toranaga out here playing 4d chess and laying the groundwork to build the brothel next to the catholic church. even in the midst of an impending war and possible surrender he remains a comedic genius.
never leave the house without asking this question first!
Honestly, Isaac is an EXCEPTIONAL Captain. He’s a FAR better Captain than Roy whose idea of leading was basically just yelling out threats once in awhile when the guys got on his nerves.
Isaac takes the job so seriously. He makes sure the guys behave like a team on and off the pitch (insisting the team spend the evening together in Amsterdam), he demands they respect others (no trainers at a funeral, no keeping nudes in order to protect the people in them from tabloid hacks). He’s just a really good leader and I love him.
Brimsley: Reynolds kissed me!
Agatha Danbury: Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God!
Brimsley : It was unbelievable!
Agatha Danbury: Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God!
Queen Charlotte: Okay, we wanna hear everything. Lady Danbury, get the tea and light the candles. Brimsley, does this end well or do we need tissues?
Brimsley: Oh, it ended VERY well!
Agatha Danbury: Do not start without me! Do not start without me!
Queen Charlotte: Okay, alright, let’s hear about the kiss. Was it a soft brush against your lips or was it like a, you know, “I gotta have you now” kind of thing?
Brimsley: Well, at first it was really intense, you know? And then, oh God, and then we just sort of sunk into it.
Queen Charlotte: Ohh... So, okay, was he holding you? Or were his hands on your back?
Brimsley : First they started out on my waist and then they slid up and then they were in my hair!
Agatha Danbury and Queen Charlotte: tell us more, more!
*meanwhile*
Reynolds while walking behind King George: And, uh, and then I kissed him.
King George: Tongue?
Reynolds: yes your majesty.
King George: Cool.
i’m terribly sorry it’s so embarrassing to have gotten it so wrong. of course THIS is jamie roy and keeley when they start dating
rian johnson has managed to evade all common ethical problems in his screenwriting and i want everyone to know that the knives out mysteries are a perfect representation of how to write about a certain community respectfully AND simultaneously not make a big deal of how good you are at being a diverse writer.
in knives out and glass onion, both main characters are women who have been wronged by the other main character(s)—in marta's case, she experiences xenophobia from the thrombey's constantly; in andi's, she came up with a billion dollar idea which was stolen by a white man. when she took him to court for it, her entire friend group sided with this man; this directly affects helen after andi's death.
andi and marta's stories specifically represent real experiences for women who are minorities in america, but the stories are told without being too ham-fisted or obvious about it. these aren't stories about racism, xenophobia, and misogyny, they're stories involving racism, xenophobia, and misogyny, which i feel is something you don't often see. they're not triyng to prove a point by telling these stories, they're just stories being told—it's a difference that's hard to describe, but you know it when you see it. it's got less of a looking-into-the-camera-for-emphasis vibe.
alongside this, benoit was never a white/male savior to neither helen nor marta (respectively). he helped helen when she came to him about andi and he stood behind marta when he saw the tox report, but he never took over the case and they were never treated like damsels in distress. in the end, helen and marta took control of their own revenge and benoit nudged everyone else to the side while they did it. benoit is not the hero of these stories, helen and marta are.
this is good fucking writing!!!! i need film bros to be positively insufferable about rian johnson NEOW
edit 12/26/22: i've been told that ana de armas is a white latina. genuinely i did not know, she always looked brown to me and i haven't seen her in anything other than knives out, that's truly my bad. i've updated the post now to change the language about marta, other than that everything remains!
we‘ve been neglecting the bradley calls jake princess agenda
I need mac to casually refer to dennis as his boyfriend and when dennis tries to correct him mac just “but you said you were johnny” “yes! I was thank-“ “and johnny is my boyfriend so you’re my boyfriend, boyfriend” “that’s not how-“ “so you weren’t johnny?” “I WAS!” “Great so you’re my boyfriend!”
Mac deserves to gaslight Dennis into being his boyfriend.
my Mexican dad before we went to go see Wakanda Forever: so Namor, it means like “no love”? Is that part of his character?
me: no dad, that’s just been the character’s name since 1939.
Namor in the movie: so I took that as my name, “Namor,” the child without love!
my dad:
ruth ○ she/her ○ 20s ○ peace sign bisexual ○ never really knows what's happening ○ will probably figure it out someday ○ maybe ○ hopefully
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