I’m not saying this to be dramatic but DPS GENUINELY changed me as a person and the way I look at life and literature, and I feel like everybody should watch it at least once in their lives. It was so fun, heartbreaking, pure yet amazingly thought out and I love it deeply
Watching Dead Poets for the first time was such a visceral experience. I saw Todd being socially awkward and went ‘Yep. This is my guy,’ and now it’s my favorite film of all time. I cry every time I watch it, blubbering baby style. About a year after I saw it the first time, I made my best friend watch it with me and she was so moved by the last 20 minutes that that she didn’t talk to me for two days afterwards because she was heartbroken. Truly a beautiful film.
Fun fact: The director of Black Swan copied many scenes from Perfect Blue, calling it "inspiration." However, the director of Perfect Blue said in an interview how annoyed he was by this plagiarism, specially how the director of Black Swan said to him, face to face, how "inspired" he was by Perfect Blue.
I’ve been telling ppl for YEARS that the divergent series is about eugenics and just how wild the rest of the series is so glad to finally see a booktuber acknowledge it beyond “insurgent and allegiant bad” and tris’s ending
the way i was so shocked!! i genuinely had never heard anyone mention anything about the last two books other than what happens to tris so when i watched it was like?????
Train to Busan was sooo well done. Top 3 all-time in the Zombie genre for me. "A movie that felt like a movie, but in an elevated way" - perfectly articulated!
Thank you so much for highlighting the problems with Poor Things and people’s perceptions of it, i felt crazy after watching and reading the reviews because… there’s no way😭
I've only read the book and haven't seen the movie yet but my interpretation of the book was that is was a CRITICISM of the male gaze so it's insane to think that they took that and leaned into the complete wrong aspect of it for the movie 😳
@nickgermanos so I haven't read the book, but the movie eliminated bella's pov. I liked the movie but I do think it was flawed. I keep hearing good things about the books tho so I want to give that a go sometime
I didn't read the book, I only watched the film adaptations. I also have mixed feelings about the film. I agree that the film eliminates the female character's POV, but I perceived it as a deliberate attempt. In my opinion, the small gaze was the theme of the film and therefore this approach made sense to me. Similarly to the sexualization of the character at the stage when he has the mentality of a child - just like it happens in our culture in the case of girls, very young women. At the same time, I understand all the criticisms of this film and it is hard for me to disagree with them. Although it seems to me that they result from the way Lantimos narrates rather than his approach to the topic. I haven't seen his latest film, but in the case of the previous ones, regardless of the topic they touched upon, I was always accompanied by strong discomfort while watching them, and I have the impression that the director bases his narrative on this feeling evoked in the viewer.
I related so much to The Dead Poets Society, it completely changed me and made me embrace my love and care for art and nature but also made me realise for the first time that what I had been going through at the time was not okay. I will forever be thankful for the impact this movie had on me and I can safely say that it saved my life. What happens to Neil hits so much harder when it almost happened to you too.
I also watched Pan's Labyrinth thinking it was a child's film - I mistakenly watched it instead of the 80s Labyrinth with David Bowie. The second the guy's face was smashed in with a glass bottle, I thought, 'oh, there will probably be no singing in this.' 😭 The ending emotionally wrecked me, too.
So glad you enjoyed Monkey Man! It's one of the best movies I've seen this year, and is definitely one of my all-time favorite action movies. I cried so hard multiple times, it was so moving.
seeing dead poets society on this warmed my heart. watching it feels like coming home: every character, the warm found family dynamic, the love for POETRY, the pains of grappling with your identity as you grow up, being restricted and realizing you could find your own voice, every line JDSJSFJ the shape of its name in my mouth spells out love as i have ever known it
I’m so glad you liked Perfect Blue, that’s my favorite movie of all time! Imo it’s become even more relevant with the advent of social media forcing pretty much all of us to grapple with our identities as individuals with our online personas. Also, when you said in your last movie vid that Crimson Peak was the first del Toro movie you’d seen, I just knew Pan’s Labyrinth would become a new favorite for you! ❤
I actually really love her and her whole vibe, but i gotta say - sometimes we enjoy movies better, when we're not overly critical and aware of every little thing about it. I would say it's easier to enjoy things, when we don't build these preconceived expectations and ideas of what we know we best. I hate to be this person, but sometimes a movie really is just that. For example: Arrival has so many amazing details and has such a distinct vibe to it, and for her to say one of the main reasons she didn't vibe with it, is because of the blatant american military propaganda, just makes me question if she goes into every movie or tv show with certain expectations that have to be met. And of course, just to be clear, i'm not american and i too get annoyed sometimes, by the obvious propaganda, its just not something i would EVER focus on in a movie like Arrival. And it also feels like you prefer and liked a movie like The idea of you, better than almost all of those in that category, BECAUSE you let your guard down and let yourself enjoy things for what they are.
I agree with you with some of this but as someone from the US we are born and raised to be little patriots from our history curriculum to saying the pledge of allegiance in school every day. It's so deeply ingrained in our culture that the younger generation has grown to feel blatant hatred for the military and for the government. Culturally anything that involves the government or the military in a positive light is looked down upon.
I really need you to read the Poor Things book bc the ending is absolutely different and changes the entire concept of the premise while the film is just heavily bleah
yeah... I read the book first, and couldn't shake the notion that the film basically missed the whole point the book was making, and instead perpetuated what the book was critiquing. It genuinely seemed like the book went over their heads.
