Any system where electoral outcomes can vary wildly based on how lines on a map are drawn is a dumb system. Yes I am still mad about 2012 when Democrats got more votes but still "lost" the House, to say nothing of 2000 or 2016.
I actually really liked YesterYear… but I listened to it and I think that actually made a difference. It was definitely not what I expected in a good way.
Genuinely curious, was the twitter post by an actual person? Is it getting boosted? The mental gymnastics to justify voting for someone like that is astounding. How is this sort of message being pushed?
Side note, as a Catholic, I was always taught God is all genders. The word non-binary wasn’t used but the clarity that God was not a man nor a woman was clear. Is this not taught to the Protestants?
Can verify from my corner of evangelical upbringing at least that God is ONLY ever taught to be male. You should have seen my Facebook timeline when I shared an article that simply went through the places in Scripture that refer to God in feminine terms. I might as well have been the Antichrist.
My family LOVED the Mandalorian :) I can absolutely see why others don’t like it and that is fine. It definitely felt like a couple of episodes smooshed together and honestly that is fine for us. Everything doesn’t have to be incredible cinema and my child who is a lover of cute things really loves Grogu and the engineers. We dressed up in our Mandalorian clothes and I got themed nails 💅🏻
We enjoyed the first couple of seasons. And in defense of Pedro, I have to say that, in the series at least, he's doing some commendable mask acting. That's a real and specific skill, and he executed a fine example of it. He's able to convey through subtle body language what most actors rely solely on their facial expressions to convey. If that's not coming through in the film, I'd blame the DP and director for not using the actor correctly, not the casting. Pedro has proven he knows how to work that helmet.
I think we’re going to need some sort of opportunity to follow up on how everyone’s murder mystery parties go after July. I’m hosting mine July 18…I’ve attended several, but this is my first time to host!
We went and saw The Sheep Detective this weekend. Never heard of it, but it was raining and we needed to get the kids out of the house. It ended up being one of the best movies we have seen in the theater in a while! Highly recommend, super cute!
There were kids that young in the theater when I went to see it and they seemed fine. I saw a review that said it was a combination of “death in paradise” and “Babe” and I’d call that very on the nose.
The Happy Birthday America films will be announced very soon! Thanks for the vote of confidence, I do aim not to waste anyone's time.
Here are my cinematic hot takes for the week, which no one could have predicted I would have:
1) I hate summer blockbusters. The only "big" movies I care about in the next few months are Disclosure Day and The Odyssey. Also let's all check out Finding Emily. I've had my eye on Angourie Rice since she was like, 11, and this is a big role for her.
2) I'm so stoked that Cannes is in the bag, I have a watchlist from that, and I'm just waiting for Venice, then we're in Oscar race for real. But I think Project Hail Mary remains our earliest and only strong contender for next year awards. I love Ryan Gosling. Give this man all the best actor things.
3) Give me long movies if they're good. I will sit through three hours of something that isn't CGI garbage, that has character and plot development and inspiring cinematography.
4) Why is Adam Driver in films I want to see? Ack. My film club watched Tiny Furniture a couple of weeks ago and I'll tell you what I told them: I blame Lena Dunham for him. Someday when I meet Lena I will tell her this. She will cackle.
5) I will take Matt Damon, but please keep Ben Affleck to yourself, thanks.
6) I love OG Star Wars for many reasons, one of which is lack of CGI. I got myself in an online tangle a few years ago when I posted that I was baffled that people thought Luke Skywalker was the hero. Was he though? He's so whiny and annoying. Also keep your whiny heroes to yourself, thanks.
Texan here. Beth, you have nailed it on how anti-talarico people are responding here. Sarah, I know it’s not logical, but neither was Trump getting elected by this same demographic, twice. This is how the conservative Christians seem to feel about it. What also makes me mad is there’s a very vocal segment of jasmine Crockett supporters who are refusing to get behind Talarico. It is so frustrating to me. They seem to be willing to let Paxton win to teach democrats here a lesson. Makes me want to scream.
Has the Left not gotten over this petty nonsense?! I saw this dynamic when campaigning for Buttigieg, an often hostile reaction from the Left that our candidate wasn't being extreme enough. When are American voters going to stop drinking the Extremist Kool-aid?!
1. I’ve been wondering what the breaking point will be for months (years?)! 2. I’ve never seen Star Wars. Like none of it. My parents went on a date to see the first one and my mom said she had nightmares for weeks. 😂
I know the kit says 6-10 players... Will it be way less fun to have fewer than 10? We're staying in a house with friends for July 4. There will be 8 adults and it seems like a perfect way to spend one evening but I want to make it as fun as possible! There are two eight year olds who can read proficiently but I wouldn't trust them to fully participate 😂
Yes! There are a couple of characters who are kind of extras! If you want to DM me the mix of people you have coming, I'm happy to recommend which characters to drop
I haven't been to a movie theater since before the pandemic and it's mostly because movies are too long. I grew up in the 80s when movies were 90 minutes long, and that is the correct length. (Exception for the 1995 BBC Pride and Prejudice which is perfect at 5 hours.) So I am with Sarah on movie length. I also love that she described Yesteryear as "the tradwife novel that everyone hates but is selling like hotcakes" because that really sums it up. I plowed through that book, couldn't put it down, and the more I think about it the more I dislike it.
And finally, the original Star Wars movies came out when I was a child so they were pretty formative, but I have come to realize that I don't like them. They are not good movies. So Sarah was pretty much channeling my brain on all things during this segment.
