Vivid Divine (Alec)
@vividdivine.bsky.social
Actively seeking all of the Infinity Stones of Nerdom. Film. Writing and Literature. Guitar. TTRPGs. TCGs. Video games. Mini Painting. Kenny Omega cured my depression. Ich spreche Deutsch🇩🇪.
While the concept of extreme golf is a little beyond my personal tastes, this sequel does try to walk the line between being overly self referential and trailblazing new territory. While not a strong standalone film, the original’s foundation allows its legacy sequel to accomplish something novel.
November 4, 2025 at 3:46 AM
While the concept of extreme golf is a little beyond my personal tastes, this sequel does try to walk the line between being overly self referential and trailblazing new territory. While not a strong standalone film, the original’s foundation allows its legacy sequel to accomplish something novel.
While I don’t think the sequel is as consistently funny as the original, the sequel does do cameos better than the standard Hollywood fair. Cameos at their worst feel like the director awkwardly winking at the audience. The idea of making every speaking role a cameo is low key unhinged and works.
November 4, 2025 at 3:46 AM
While I don’t think the sequel is as consistently funny as the original, the sequel does do cameos better than the standard Hollywood fair. Cameos at their worst feel like the director awkwardly winking at the audience. The idea of making every speaking role a cameo is low key unhinged and works.
Monday Mini-Movie🧵: Might as well keep the Sandler train rolling. This week is Happy Gilmore 2. I’ll bury the lead and say that this legacy sequel is better than it has any right to be. Perhaps, due to Happy Gilmore’s character is an inherent screw up and his life cannot be perfect. Hence, a sequel!
November 4, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Monday Mini-Movie🧵: Might as well keep the Sandler train rolling. This week is Happy Gilmore 2. I’ll bury the lead and say that this legacy sequel is better than it has any right to be. Perhaps, due to Happy Gilmore’s character is an inherent screw up and his life cannot be perfect. Hence, a sequel!
Ohhhh, Hell Yes. Thanks, Old Blood Noise Endeavors.
October 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Ohhhh, Hell Yes. Thanks, Old Blood Noise Endeavors.
For me, I would say that this movie was funny for me consistently around 50-60% of the time. Funnier than a lot of comedies I’ve seen, but sometimes a little to silly for my taste. Somehow, I feel that I slightly understand both the merits and criticisms of Sandler better now.
October 28, 2025 at 4:26 AM
For me, I would say that this movie was funny for me consistently around 50-60% of the time. Funnier than a lot of comedies I’ve seen, but sometimes a little to silly for my taste. Somehow, I feel that I slightly understand both the merits and criticisms of Sandler better now.
The most important part of a comedy is the funny joke to bad joke ratio. Comedies ride an oscillating wave between these extremes. Humor is subjective, but nothing is worse than watching a movie try to be funny. Yet, nothing is better when a movie can crack you up with consistent humor.
October 28, 2025 at 4:26 AM
The most important part of a comedy is the funny joke to bad joke ratio. Comedies ride an oscillating wave between these extremes. Humor is subjective, but nothing is worse than watching a movie try to be funny. Yet, nothing is better when a movie can crack you up with consistent humor.
Happy Gilmore (1996) finds a surprisingly open niche of a Golf Comedy, a space it only has to share with Caddyshack (1980). The story features the simple genius of a bad hockey player becoming golfer, the character development of the entire cast is a bit lax and almost entirely devoid of themes.
October 28, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Happy Gilmore (1996) finds a surprisingly open niche of a Golf Comedy, a space it only has to share with Caddyshack (1980). The story features the simple genius of a bad hockey player becoming golfer, the character development of the entire cast is a bit lax and almost entirely devoid of themes.
A person’s comedy preference is almost as personal as one’s inner thoughts. My preference definitely leans more to the absurdist or physical comedy spectrum. I’m glad to report that Happy Gilmore (1996) features multiple punchlines that Adam Sandler simply and randomly beats the shit out of people.
October 28, 2025 at 4:26 AM
A person’s comedy preference is almost as personal as one’s inner thoughts. My preference definitely leans more to the absurdist or physical comedy spectrum. I’m glad to report that Happy Gilmore (1996) features multiple punchlines that Adam Sandler simply and randomly beats the shit out of people.