Girl, first time I watched DPS was in english class when I was 12-13, it was physically painful to hold in the sobbing around a class full of my bullies💀
so many of my friends told me they first watched it in english class too…..what were these teachers thinking?? that movie is way too sad to casually be watching in class on a wednesday afternoon 😭
I walked away from Poor Things seeing it less as a liberating feminism film and more as a coming-of-age character study. I suppose when you're looking at it through a feminist lense it comes off as bleak and rudimentary at best, and offensive at worst (though I can make a case for some aspects of the film being feminist), and I can understand why there was such a divisive reception viewing it through that lense. It's always good to discuss films through different lenses and have differing opinions though, so respect. I think the film becomes even more interesting when you draw thematic parallels to its obvious Frankenstein influence, but to each their own.
I don't know how to explain this but I love how you explain things. I love your book recommendations because I can really tell you know what are you talking about. That's why I love to watch every type of content you put in your channel. You look so knowledgeable. And I love your shirt!!
I loveee you talking about things other than books too. Really excited for IWTV video, and I hope when u tier rank TV shows u talk about Banana Fish in detail because I just finished it yesterday and I have been sobbing since 😭♥️
I would give thousands of stars for this video because everything you've said about every single movie in here is exactly what I felt but couldn't sort my feelings out or put them into words while watching most of these films. Thank you so much Hannah
you should watch bones and all (2022). it’s my all-time favorite movie, it’s a cannibal romance and it makes me bawl my eyes out every single time i watch it. it’s by the same director as challengers
You should totally start doing movies recommendation movies, challenges, and movies Videos in general might be something that you’re interested in and I would love to see you do it and watch movies.
I also liked "Past Lives", but the entire time it felt like something was missing for me. Could be that I was subconsciously comparing it to "Us and Them" (2018) the whole time, which is a movie with a very similar premise, but had a lot more 'life' in my opinion. I really enjoyed that movie and it made me cry at the very end.
I honestly had so much fun watching Abigail and it surprised me to see not many people liking it as much as I did. But then I realised it was because I went into the film not knowing anything and not watching any teasers or trailer. The twist really "shocked" and entertained me. I saw it more like a campy slasher than a serious drama/thriller. The makers made a horrible mistake promoting it as a "ballerina vampire" thriller film and revealing the best thing beforehand.
I was so scared when you started talking about the godfather because I didn't wanted you to dislike it, and GIRL YOUR KNOW, RIGHT? is the kind of that you kind want to dislike just because it satisfies men so much, but..... IT IS AMAZING. Also, THANK YOU for speaking up about poor things. I'm so happy I'm not crazy. People talk so well about it just because is TECHNICALLY very well made, and visually a masterpiece. And that's exactly why it made me so sad, because it could be so beautiful, but it ended up being everything you sad. Very dsappointing.
The general rule I was given early on when I got into movies was to not go by your favorite actor. Rather go by director and you'll be surprised what you'll find. If you want to be a real sicko like myself, go by cinematographer.
Captain, My Captain! If you know, you know. " Never let anyone outside of the family, know what you're thinking " and " Luca Brotzki sleeps with the fishes".
To be honest, if you liked any of the satire that American Fiction was getting at, I’d recommend reading the book it’s based on, Erasure by Percival Everett. The book actually includes the entire text of “my pafology” so you get to react to it and form your own opinions in the same way the characters in the book/film do! You also get more of Monk’s inner dialogue which is fun :)
Crimson Peak defined my love for Gothic horror for sure. A book that is definetly Crimson Peak inspired (knowingly or not) is My Darling Dreadful Thing I think you'd enjoy this one
Train to Busan is one of my most favorite movies. It was so good and I’m so glad you loved it as well. First zombie movie to make me cry that is for sure.
Highly highly recommend And Then We Danced because it's my favourite movie ever. It's a coming-of-age movie about a young guy in a Georgian (country not state) dance troupe and most reviews compare it to Call Me By Your Name (which I find offensive because I hated that movie but I kind of see some similarities) but the director compared it to Dirty Dancing which I think is way more accurate (because of the plot and dancing stuff and also because it's a great movie). It was a very controversial movie in Georgia due to the subject material but it did well internationally (at least as much as indie movies really are able to) and was well-reviewed by critics. and it's so good and has hit me hard in the autism.
i'm SO happy that you loved dead poets society. it's my absolutely favorite movie. the story's so tragic and beautiful at the same time and i relate to the characters so much. you'd expect the movie to leave you absolutely miserable (which it definitely does lol) but i can't help but also feel hopeful and warm because of the love and appreciation for art and passionate teachers. i've been a part of the fandom for years now (yes, there is one) and seeing others connect to it in the same way makes me so happy every time. it's really one of a kind movie, i could quote it from memory. also, neil and todd were very gay and closeted, thank you, that is all 🫡
i just rewatched dps this week after years of the first time i watched it and oh my god!!!!! i don’t remember how i felt the first time but it absolutely changed me this time. i can’t stop thinking about it but every time i do i just start crying😭 i had such a visceral reaction to it that even though i already want to watch it again i’m kinda scared lmao
The godfather's legacy will forever be tainted in my eyes because (tw: child sa) coppola publicly supported and funded convicted child grapist Viktor salva, both before and after he got out of prison for graping a 12yo boy who he was grooming since the age of 6 and filming cp. Coppola not only paid for salva's attorney but also threatened the 12yo boy and his family with a law suit. After salva got out of prison, coppola helped him get a job at DISNEY and greatly helped him with his other projects. When asked about why he stands by salva, coppola said salva is a talented film maker and while what he did was bad, he was practically a child himself when he graped that boy and the age difference wasn't that huge (salva was 29, the victim was 12). It's horrendous how much he's gotten away with just because he directed the god father. Since finding out about it, I can never watch his works ever again which sucks because god father was one of my favorite films.
