Day 2: Blade

Hi everyone! 

I apologize for the late post, yesterday was a very busy day. However, I still made time to watch my daily movie. 

Yesterday's movie was Blade, directed by Stephen Norrington. Once again, this was my first time watching this movie, and I am so disappointed that I went this long without seeing it. The perfect way to describe this movie is that it FUCKS.

Wesley Snipes, who plays Blade, is just so damn cool throughout the whole movie. Every time he enters a scene, he poses exactly how a vampire-killing vigilante should pose. While looking like an absolute badass, he is also pretty funny. I found myself laughing at a couple of one-liners throughout the movie.

What also made me love this movie was the way the hand-to-hand combat scenes were choreographed. It's a bit cheesy and dramatized, but the speed and combination of moves are so sick to watch. I wish that modern action movies had better hand-to-hand combat. I feel like every time I see a new action movie, it's 99% guns and 1% face punches. In this movie, it's 50% guns and 50% martial arts. The addition of sword combat makes it even better. What's cooler than two vampires having a sword fight with club music playing in the background?

One small criticism I have is the late-'90s CGI. I understand they had to work with what they had, but it felt like I was watching a cutscene in Doom 64. I loved the idea but didn't like the execution. When Blade kills the vampires, they disintegrate in a way that feels pretty lackluster. I feel like it would look so much better with either practical effects or more updated CGI.

I do have to mention something my boyfriend and I talked about while watching. He said that Blade reminded him of Batman, and I agree. But Blade is so much cooler than Batman. (I really hate Batman. He's so lame.) I love that Blade is fighting for a good cause and actually killing the bad guys instead of just throwing them into a prison they can escape from. I always love an antihero who doesn't have a problem with killing.

Overall, this was probably one of the coolest movies I have ever seen. If you love clubbing, sexy vampires, awesome fight scenes, and an awesome neo-gothic vibe, you will love this movie.

31 days of Halloween

Hi everyone!

It's my favorite month ever, October! I have changed the theme of my blog to match the vibe of the month. (It will go back to normal after Halloween.)

I love Halloween traditions. I try to keep myself accountable by doing as many as I can while also creating some of my own. One of my traditions is based on cable television holiday specials.

Remember when you were a kid back in the 2010s and Disney Channel or ABC Family (now Freeform) would air a Halloween movie or episode every day? It always filled me with holiday spirit and made me anticipate Halloween. To honor that, I watch a horror/Halloween movie almost every day. (I am a busy college kid, okay? Some days I have almost no free time.) I will also be writing and posting a review of whatever movie I watch that day.

To kick off this year's tradition, today's movie is Sleepy Hollow, directed by Tim Burton. I have never seen this movie before, and I don't really know why. I love everything Tim Burton touches. His works have the perfect spooky vibes, and they are always a joy to watch. This movie is no different. It's spooky, it's campy, and it's bloody. Sleepy Hollow has everything you could want in a Tim Burton film and more. By more, I mean gothic 19th-century Johnny Depp.

I am so happy I got to watch this for the first time. The plot is compelling and does the original story justice. The costume design is amazing. Christina Ricci in a white corset is something I didn't know I needed in my life. What really pulled me in was the classic gothic Halloween. Flaming jack-o'-lanterns, twisty dead trees, murders, and witches are everything I look for in this holiday. The town in this movie is fucked up, and I love it!

I highly recommend it to whoever needs a classic spooky movie.

Do y'all have a favorite Halloween movie?

Why are all my favorite movies so problematic??

As I was adding my top four into my blog, I noticed that three of them had actors that are seriously problematic. Shia Labeouf, Kevin Spacey, Ansel Elgort, and Armie Hammer. 
Shia Labeouf is a known abuser and last I heard was reeking havoc on New Orleans. Kevin Spacey was accused of sexual assault (I always believe the victims, don't worry). Ansel Elgort also was accused of sexual assault (I will write later about how men can't keep their hands to themselves). Then there is Armie Hammer. Boy oh boy was I SHOCKED when I heard he is an alleged cannibal. I was then less shocked when he was accused of sexual and physical abuse. Seriously what is up with men?? 

Let me say that I in NO way support or even like these actors. Men once again ruined some of my favorite things. 

Why don't I just change my top four you ask? Because I am not letting some fuck ass men ruin beautiful stories for me. 

Call me by your name has had me in a chokehold since 2020. The cinematography, score, and plot is just so good. Peanut Butter Falcon is also such a beautiful story about two men just having fun and not letting the world get to them. Baby Driver is just so damn cool. The way the set correlates with the music in the beginning is my favorite scene ever. It's a love story, music video, action movie, and Fast and Furious all stuffed into one movie. It's awesome! 

What isn't awesome is that the lead actors in these movies are all awful people. I try my best to separate the actors from their characters, but when it's infiltrating all my favorite movies it makes me feel like a bad person for liking them. 

Of course I like other movies, but these hold my heart so strongly that I can't let go. I hate men. I hate them because they did awful things to women and destroyed my favorite movies in the process. 

I would like to thank Hayao Miyazaki for being a wonderful man and not casting men that suck.