It tells two interconnected stories across two worlds in a very streamlined way. Ultimately, I don’t know if I can say I prefer this to the 1946 original film or the iconic Disney version, I will say that this is something I will return to. Despite adaption, its strength is disassociation.
October 21, 2025 at 3:32 AM
It tells two interconnected stories across two worlds in a very streamlined way. Ultimately, I don’t know if I can say I prefer this to the 1946 original film or the iconic Disney version, I will say that this is something I will return to. Despite adaption, its strength is disassociation.
Unexpectedly, what stuck with me the most is its depiction of teenagers’ relationship with technology. To steal a Hasan Minhaj term, our “rectangle of sadness” completely distorts how people view relationships, identity, material possessions, and so on. Belle (2021) safely explores this topic.
October 21, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Unexpectedly, what stuck with me the most is its depiction of teenagers’ relationship with technology. To steal a Hasan Minhaj term, our “rectangle of sadness” completely distorts how people view relationships, identity, material possessions, and so on. Belle (2021) safely explores this topic.
Monday Mini-Movie🧵: after this stressful week I’m going to be quick with this one, I watched Belle (2021). An internet focused anime modernization of the beloved Beauty and the Beast story. Often, these projects can feel rather derivative or soulless. But this had heart. #moviesky #filmsky #movie
October 21, 2025 at 3:32 AM
My go to album for every flight. Waits takes me away while I’m on the airbus.
October 18, 2025 at 12:20 AM
My go to album for every flight. Waits takes me away while I’m on the airbus.
Thematically, there isn’t real depth beyond the third act virtue monologues in both films. Cinematographically, the first film struggles maintaining the camera’s focus while panning. These criticisms cannot discredit its winsome humor. Something that “better” made films have struggled and failed at.
October 14, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Thematically, there isn’t real depth beyond the third act virtue monologues in both films. Cinematographically, the first film struggles maintaining the camera’s focus while panning. These criticisms cannot discredit its winsome humor. Something that “better” made films have struggled and failed at.
The script keeps to a tight pace of a new gag scenario every 5-10 minutes. Even in the sequel, this spirit is maintained with the addition of a new character - the only female teacher in school. Cheating runs rampant, cigarettes are secretly smoked, Mark Twain-esque negotiations, and tests failed.
October 14, 2025 at 3:17 AM
The script keeps to a tight pace of a new gag scenario every 5-10 minutes. Even in the sequel, this spirit is maintained with the addition of a new character - the only female teacher in school. Cheating runs rampant, cigarettes are secretly smoked, Mark Twain-esque negotiations, and tests failed.
The premise is the same class of high schoolers keep failing to graduate year after year. Now in their twenties, the forever students have become masters of pranking their teachers. A new vice principal may change all of that. In this quasi-Billy Madison set up, a blank slate of comedy is presented.
October 14, 2025 at 3:17 AM
The premise is the same class of high schoolers keep failing to graduate year after year. Now in their twenties, the forever students have become masters of pranking their teachers. A new vice principal may change all of that. In this quasi-Billy Madison set up, a blank slate of comedy is presented.
For transparency, one of these films crept up the IMDb Top 250 movies list. I’ve finished this list long ago, but new films keep creeping in. Comedies are a genre that is notoriously hard to translate to a global stage. The Chaos Class franchise is effective at this due to how simple the script is.
October 14, 2025 at 3:17 AM
For transparency, one of these films crept up the IMDb Top 250 movies list. I’ve finished this list long ago, but new films keep creeping in. Comedies are a genre that is notoriously hard to translate to a global stage. The Chaos Class franchise is effective at this due to how simple the script is.