Shape of water is sooooo good oh my god it's so tender and gorgeous and visually stunning too??? Love every time Doug Jones plays a sexy fish man in a Del Toro film 💖💖💖
i saw the tv glow had me crying for at least 20 minutes after i finished it. i had to call my friend in order to calm down. definitely my top movie of the year so far, but it suprises me how many people didn't feel as emotional when watching it as i did 😭
When I go to the bookshop I breathe love and lots of warmth and the bookshop gives you that space to read I always go to the bookshop and sometimes I stop and read my book that I have reading, sometimes I even stay for 3 or 4 hours until the bookshop closes and I love books so much and I read so much. I read so many books at least 10 a month ❤❤❤❤
As a film lover, I adored this video! I agree with you about Poor Things, everyone around me and online was super enthusiastic about it, and it seemed I was the only one not praising it at the time. The film was definitely thought provoking, but to me there were different aspects that I would have liked to see explored differently. I was particularly surprised when people thought of it to be "funny", it's categorized as a comedy, when I found it mostly just eccentric, unsettling/disturbing, and sad at times. I adored The Holdovers, it's probably one of my favourite films ever at this point, it did remind me of Dead Poets Society - which I also love - but to me it stands on its own without a doubt. The characters felt so real, I loved the building of their relationship and their growth. To me it was sweet, delicate, and heartwarming, without being too cheesy/heavily sentimental. It's interesting that you felt so differently about this and Dead Poets Society instead!
I'm so happy you loved my favorite movie of all time: Pan's Labyrinth. I've been shoving this movie down people's throats for 16 years now, since I watched it for the first time when I was 12. It's a movie that changed my perspective of movies themselves. I fell in love with movie making due to this movie and I rewatch it at least once every year (need to do my 2024 reawatch of it). It made me fall in love with stories even more. P.S.: I also really liked Tenet! We're not the majority, though... lol
I have such mixed feelings about Poor Things. I really liked it at first and I still do but there’s a lot very valid criticism about it. Definitely plan to read the book.
@@AClockworkReader so glad it got so much love and eyes on it bcus of the oscars! also i rlly appreciate how concisely you're able to communicate such thoughtful, nuanced takes and critiques - i found it hard to parse my thoughts on poor things and the discourse around it, and your review rlly gave me some clarity around my own floaty ideas! thanks :0)
dead poets society is truly so good, I need to rewatch it this season to see if my rating for it will go higher. for guillermo del toro's works, I've seen the shape of water (I remember enjoying it) and pacific rim (it was okay). I'm gonna move pan's labyrinth up my watchlist! i think my top films i've watched this year were Anatomy of A Fall and Monster (2023), and honorable mentions to the Paddington films hehe
Studio Ghibli’s “Grave of the fireflies” will be on Netflix on September 16…if you haven’t watched it….I highly recommend! Don’t forget to have a box of tissues next to you. It’ll break you 🥲
genuinely makes me so happy that we have the same movie taste and book taste!!! definitely going to check out the movies i haven't seen yet! A fave of mine this year and a recommendation is Minari (Chung 2020) :)
8:15 if you're looking for more movies in farsi i watched one which i loved last year (there was a special screening during ramadan)! the title is shayda (2023, dir. noora niasari) and it's about an iranian mother living in a women's shelter in australia with her daughter while filing for divorce. do look up the tw before watching tho
Hannah, your outfit is SCREAMING spooky season. I love it! 🎃🩷 I also love hearing your thoughts about movies and I LOVE Train to Busan. You should watch some Old Hollywood films from the 40s and 50s because I have a feeling you’d love them! Another recommendation is the Before Sunrise trilogy. They’re perfect
Another good Guillermo del Toro film is The Devil's Backbone, it's also set in Spain, but during the Spanish Civil War, so in my mind it's connected to Pan's Labyrinth
i'm not much of a movie person either but i've seen maurice randomly this year and really liked it unexpectedly too. looking forward to watching dead poets society.
I watched Pan's Labyrinth by myself in my room when I was 15. It also changed me as a human being because I literally couldn't stop crying. I am now ride or die for Gullermo del Toro, that man is a genius.
Black Swan literally *is* Perfect Blue. If you can, highly recommend finding a video that compares BS and PB together together because some of the shots in BS are direct shot-for-shot rip-offs of PB. Like the scene where Natalie Portman is crouched in the bathtub is directly a shot in PB. Everything between BS' alter ego in the mirror, the weird "Is she actually being stalked/replaced or is she just going crazy" is there. I don't think I've ever seen a more "The writer/director was clearly inspirited by Perfect Blue and then just went ham in taking everything that he liked from the movie to put into his own story" film before in my life
he's pretty open about his love for perfect blue. he bought the rights to make a live action adaptation of perfect blue in order to recreate the bathtub screaming scene in requiem for a dream.
If you didn’t vibe with Arrival’s weird nationalistic themes, I would still highly recommend the novella by Ted Chiang that it’s based on because it has absolutely none of that. He is an amazing writer and what resonated most with me about Arrival really gets to shine there! Truly they added the whole China plot to make it more Hollywood action flick~ when it was so unnecessary
My favorite part of the divergent series is the absolutely terrible hand to hand combat sequences. Like I’m not saying realism is always necessary but the way they hold their arms in that first movie is actually comical
Book recommendations 1. Number the stars. 2. The thief of always. 3 . Because of Mrs Agnes video recommendations trust your commenters and read your commenters favorite books, or read your least favorite book again, and do another evaluation on it
This video makes me want to get into film in a way I frankly don’t have time to accomodate in my life lol. Some of those top tear movies I’m going to have to check out!
