J'avais des astres dans les yeux

I went to go see The Batman on release day and it was the first time I went to an IMAX in years oh my god. I love going to the movies, but I've usually just gone to my local rinky dink theater down the street because it's super cheap compared to out-of-city and even downtown. I even drove an hour both ways to go see it and I hate driving (but it was not too bad a drive if I have to rank it). The movie released on my friend's birthday and we'd been excited to see it ever since we heard Robert Pattinson was going to play Batman, so I was willing to make the drive, for them 😌🙏.

I liked the trailers for The Batman because they were so emo. Pattinson with the black makeup around his eyes and the scrungy hair. They felt like a vibe. I thought the movie was either going to be good, or hilariously bad. Either way, what bliss. I didn't want to have too high expectations though because: superhero movie.
But holy shit, Batman. I loved it.

The last superhero movie I saw was Spiderman: No Way Home and that movie pleasantly surprised me by reminding me how much I love Spiderman. The Batman reminded me how much I love movies.

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I'm also fine with this being a single movie, because I don't think they'll end up keeping the same director honestly and it won't be the same then. Franchises don't seem to care about keeping up a coherent story and tone in their trilogies and milliogies.

This movie knows what themes it's playing at and it does it well. It's refreshing in it's style and I'm going to go see it again for sure. I recommend making a trip out to see it in theaters if you can and feel comfortable with that.

Just finished watching all 5 seasons of Merlin. I had a false start with this show once, years ago, never made it past season one. I decided to restart it as a background noise show, but after I passed where I had left off I was sucked into it and it became a nightly watch.
I ended up roping my friend into it too around the end of season 2.

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This movie has been on my (very short) to watch list for since the beginning of the year. GATTACA is on Amazon Prime right now so I popped it on and oh boy.

It was everything I could have wanted. Genetic modification, social hierarchy exploration, family dynamics, running from the police, deflection of identity, a caregiving relationship, advancing in the face of oppression.
It was set in some futuristic 1920's looking place full of brutalist buildings lol. So it kind of reminded me of Patricia Highsmith stuff, but less uh nefarious? lol.
I especially loved Ethan Hawke's character. Super earnest. Jude Law's character was great too. The end fucking killed me though, WHY 😭 If there was one thing I would change it would be part of the end. Also, there was lots of yellow lighting and I still don't know if I liked that or not. But I loved the movie.

I found myself wishing it was a book though. I guess since I read a lot more than I watch movies my brain prefers books? Or I was liking it so much I was wishing I could add it towards my reading challenge?? lol