Andrew Pope
@andrewpope.bsky.social
I just like movies. Especially horror movies.
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Member: Horror Critics Group | Film Critics Association
For baddies I’d have thinly veiled versions of self-important modern grotesques, each seeing themselves as above norms: Musk, Tate, Farage, Putin, Thiel, Stephen Miller. (Epstein would be too depressing, but a certain amount of the plot would be set on private islands.)
November 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
For baddies I’d have thinly veiled versions of self-important modern grotesques, each seeing themselves as above norms: Musk, Tate, Farage, Putin, Thiel, Stephen Miller. (Epstein would be too depressing, but a certain amount of the plot would be set on private islands.)
I’d lean into the idea of Bond as charming psychopath, who can blend in with the post-national ultra rich because part of him is as narcissistic and callous as they are. Like if Tom Ripley had a better handle on himself, and decided to use his charm “for good” but have some fun along the way.
November 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I’d lean into the idea of Bond as charming psychopath, who can blend in with the post-national ultra rich because part of him is as narcissistic and callous as they are. Like if Tom Ripley had a better handle on himself, and decided to use his charm “for good” but have some fun along the way.
That’s the deeper problem, getting kids to care about going to a casino and drinking a martini; I feel like they have to give up a bunch of those surface tropes and move on. (Also, yes, it was pretty strange how somewhere between Quantum and Skyfall Craig went from young buck to grizzled elder 🙃)
November 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
That’s the deeper problem, getting kids to care about going to a casino and drinking a martini; I feel like they have to give up a bunch of those surface tropes and move on. (Also, yes, it was pretty strange how somewhere between Quantum and Skyfall Craig went from young buck to grizzled elder 🙃)
“Two thirds of critics liked this film, and so did I. That’s why I don’t trust critics” is such a fascinating take.
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 AM
“Two thirds of critics liked this film, and so did I. That’s why I don’t trust critics” is such a fascinating take.
Maybe that’s the secret of turning Marvel’s fortunes back around. Have the X-Men fight a brontosaurus.
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Maybe that’s the secret of turning Marvel’s fortunes back around. Have the X-Men fight a brontosaurus.
This assertion surprised me, so I checked.
November 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
This assertion surprised me, so I checked.
Wait, maybe the kaiju *was* the D-Rex? In any case, too little too late.
November 11, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Wait, maybe the kaiju *was* the D-Rex? In any case, too little too late.
Thank god that’s over. Literally zero compelling characters, a computer-game level-by-level plot, and nothing remotely inventive until they give us a mutant kaiju at the end… who proves to be slower and clumsier than the T-Rexes and D-Rexes. Pure slop. Blockbusters do not need to be this dull. 😔
November 11, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Thank god that’s over. Literally zero compelling characters, a computer-game level-by-level plot, and nothing remotely inventive until they give us a mutant kaiju at the end… who proves to be slower and clumsier than the T-Rexes and D-Rexes. Pure slop. Blockbusters do not need to be this dull. 😔
This is almost as bad as Dominion. It’s just so boring!
November 11, 2025 at 1:37 AM
This is almost as bad as Dominion. It’s just so boring!
I am reminded of this great, celebratory article by Allison P Davis about psycho-killer heroines. 🥰
Unhinged Psycho Stalkers Are My Favorite Movie Heroines
Because Swimfan is actually a lowbrow version of I Love Dick.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I am reminded of this great, celebratory article by Allison P Davis about psycho-killer heroines. 🥰
It’s the same team as First Kill, so my hopes are high… 🤞
November 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
It’s the same team as First Kill, so my hopes are high… 🤞
I’m not even American, I’m just poasting on sheer principle.
November 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I’m not even American, I’m just poasting on sheer principle.
It has that unhinged quality that others treat to fake but few can truly capture.
November 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
It has that unhinged quality that others treat to fake but few can truly capture.
I really, really like Orphan: First Kill. For me it’s alongside House of Wax as a film that’s pretty fun for 2/3 of its runtime, and then goes spectacularly gonzo in a gloriously chaotic third act. I hope William Brent Bell brings that energy to Orphans. ❤️🔥
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I really, really like Orphan: First Kill. For me it’s alongside House of Wax as a film that’s pretty fun for 2/3 of its runtime, and then goes spectacularly gonzo in a gloriously chaotic third act. I hope William Brent Bell brings that energy to Orphans. ❤️🔥
(Not sure if Coppola would’ve been most familiar with this idea from the novel directly, or via the Universal Mummy movie which cribs from it extensively without being an official adaptation).
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
(Not sure if Coppola would’ve been most familiar with this idea from the novel directly, or via the Universal Mummy movie which cribs from it extensively without being an official adaptation).
Yes! Bram Stoker did it first: in The Jewel of Seven Stars (1903), the archaeologist’s daughter looks exactly like the ancient mummy queen, and might be her reborn. Coppola just lifted the conceit and applied it to Mina and Dracula.
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Yes! Bram Stoker did it first: in The Jewel of Seven Stars (1903), the archaeologist’s daughter looks exactly like the ancient mummy queen, and might be her reborn. Coppola just lifted the conceit and applied it to Mina and Dracula.
Oh man, AI towers above Frankenstein. The creepiness of the ending saves that movie.
November 10, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Oh man, AI towers above Frankenstein. The creepiness of the ending saves that movie.
I love Kojima but he is such a fan boy.
A good case to be made that Cronos is GDT’s most morally sophisticated film and it’s been a case of him gradually unwinding from there.
A good case to be made that Cronos is GDT’s most morally sophisticated film and it’s been a case of him gradually unwinding from there.
November 10, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I love Kojima but he is such a fan boy.
A good case to be made that Cronos is GDT’s most morally sophisticated film and it’s been a case of him gradually unwinding from there.
A good case to be made that Cronos is GDT’s most morally sophisticated film and it’s been a case of him gradually unwinding from there.
Now he’s done with his special white whale precious projects, he needs to go Dogme 95 cold turkey, and make something without one of these sentimental precious boys while he’s doing it.
November 10, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Now he’s done with his special white whale precious projects, he needs to go Dogme 95 cold turkey, and make something without one of these sentimental precious boys while he’s doing it.