Lisa Frankenstein ranking is criminal but we agree on the common enemy known as Poor Things and that’s what matters The surreal experience of opening up Twitter and realizing the enjoyment of Poor Things wasn’t a joke was top 10 worst experiences of my life. Like wait you guys enjoyed this ableist trainwreck???
hey hannah!! i love when women and especially when women rant about things that piss them off. thank you for your service something you said really spoke to me: "i don't mind things being weird. i don't mind things being graphic, or odd, or having like a lot of taboo things" "it just needs to have a reason" "he's doing shit for the sake of being weird, i don't like that" "it's vague intellectual shit" this^^^^^ is me watching any wes anderson film. and i've felt insane for a thousand years bc people will bend over backwards waxing poetic about that man's work and refuse to hear a single critique. they'll be like "it's supposed to be funny" or "it has all this meaning" and i'm just like. he is trying to be Quirky and it is not hitting. and he might have something to say /occasionally/ but it's drowning in weirdness and i don't have the patience for it. end of sentence. also i especially hate when people act like you're dumb for not "getting it." i get it, i just think it's stupid. anyway! i'd love to see what you have to say when you watch some of his stuff lmao. i recommend moonrise kingdom bc that was the first one i saw that put me off of him for a few years. couldn't finish it :/ love the video and love your work! brb filling out my clockwork reads journal bc i just finished a book ❤️
I’m very fascinated by stories that involve cannibalism as well. I would highly recommend the movie Society of the Snow as well as the show The Terror. Absolutely amazing stories in addition to the cannibalism elements.
I also watched Carrie this year and I totally agree! My favourite movies I watched so far this year are Longlegs and The Power (2021), incidentally both horror. The Power is a really good female directed horror movie about a nurse during a night shift during power cuts in the 70s. It has a really cool atmosphere, checking content warnings in recommended. Osgood Perkins is one of my favourite horror directors, I loved Gretel and Hansel and I am the Pretty Thing that Lines in the House by him and thankfully this new crime horror film too. Crimson Peak SUPREMACY, it's probably my favourite film. I really love Pan's Labyrinth too.
I’m a huge movie enthusiast so I screamed when I saw the title of the video haha haven’t finished the video yet but I need to know where your earrings are from ! They’re so so pretty
Sometimes I think that we all just like tracking "achievements" 🤣 as someone who never ever watches films... I might have to try tracking them and get through some more!
Oh my god, overall I agree with you on 99% of your points, and thank you for highlighting problematic movies ! :) If I may suggest a movie you might not know : "Les choristes" which I think is called "The Chorus" in english. It was a huge popular hit in France. I am pretty sure you'd really like it :)
I’m not saying this to be dramatic but DPS GENUINELY changed me as a person and the way I look at life and literature, and I feel like everybody should watch it at least once in their lives. It was so fun, heartbreaking, pure yet amazingly thought out and I love it deeply
needed someone to write this so that I could watch it cause its been in my watchlist for so long
55-min standing ovation in my living room for everything you said about Poor Things
Watching Dead Poets for the first time was such a visceral experience. I saw Todd being socially awkward and went ‘Yep. This is my guy,’ and now it’s my favorite film of all time. I cry every time I watch it, blubbering baby style. About a year after I saw it the first time, I made my best friend watch it with me and she was so moved by the last 20 minutes that that she didn’t talk to me for two days afterwards because she was heartbroken. Truly a beautiful film.
Fun fact: The director of Black Swan copied many scenes from Perfect Blue, calling it "inspiration." However, the director of Perfect Blue said in an interview how annoyed he was by this plagiarism, specially how the director of Black Swan said to him, face to face, how "inspired" he was by Perfect Blue.
Hannah please never stop making movie content 😭😭💃🏻💃🏻
hannah you should make a video ranking all of your favorite films/tv shows of all time!!
I’ve been telling ppl for YEARS that the divergent series is about eugenics and just how wild the rest of the series is so glad to finally see a booktuber acknowledge it beyond “insurgent and allegiant bad” and tris’s ending
the way i was so shocked!! i genuinely had never heard anyone mention anything about the last two books other than what happens to tris so when i watched it was like?????
@@AClockworkReaderbut i was under the impression that the message is about how bad eugenics is. So why is it a bad thing about the movie?
We need a tier ranking of tv series next!
Train to Busan was sooo well done. Top 3 all-time in the Zombie genre for me. "A movie that felt like a movie, but in an elevated way" - perfectly articulated!
What're the other 2?
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Thank you so much for highlighting the problems with Poor Things and people’s perceptions of it, i felt crazy after watching and reading the reviews because… there’s no way😭
glad to find people who agree 😭
I've only read the book and haven't seen the movie yet but my interpretation of the book was that is was a CRITICISM of the male gaze so it's insane to think that they took that and leaned into the complete wrong aspect of it for the movie 😳
@nickgermanos so I haven't read the book, but the movie eliminated bella's pov. I liked the movie but I do think it was flawed. I keep hearing good things about the books tho so I want to give that a go sometime
I didn't read the book, I only watched the film adaptations. I also have mixed feelings about the film. I agree that the film eliminates the female character's POV, but I perceived it as a deliberate attempt. In my opinion, the small gaze was the theme of the film and therefore this approach made sense to me. Similarly to the sexualization of the character at the stage when he has the mentality of a child - just like it happens in our culture in the case of girls, very young women. At the same time, I understand all the criticisms of this film and it is hard for me to disagree with them. Although it seems to me that they result from the way Lantimos narrates rather than his approach to the topic. I haven't seen his latest film, but in the case of the previous ones, regardless of the topic they touched upon, I was always accompanied by strong discomfort while watching them, and I have the impression that the director bases his narrative on this feeling evoked in the viewer.
