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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Caught Perfect Days with a friend, I went in wanting to diss it tbh but came out generally enjoying it, it didn't romanticise menial worker life in Japan as much as I expected it to and I enjoy that it didn't infantilise the viewers. Good one to watch on the big screen and soak up the Vibes.

Procrastinating big time on some study items that I have to put my big girl pants on and do because nobody else will and it's self structured so up to me to figure out... So of course I end up mopping the floors which I've been putting off for months. It's good though, because the house has now got a real clean energy.

Dinner, and then I'm going to just sit in front of my laptop and force myself to read some journal articles to get the ball rolling at least.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

I'm going to watch Inside Out 2 tomorrow, I've decided. To prepare I just rewatched Inside Out at home and honestly every time I fall in love with it all over again. It's one of the best ever films I've watched, period.

This is no mere kid's film, it's a goddamn psychology class and therapy rolled into one. It brings me to tears, every time (and this must be the fifth time at least). And every time i notice new details, and events of the film have new meaning...

rambling because seriously guys i love this film

This is the first time I've watched it post lockdown and I was honestly ugly crying at the point when Joy realises Sadness needed to take over. I mean i cry at that point every time anyway (also when Sadness sits next to Bing Bong and just listens). But this time it hit so much harder after the huge events of past years: the loss of friends, the irreversible life changes, isolation, the realisation that some joyful parts of the past are truly over and can't drive us any more, and have to be let go to move on to new joy, the sadness taking over happy memories, the rebuilding of new networks by letting emotions blend, and of course one of the big morals of the story - don't keep trying to push through and be happy all the time, embrace the difficult feelings or everything starts breaking down. Deny sadness and you get locked out of your brain with depression.

This film has meant so much to me over the years because I've always been Sadness - Negative Nelly, Debbie Downer, the character in the film to a tee - and both hated and defended that fact fiercely growing up. This was honestly the first film that gave me the permission to embrace it and be proud of it - especially the mum having Sadness running the show with empathy, it was the first time I truly understood who I could become rather than forcing myself to be someone else.

I can't get over how the creators weaved these personal experiences we've all had and actual psychological concepts into such vivid, coherent, playful imagery that doesn't just track as a very entertaining kid's adventure film but also as an incredibly creative and powerful metaphoric film for all ages. I could watch it every year til I die, honestly.

Of course I don't have such high hopes for the sequel. But I can't not watch it when the original means so much to me. ❤️‍🩹

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I really feel you on this so, so much. I loved the first movie too, which I watched when it came out. I want to watch the 2nd one, but I just know that I won't be able to cope if I watch it with where I'm at at the moment

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

so many hugs, just reading your experience made me cry

It's on my watchlist now💗

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's cool outside but it's sunny so this is manageable for me.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

The sun is so beautiful today I will be outside doing some more repotting.🌞

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Went to Fairfield boathouse this weekend. Haven’t been before. Very Old Timey style. Had decent scones and a some very nice walking tracks next to the Yarra. Would be amazing if they gave it a renno like Studley park, but keeping the heritage. I think the location is actually nicer than Studley park, due to the walks and views. Would go again.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's a lovely place to chill on a sunny summer morning. Next to it is a mini greek amphitheatre - stand on the bronze disk and speak normally and your voice is magnified by the surrounding walls. There was often performances there in summer pre-covid - and I expect these will start up again fairly soon. A beautiful space.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I did wonder if the amphitheatre was ever used! Hopefully they reinstate it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Attended a performance of Euripides' The Bacchae there. Powerful and strange. Especially in the kind of setting the play was intended to be performed in. I really got it then that theatre had its roots in religious ritual.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Oooof we ikea'd mightily today. I got fuck all done around the house

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

After seeing the trailer for Beetlejuice 2 I have a gut feeling I'm going to be underwhelmed.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Oh I watched the first one with my mum many years ago when I was going through a horror phase. I was not a fan. Also watched a replay of a really old movie along a similar vein at the drive ins a few years ago. Can't remember what it was called, but weird people broke down in the bush and then they broke into a house and weird people started singing or something like that. I didn't like that one either. Horror has to be horror for me, no horror comedy

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

I enjoyed the first one. I wouldn't describe Beetlejuice as horror. Not strictly anyway. Maybe fantasy comedy with a splash of horror.

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