Monday Mini-movie🧵: sometimes I prefer to jump into a movie blind. This week I binged a pair of Turkish comedies: The Chaos Class (1975) and The Chaos Class Failed the Class (also 1975). Like a dark horse, this is a bizarre franchise I’ve never seen mentioned in cinephile circles. #filmsky #moviesky
October 14, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Monday Mini-movie🧵: sometimes I prefer to jump into a movie blind. This week I binged a pair of Turkish comedies: The Chaos Class (1975) and The Chaos Class Failed the Class (also 1975). Like a dark horse, this is a bizarre franchise I’ve never seen mentioned in cinephile circles. #filmsky #moviesky
Overall, I am glad I stepped out of my comfort zone to watch something challenging and not in my wheelhouse. I feel that I have a new tool experiment with in my writers toolbox. It’s not a film I’ll forget anytime soon.
October 7, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Overall, I am glad I stepped out of my comfort zone to watch something challenging and not in my wheelhouse. I feel that I have a new tool experiment with in my writers toolbox. It’s not a film I’ll forget anytime soon.
The runtime is 2.5 hours but it felt like a solid 90 minutes. This is perhaps the best paced movie I’ve ever seen. Each POV offers its own stakes that you simultaneously hate to leave when we cut away to the next POV, yet happy to return to. I predict this triplicate method will be copied henceforth
October 7, 2025 at 3:26 AM
The runtime is 2.5 hours but it felt like a solid 90 minutes. This is perhaps the best paced movie I’ve ever seen. Each POV offers its own stakes that you simultaneously hate to leave when we cut away to the next POV, yet happy to return to. I predict this triplicate method will be copied henceforth
If my enjoyment of the beginning was around a 4, the rest of the film jumped to around an 8. The main leads are all deliciously rounded and fleshed out. Almost like a game of the TTRPG Fiasco, there is a weight to the flaws and complications within each relationship. Sometimes these flaws explode.
October 7, 2025 at 3:26 AM
If my enjoyment of the beginning was around a 4, the rest of the film jumped to around an 8. The main leads are all deliciously rounded and fleshed out. Almost like a game of the TTRPG Fiasco, there is a weight to the flaws and complications within each relationship. Sometimes these flaws explode.
I’ll be honest, the first twenty minutes of the film almost lost me. There were many scenes that I found cheesy to the point of being more inline with an OnlyFans plotline than the grounded tone it’s gunning for. Additionally, its use of stereotypes feels unctuous and in desperate need of an editor.
October 7, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I’ll be honest, the first twenty minutes of the film almost lost me. There were many scenes that I found cheesy to the point of being more inline with an OnlyFans plotline than the grounded tone it’s gunning for. Additionally, its use of stereotypes feels unctuous and in desperate need of an editor.
Monday Mini-movie🧵: I’ve jumped on the bandwagon and watched One Battle After Another (2025) this weekend. In my life, I’ve only seen a handful of PTA films, so I didn’t exactly know what I was getting into. I personally contain multitudes of conflicting opinions on this flick. #filmsky #cinephile
October 7, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Monday Mini-movie🧵: I’ve jumped on the bandwagon and watched One Battle After Another (2025) this weekend. In my life, I’ve only seen a handful of PTA films, so I didn’t exactly know what I was getting into. I personally contain multitudes of conflicting opinions on this flick. #filmsky #cinephile
Besides its anime trappings, what does Inu-Oh (2021) add to the genre? I’d argue it recontextualizes the iconic “selling out” scene with its historical equivalent: honoring the Shogun. What is your fate when you are pulled between the status quo or fighting the system? Oh! the music is all bangers!
September 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Besides its anime trappings, what does Inu-Oh (2021) add to the genre? I’d argue it recontextualizes the iconic “selling out” scene with its historical equivalent: honoring the Shogun. What is your fate when you are pulled between the status quo or fighting the system? Oh! the music is all bangers!
For juxtaposition’s sake, the rock opera tropes focus on rebelling against the system (found in works like American Idiot or Quadrophenia) while the more audacious sprinkles in abstract psychedelia (a la Tommy or The Wall). Inu-Oh (2021) attempts both but is slowed down by required world building.
September 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
For juxtaposition’s sake, the rock opera tropes focus on rebelling against the system (found in works like American Idiot or Quadrophenia) while the more audacious sprinkles in abstract psychedelia (a la Tommy or The Wall). Inu-Oh (2021) attempts both but is slowed down by required world building.