I related so much to The Dead Poets Society, it completely changed me and made me embrace my love and care for art and nature but also made me realise for the first time that what I had been going through at the time was not okay. I will forever be thankful for the impact this movie had on me and I can safely say that it saved my life.
What happens to Neil hits so much harder when it almost happened to you too.
Please do the Divergent roasting video! That sounds delightful lol
I also watched Pan's Labyrinth thinking it was a child's film - I mistakenly watched it instead of the 80s Labyrinth with David Bowie. The second the guy's face was smashed in with a glass bottle, I thought, 'oh, there will probably be no singing in this.' 😭 The ending emotionally wrecked me, too.
no it was also that scene that made me go “oh this is not what i thought it was…” lollll
Pan's labyrinth is also Guillermo del toro
Now we need a tier ranking for tv series! 🤭
“Your dad is not lying to you” in reference to the Godfather lmaoooo because why are dads so obsessed with that movie 💀💀💀
it’s basically universal
So glad you enjoyed Monkey Man! It's one of the best movies I've seen this year, and is definitely one of my all-time favorite action movies. I cried so hard multiple times, it was so moving.
yes, me too!! it was so beautifully done and was so so emotional. definitely one of the best films of the year
seeing dead poets society on this warmed my heart. watching it feels like coming home: every character, the warm found family dynamic, the love for POETRY, the pains of grappling with your identity as you grow up, being restricted and realizing you could find your own voice, every line JDSJSFJ the shape of its name in my mouth spells out love as i have ever known it
I’m so glad you liked Perfect Blue, that’s my favorite movie of all time! Imo it’s become even more relevant with the advent of social media forcing pretty much all of us to grapple with our identities as individuals with our online personas.
Also, when you said in your last movie vid that Crimson Peak was the first del Toro movie you’d seen, I just knew Pan’s Labyrinth would become a new favorite for you! ❤
ahhh yes!! it’s an extremely relevant and timeless film! 🩵
I actually really love her and her whole vibe, but i gotta say - sometimes we enjoy movies better, when we're not overly critical and aware of every little thing about it. I would say it's easier to enjoy things, when we don't build these preconceived expectations and ideas of what we know we best. I hate to be this person, but sometimes a movie really is just that. For example: Arrival has so many amazing details and has such a distinct vibe to it, and for her to say one of the main reasons she didn't vibe with it, is because of the blatant american military propaganda, just makes me question if she goes into every movie or tv show with certain expectations that have to be met. And of course, just to be clear, i'm not american and i too get annoyed sometimes, by the obvious propaganda, its just not something i would EVER focus on in a movie like Arrival.
And it also feels like you prefer and liked a movie like The idea of you, better than almost all of those in that category, BECAUSE you let your guard down and let yourself enjoy things for what they are.
I agree with you with some of this but as someone from the US we are born and raised to be little patriots from our history curriculum to saying the pledge of allegiance in school every day. It's so deeply ingrained in our culture that the younger generation has grown to feel blatant hatred for the military and for the government. Culturally anything that involves the government or the military in a positive light is looked down upon.
I really need you to read the Poor Things book bc the ending is absolutely different and changes the entire concept of the premise while the film is just heavily bleah
yeah... I read the book first, and couldn't shake the notion that the film basically missed the whole point the book was making, and instead perpetuated what the book was critiquing. It genuinely seemed like the book went over their heads.
Pan’s Labyrinth!!! One of my all time favorites ever since seeing it 💗 it is so exceptional
Girl, first time I watched DPS was in english class when I was 12-13, it was physically painful to hold in the sobbing around a class full of my bullies💀
so many of my friends told me they first watched it in english class too…..what were these teachers thinking?? that movie is way too sad to casually be watching in class on a wednesday afternoon 😭
@@AClockworkReader she had taste, clearly, but how you watch that film and are expected to take a biology exam after idk
I walked away from Poor Things seeing it less as a liberating feminism film and more as a coming-of-age character study. I suppose when you're looking at it through a feminist lense it comes off as bleak and rudimentary at best, and offensive at worst (though I can make a case for some aspects of the film being feminist), and I can understand why there was such a divisive reception viewing it through that lense.
It's always good to discuss films through different lenses and have differing opinions though, so respect. I think the film becomes even more interesting when you draw thematic parallels to its obvious Frankenstein influence, but to each their own.
I don't know how to explain this but I love how you explain things. I love your book recommendations because I can really tell you know what are you talking about. That's why I love to watch every type of content you put in your channel. You look so knowledgeable. And I love your shirt!!
I loveee you talking about things other than books too. Really excited for IWTV video, and I hope when u tier rank TV shows u talk about Banana Fish in detail because I just finished it yesterday and I have been sobbing since 😭♥️
YES!!! Crimson Peak deserves more recognition, it's literally perfect and one of my favourite movies.
