new year new me

the first and probably last of its kind. there was a moment during this that was so ridiculous i basically blacked out for 10 minutes from disbelief. was that even allowed?something very Annette (2021) about this, which is a good thing. i will say, i did want out of this multiple times and couldn’t see the light. probably the hardest anyone will ever commit to the bit and for that reason alone i gotta respect it. i’m underselling this thing, it’s fucking ridiculous. technically a monkey mondays movie
was on board with this, thank god. felt way more active in its direction than schrader’s last two films (ittedly haven’t finished master gardener because i keep falling asleep to it). always knew elordi would be great in a schrader movie but richard gere really, really brings it. feels a bit rushed, the pieces don’t all fall into place as nicely as they should. almost reads like he was holding in so many ideas while making that last trilogy and…