I watched Baena’s Spin Me Round yesterday, at it was awesome, so I ordered all his films on bluray — except this one, which is Netflix only. So I’m watching that now.

So this has basically all the same actors as Spin Me Round? I like that.

But what is this? Spin Me Etc was a sarcastic look at Olive Garden and rom coms… is this a sarcastic take on horror movies?

That’s the guy from Search Party?

Molly Shandon is awesome.

I’m still not sure what this movie is — the protagonist is working at er like Yarn Barn, but a parody one, and everything is like wha and amusing — but is this going to be like a serious thriller / sci fi thing? I was expecting more funny and less strange.

But with shots like this…

I still don’t know what to make of this! Just when I think it’s a parody of a horror movie (see above), the next scene is apparently played straight. But perhaps I’m missing what Baena’s being sarcastic about.

I’m really enjoying this superpositioned feeling of is it/isn’t it?

OK, this is just so sarcastic.

But then it turns out that he thought they were kidding around and then he’s shocked to find out that she’s serious!

THIS IS SO COMPLIMACATED

Even just the wig…

Well, this was a lot of fun. If I’m to make a guess, I think the director saw Serial Mom obsessively as a teenager and then decided to model his film career on distilling the snark from that movie into everything he does… So it’s beyond meta and back into sincere and then past that again.

So what did the critics make of this?

Rawly convincing…

I guess…

A thoughtful approach to mental illness.

Unsettling look…

The metaphor and pathos…

Conspiracy theory movie with sci fi gimmicks…

So basically nobody is interpreting this as a sarcastic look at a movie of this genre — the wig wasn’t clue enough?

On the other hand, perhaps my viewing of this was clouded by their next film, Spin Me Round — and perhaps this was meant sincerely?

*doubt*

I think it’s a future cult classic. But it’s a bit flabby. It should be funnier.

Horse Girl. Jeff Baena. 2020. ⚃

Wow this is something. It reminds me of a Robert Altman movie, but on speed.

Is that… Yes it is.

She’s amazing.

Heh heh.

Yes OK.

OK, spoiler time, and I had to pause the movie here. (And this is really good! It’s great!) But I wondered whether anybody had made the connection.

And the answer is no. But the basic gimmick of this movie — being able to exchange yourself with selves from an infinite number of alternate universes — is exactly the same as Matt Howarth had in Those Annoying Post Bros back in the 80s. Did the writers here read that and think that that was a fun concept? Because it is.

They even have her go to a universe where she has hot dogs for fingers, which is such a Post Bros thing to do.

OK, unpausing…

OK, that’s a lot of raccoon screenshots, but I forgot to screenshoot (that’s word) anything else, because I was kinda caught up with watching the movie.

It’s really good. It’s not perfect — I felt that there were bits in the last third of this movie that kinda sagged. But it’s unique and really fun to watch.

And good performances. Of course Michelle Yeoh who is great in everything, but overall really good performances, and it looks great, and you know — it fun and it’s moving.

Everything Everywhere All At Once. Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert. 2022. ⚅

Hey, this is really well made.

Hello! I’m continuing my series of Movies That Mike recommended. I watch all sci-fi movies anyway, but I may have missed this one since it’s a Made For TV Predator Movie, which er doesn’t sound that awesome?

But this looks really good.

Gurl!

Hm… are all the animals in this movie CGI? There’s been a bird, an insect, a rat and now a snake, and they all looked fake as hell.

OK, the dog is real.

Oops spoilers.

Indeed.

But that was a good quicksand scene.

I mean bog hole or something.

Man, that’s a bad CGI bear.

But using CGI is kind to animals so whatevs.

Well… it’s OK as Predator movies go. It’s very similar to the first Predator movie, I guess? So if you like that one, you should like this one.

Prey. Dan Trachtenberg. 2022. ⚃