I would give thousands of stars for this video because everything you've said about every single movie in here is exactly what I felt but couldn't sort my feelings out or put them into words while watching most of these films. Thank you so much Hannah
you should watch bones and all (2022). it’s my all-time favorite movie, it’s a cannibal romance and it makes me bawl my eyes out every single time i watch it. it’s by the same director as challengers
ur movie and tv journal has inspired me to watch at least one movie a week this year! 😭💗
that makes me so happy to hear 🥹🫶🏼
You should totally start doing movies recommendation movies, challenges, and movies Videos in general might be something that you’re interested in and I would love to see you do it and watch movies.
Please do an anime tier ranking too !! I desperately need some recommendations from you as I've loved each and everyone of them.
i actually have a list on serializd that’s a ranking of all the anime shows i’ve seen!!
@@AClockworkReader Cant wait for that video
I also liked "Past Lives", but the entire time it felt like something was missing for me. Could be that I was subconsciously comparing it to "Us and Them" (2018) the whole time, which is a movie with a very similar premise, but had a lot more 'life' in my opinion. I really enjoyed that movie and it made me cry at the very end.
5:11 you might even say...... _movies that, like, feel like movies. they feel like real, like, you know, go-to-the-theatre-film movies_
I honestly had so much fun watching Abigail and it surprised me to see not many people liking it as much as I did. But then I realised it was because I went into the film not knowing anything and not watching any teasers or trailer. The twist really "shocked" and entertained me. I saw it more like a campy slasher than a serious drama/thriller. The makers made a horrible mistake promoting it as a "ballerina vampire" thriller film and revealing the best thing beforehand.
THE SHAPE OF WATER IS SOOOO GOOD!
I was so scared when you started talking about the godfather because I didn't wanted you to dislike it, and GIRL YOUR KNOW, RIGHT? is the kind of that you kind want to dislike just because it satisfies men so much, but..... IT IS AMAZING.
Also, THANK YOU for speaking up about poor things. I'm so happy I'm not crazy. People talk so well about it just because is TECHNICALLY very well made, and visually a masterpiece. And that's exactly why it made me so sad, because it could be so beautiful, but it ended up being everything you sad. Very dsappointing.
The general rule I was given early on when I got into movies was to not go by your favorite actor. Rather go by director and you'll be surprised what you'll find. If you want to be a real sicko like myself, go by cinematographer.
Captain, My Captain! If you know, you know. " Never let anyone outside of the family, know what you're thinking " and " Luca Brotzki sleeps with the fishes".
I loved Maboroshi, it’s message about how even with heartbreak life has beauty and new feelings and experiences like love are waiting
To be honest, if you liked any of the satire that American Fiction was getting at, I’d recommend reading the book it’s based on, Erasure by Percival Everett. The book actually includes the entire text of “my pafology” so you get to react to it and form your own opinions in the same way the characters in the book/film do! You also get more of Monk’s inner dialogue which is fun :)
omg that’s so cool! i’ll definitely have to check it out, thank you for telling me!
Crimson Peak defined my love for Gothic horror for sure. A book that is definetly Crimson Peak inspired (knowingly or not) is My Darling Dreadful Thing I think you'd enjoy this one
Train to Busan is one of my most favorite movies. It was so good and I’m so glad you loved it as well. First zombie movie to make me cry that is for sure.
Halfway through the video, I just NOW notice that Hannah is wearing an Inuyasha shirt 😍 Love it!
The video was great too lol 🤣
thank you for noticing 😭🫶🏼
Highly highly recommend And Then We Danced because it's my favourite movie ever. It's a coming-of-age movie about a young guy in a Georgian (country not state) dance troupe and most reviews compare it to Call Me By Your Name (which I find offensive because I hated that movie but I kind of see some similarities) but the director compared it to Dirty Dancing which I think is way more accurate (because of the plot and dancing stuff and also because it's a great movie). It was a very controversial movie in Georgia due to the subject material but it did well internationally (at least as much as indie movies really are able to) and was well-reviewed by critics. and it's so good and has hit me hard in the autism.
ohhh that sounds so interesting! i’ll definitely add it to my watchlist, thank you 🫶🏼
I second this so much, love that movie
i'm SO happy that you loved dead poets society. it's my absolutely favorite movie. the story's so tragic and beautiful at the same time and i relate to the characters so much. you'd expect the movie to leave you absolutely miserable (which it definitely does lol) but i can't help but also feel hopeful and warm because of the love and appreciation for art and passionate teachers. i've been a part of the fandom for years now (yes, there is one) and seeing others connect to it in the same way makes me so happy every time. it's really one of a kind movie, i could quote it from memory. also, neil and todd were very gay and closeted, thank you, that is all 🫡
i just rewatched dps this week after years of the first time i watched it and oh my god!!!!!
i don’t remember how i felt the first time but it absolutely changed me this time. i can’t stop thinking about it but every time i do i just start crying😭
i had such a visceral reaction to it that even though i already want to watch it again i’m kinda scared lmao
a clockwork watcher era !!!!
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The godfather's legacy will forever be tainted in my eyes because (tw: child sa) coppola publicly supported and funded convicted child grapist Viktor salva, both before and after he got out of prison for graping a 12yo boy who he was grooming since the age of 6 and filming cp. Coppola not only paid for salva's attorney but also threatened the 12yo boy and his family with a law suit. After salva got out of prison, coppola helped him get a job at DISNEY and greatly helped him with his other projects. When asked about why he stands by salva, coppola said salva is a talented film maker and while what he did was bad, he was practically a child himself when he graped that boy and the age difference wasn't that huge (salva was 29, the victim was 12). It's horrendous how much he's gotten away with just because he directed the god father. Since finding out about it, I can never watch his works ever again which sucks because god father was one of my favorite films.
the way pan's labyrinth and dead poets society are both literally some of my favorite movies of all time
dead poets society on top ur so right!