Almost didn't listen to the end. I could talk for FOREVER about how good Project Hail Mary is. Stratt for President! (I'm kidding...mostly)
The twitter guy who prefers Paxton's faith is not perplexing to me at all. He decided that Democrats are the enemy tribe, and he reasons backwards into a stupid and wicked conclusion, because he is a stupid and wicked person. Many such cases...
I'm glad Sarah mentioned that blue states are the ones who adopted independent redistricting. It's very possible that if we stuck to our guns, we'd have good-governanced ourselves out of a midterm victory this year, which is totally unacceptable at this time. All of this is a consequence of the uncomfortable truth that our system is very dumb. Any system where electoral outcomes can vary wildly based on how lines on a map are drawn is a dumb system. Yes I am still mad about 2012 when Democrats got more votes but still "lost" the House, to say nothing of 2000 or 2016.
I actually really liked YesterYear… but I listened to it and I think that actually made a difference. It was definitely not what I expected in a good way.
Genuinely curious, was the twitter post by an actual person? Is it getting boosted? The mental gymnastics to justify voting for someone like that is astounding. How is this sort of message being pushed?
Side note, as a Catholic, I was always taught God is all genders. The word non-binary wasn’t used but the clarity that God was not a man nor a woman was clear. Is this not taught to the Protestants?
Can verify from my corner of evangelical upbringing at least that God is ONLY ever taught to be male. You should have seen my Facebook timeline when I shared an article that simply went through the places in Scripture that refer to God in feminine terms. I might as well have been the Antichrist.
My family LOVED the Mandalorian :) I can absolutely see why others don’t like it and that is fine. It definitely felt like a couple of episodes smooshed together and honestly that is fine for us. Everything doesn’t have to be incredible cinema and my child who is a lover of cute things really loves Grogu and the engineers. We dressed up in our Mandalorian clothes and I got themed nails 💅🏻
We enjoyed the first couple of seasons. And in defense of Pedro, I have to say that, in the series at least, he's doing some commendable mask acting. That's a real and specific skill, and he executed a fine example of it. He's able to convey through subtle body language what most actors rely solely on their facial expressions to convey. If that's not coming through in the film, I'd blame the DP and director for not using the actor correctly, not the casting. Pedro has proven he knows how to work that helmet.
I think we’re going to need some sort of opportunity to follow up on how everyone’s murder mystery parties go after July. I’m hosting mine July 18…I’ve attended several, but this is my first time to host!
We went and saw The Sheep Detective this weekend. Never heard of it, but it was raining and we needed to get the kids out of the house. It ended up being one of the best movies we have seen in the theater in a while! Highly recommend, super cute!
Would it be good for a 6-year-old? I’ve been wanting to see it but solo parenting this weekend (and trying to figure out how to keep the kid occupied)
There were kids that young in the theater when I went to see it and they seemed fine. I saw a review that said it was a combination of “death in paradise” and “Babe” and I’d call that very on the nose.
I have heard it is so good!
The Happy Birthday America films will be announced very soon! Thanks for the vote of confidence, I do aim not to waste anyone's time.
Here are my cinematic hot takes for the week, which no one could have predicted I would have:
1) I hate summer blockbusters. The only "big" movies I care about in the next few months are Disclosure Day and The Odyssey. Also let's all check out Finding Emily. I've had my eye on Angourie Rice since she was like, 11, and this is a big role for her.
2) I'm so stoked that Cannes is in the bag, I have a watchlist from that, and I'm just waiting for Venice, then we're in Oscar race for real. But I think Project Hail Mary remains our earliest and only strong contender for next year awards. I love Ryan Gosling. Give this man all the best actor things.
3) Give me long movies if they're good. I will sit through three hours of something that isn't CGI garbage, that has character and plot development and inspiring cinematography.
4) Why is Adam Driver in films I want to see? Ack. My film club watched Tiny Furniture a couple of weeks ago and I'll tell you what I told them: I blame Lena Dunham for him. Someday when I meet Lena I will tell her this. She will cackle.
5) I will take Matt Damon, but please keep Ben Affleck to yourself, thanks.
6) I love OG Star Wars for many reasons, one of which is lack of CGI. I got myself in an online tangle a few years ago when I posted that I was baffled that people thought Luke Skywalker was the hero. Was he though? He's so whiny and annoying. Also keep your whiny heroes to yourself, thanks.
Texan here. Beth, you have nailed it on how anti-talarico people are responding here. Sarah, I know it’s not logical, but neither was Trump getting elected by this same demographic, twice. This is how the conservative Christians seem to feel about it. What also makes me mad is there’s a very vocal segment of jasmine Crockett supporters who are refusing to get behind Talarico. It is so frustrating to me. They seem to be willing to let Paxton win to teach democrats here a lesson. Makes me want to scream.
Has the Left not gotten over this petty nonsense?! I saw this dynamic when campaigning for Buttigieg, an often hostile reaction from the Left that our candidate wasn't being extreme enough. When are American voters going to stop drinking the Extremist Kool-aid?!
1. I’ve been wondering what the breaking point will be for months (years?)! 2. I’ve never seen Star Wars. Like none of it. My parents went on a date to see the first one and my mom said she had nightmares for weeks. 😂
I know the kit says 6-10 players... Will it be way less fun to have fewer than 10? We're staying in a house with friends for July 4. There will be 8 adults and it seems like a perfect way to spend one evening but I want to make it as fun as possible! There are two eight year olds who can read proficiently but I wouldn't trust them to fully participate 😂
Yes! There are a couple of characters who are kind of extras! If you want to DM me the mix of people you have coming, I'm happy to recommend which characters to drop
This is about the murder mystery party!