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My husband never watched Game of Thrones the first time around because he’s an insufferable contrarian. We’re watching it now and he’s like, ‘Why did people hate this?? It’s everyone‘s favorite characters coming back together and dishing up fan service.’ Just eating the slop they fed us and enjoying it without the frenzied discourse interfering has been truly freeing.
Feb 2, 2024
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because i hate myself in a good way
Nov 28, 2023
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Look. I don’t know how to explain it but when I tried rewatching alone it felt TOO serious. It felt almost embarrassing. Embarrassing to whom? You tell me! I was home alone. But having an old friend rewatch with you is the perfect strategy. You can comment on the plot, the silly writing, and on how much you wish you didn’t honestly think Dean is funny and hot because you want to not like the show. But it turns out you do. And then when your long distance friend goes home you might just continue watching on your own a little less embarrassed. A little less judgy. And having a little more fun.
Aug 20, 2024
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Because you keep noticing new things, it's comforting, and it's a way of appreciating good art. In a way it's also anti-consumerist. My current favorite rewatch is The Bear.
Jan 21, 2024
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This movie left me so profoundly disturbed in a way few other pieces of media have. The premise—to film perpetrators of the mass murder of communists and other groups under the Suharto regime in Indonesia REENACTING their crimes years later (in classic Hollywood style)—at first seems too bizarre to work. The point of the film is that it was only ever going to work. ‘Inspiring’ is actually a good way to describe it: it compels you to look at yourself and your own heart of darkness, not passively but with naked honesty. And what’s chilling and shameful is how watchable it ultimately is. Like nothing I’ve ever seen or will see again.
Jan 17, 2025