Shape of water is sooooo good oh my god it's so tender and gorgeous and visually stunning too??? Love every time Doug Jones plays a sexy fish man in a Del Toro film 💖💖💖
i saw the tv glow had me crying for at least 20 minutes after i finished it. i had to call my friend in order to calm down. definitely my top movie of the year so far, but it suprises me how many people didn't feel as emotional when watching it as i did 😭
I'm loving the consistent uploads😭❤️
I also constantly describe films as “it felt like a movie” so I really feel seen
You did Black Swan and Arrival dirty.
When I go to the bookshop I breathe love and lots of warmth and the bookshop gives you that space to read I always go to the bookshop and sometimes I stop and read my book that I have reading, sometimes I even stay for 3 or 4 hours until the bookshop closes and I love books so much and I read so much. I read so many books at least 10 a month ❤❤❤❤
As a film lover, I adored this video! I agree with you about Poor Things, everyone around me and online was super enthusiastic about it, and it seemed I was the only one not praising it at the time. The film was definitely thought provoking, but to me there were different aspects that I would have liked to see explored differently. I was particularly surprised when people thought of it to be "funny", it's categorized as a comedy, when I found it mostly just eccentric, unsettling/disturbing, and sad at times.
I adored The Holdovers, it's probably one of my favourite films ever at this point, it did remind me of Dead Poets Society - which I also love - but to me it stands on its own without a doubt. The characters felt so real, I loved the building of their relationship and their growth. To me it was sweet, delicate, and heartwarming, without being too cheesy/heavily sentimental. It's interesting that you felt so differently about this and Dead Poets Society instead!
thank you for saving me from "watching the detectives" for the exact same reason lol
i love how the tier at the end resembles a normal distribution curve haha
I'm so happy you loved my favorite movie of all time: Pan's Labyrinth. I've been shoving this movie down people's throats for 16 years now, since I watched it for the first time when I was 12. It's a movie that changed my perspective of movies themselves. I fell in love with movie making due to this movie and I rewatch it at least once every year (need to do my 2024 reawatch of it). It made me fall in love with stories even more.
P.S.: I also really liked Tenet! We're not the majority, though... lol
I can use this to expand my movie watch list too tysm
dead poets society is my favorite movie of all time its so so good and heartbreaking and beautiful
I have such mixed feelings about Poor Things. I really liked it at first and I still do but there’s a lot very valid criticism about it. Definitely plan to read the book.
anatomy of a fall on top alwayss i was rooting for it so hard even tho i knew it wouldnt take best picture
it was just sooooooo good!
@@AClockworkReader so glad it got so much love and eyes on it bcus of the oscars! also i rlly appreciate how concisely you're able to communicate such thoughtful, nuanced takes and critiques - i found it hard to parse my thoughts on poor things and the discourse around it, and your review rlly gave me some clarity around my own floaty ideas! thanks :0)
anatomy of a fall was so insanely good
dead poets society is truly so good, I need to rewatch it this season to see if my rating for it will go higher. for guillermo del toro's works, I've seen the shape of water (I remember enjoying it) and pacific rim (it was okay). I'm gonna move pan's labyrinth up my watchlist!
i think my top films i've watched this year were Anatomy of A Fall and Monster (2023), and honorable mentions to the Paddington films hehe
Studio Ghibli’s “Grave of the fireflies” will be on Netflix on September 16…if you haven’t watched it….I highly recommend! Don’t forget to have a box of tissues next to you. It’ll break you 🥲
genuinely makes me so happy that we have the same movie taste and book taste!!! definitely going to check out the movies i haven't seen yet! A fave of mine this year and a recommendation is Minari (Chung 2020) :)
yesss that one is also on my list!
For Christopher Nolan, watch the prestige and memento :) they’re more of the use-the-brain movies and pretty original (at their time at least)
8:15 if you're looking for more movies in farsi i watched one which i loved last year (there was a special screening during ramadan)! the title is shayda (2023, dir. noora niasari) and it's about an iranian mother living in a women's shelter in australia with her daughter while filing for divorce. do look up the tw before watching tho
yes!! that one is on my list! i was planning to see it in theaters last year but there were no showings near me 🥲
Pan's Labyrinth and DPS are literally my two favourite movies of all time (DPS top 1, PL top 2) and I've been so happy watching this video hahahah
Hannah, your outfit is SCREAMING spooky season. I love it! 🎃🩷
I also love hearing your thoughts about movies and I LOVE Train to Busan. You should watch some Old Hollywood films from the 40s and 50s because I have a feeling you’d love them! Another recommendation is the Before Sunrise trilogy. They’re perfect
Dead poets society is definitely my favorite movie ever and there’s a French play adaptation that is pure perfection
i looooove the 55 mins standing ovation in my living room 😭😭😭😭
Another good Guillermo del Toro film is The Devil's Backbone, it's also set in Spain, but during the Spanish Civil War, so in my mind it's connected to Pan's Labyrinth
that one is on my list!! i’ll pretty much watch any of his films now hahah
i'm not much of a movie person either but i've seen maurice randomly this year and really liked it unexpectedly too. looking forward to watching dead poets society.
I just love love love these movie recommendations of yours❤❤❤
I watched Pan's Labyrinth by myself in my room when I was 15. It also changed me as a human being because I literally couldn't stop crying. I am now ride or die for Gullermo del Toro, that man is a genius.
Black Swan literally *is* Perfect Blue. If you can, highly recommend finding a video that compares BS and PB together together because some of the shots in BS are direct shot-for-shot rip-offs of PB. Like the scene where Natalie Portman is crouched in the bathtub is directly a shot in PB. Everything between BS' alter ego in the mirror, the weird "Is she actually being stalked/replaced or is she just going crazy" is there. I don't think I've ever seen a more "The writer/director was clearly inspirited by Perfect Blue and then just went ham in taking everything that he liked from the movie to put into his own story" film before in my life
omg okay because i was thinking that at certain points!! i’ll definitely try and watch a video comparing them!!
he's pretty open about his love for perfect blue. he bought the rights to make a live action adaptation of perfect blue in order to recreate the bathtub screaming scene in requiem for a dream.
If you didn’t vibe with Arrival’s weird nationalistic themes, I would still highly recommend the novella by Ted Chiang that it’s based on because it has absolutely none of that. He is an amazing writer and what resonated most with me about Arrival really gets to shine there!
Truly they added the whole China plot to make it more Hollywood action flick~ when it was so unnecessary
My favorite part of the divergent series is the absolutely terrible hand to hand combat sequences. Like I’m not saying realism is always necessary but the way they hold their arms in that first movie is actually comical
my favorite part of the first movie is that they can never just board that train normally
Book recommendations 1. Number the stars. 2. The thief of always. 3 . Because of Mrs Agnes video recommendations trust your commenters and read your commenters favorite books, or read your least favorite book again, and do another evaluation on it
the rant for bad movies being longer than the good ones is so real - like I just get worked up when I am pissed at something I watched
I warched the Man Called Ove movie (the original adaptation) on your recommendation and Im so glad I did! Great movie!! So sweet
yayyy 🩷🩷🩷
Saltburn higher than The Talented Mr.Ripley sure is a choice.
THANK YOU I DID NOT LIKE NOTTING HILL WHATSOEVER AND FELT LIKE I WAS THE ONLY ONE
This video makes me want to get into film in a way I frankly don’t have time to accomodate in my life lol. Some of those top tear movies I’m going to have to check out!
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That was so funny for no reason 😭😭😭😭 but sameeeee, fave movie
Lisa Frankenstein ranking is criminal but we agree on the common enemy known as Poor Things and that’s what matters
The surreal experience of opening up Twitter and realizing the enjoyment of Poor Things wasn’t a joke was top 10 worst experiences of my life. Like wait you guys enjoyed this ableist trainwreck???
while i was editing i actually thought the same thing, i should have put lisa frankenstein higher 😭😭
hey hannah!! i love when women and especially when women rant about things that piss them off. thank you for your service
something you said really spoke to me:
"i don't mind things being weird. i don't mind things being graphic, or odd, or having like a lot of taboo things" "it just needs to have a reason" "he's doing shit for the sake of being weird, i don't like that" "it's vague intellectual shit"
this^^^^^ is me watching any wes anderson film. and i've felt insane for a thousand years bc people will bend over backwards waxing poetic about that man's work and refuse to hear a single critique.
they'll be like "it's supposed to be funny" or "it has all this meaning" and i'm just like. he is trying to be Quirky and it is not hitting. and he might have something to say /occasionally/ but it's drowning in weirdness and i don't have the patience for it. end of sentence.
also i especially hate when people act like you're dumb for not "getting it." i get it, i just think it's stupid.
anyway! i'd love to see what you have to say when you watch some of his stuff lmao. i recommend moonrise kingdom bc that was the first one i saw that put me off of him for a few years. couldn't finish it :/
love the video and love your work! brb filling out my clockwork reads journal bc i just finished a book ❤️
I’m very fascinated by stories that involve cannibalism as well. I would highly recommend the movie Society of the Snow as well as the show The Terror. Absolutely amazing stories in addition to the cannibalism elements.
our tastes definitely align more on books lmaaooo still i respect your opinions though
I also watched Carrie this year and I totally agree!
My favourite movies I watched so far this year are Longlegs and The Power (2021), incidentally both horror. The Power is a really good female directed horror movie about a nurse during a night shift during power cuts in the 70s. It has a really cool atmosphere, checking content warnings in recommended. Osgood Perkins is one of my favourite horror directors, I loved Gretel and Hansel and I am the Pretty Thing that Lines in the House by him and thankfully this new crime horror film too.
Crimson Peak SUPREMACY, it's probably my favourite film. I really love Pan's Labyrinth too.
Aaaaahh I made EXACTLY the same mistake with Watching the Detectives... 🙈🙈 so agree about Lucy Liu's character 🧚♀️
I’m a huge movie enthusiast so I screamed when I saw the title of the video haha haven’t finished the video yet but I need to know where your earrings are from ! They’re so so pretty
they’re from the etsy shop Atelier McChang!
@@AClockworkReader thank you !!
ANATOMY OF A FALL HIVE LET'S GO 😭🙏
Omg! We r so in sync. This has been my movie and series year too!!
Mee tooo like are we all going through the same phases ? 🤣
@rosefromwonderland3119 I know right? Like I was the kind of person to watch the same shit over and over and now I m consuming 4/5 movie per week!!!!
Sometimes I think that we all just like tracking "achievements" 🤣 as someone who never ever watches films... I might have to try tracking them and get through some more!
Oh my god, overall I agree with you on 99% of your points, and thank you for highlighting problematic movies ! :)
If I may suggest a movie you might not know : "Les choristes" which I think is called "The Chorus" in english. It was a huge popular hit in France. I am pretty sure you'd really like it :)
I have watched a whopping 11 new movies this year 😂 but I’ve rewatched my favorite movies many many times lol