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Eileen (2023) | ☆☆☆☆
(spoilers ahead!)
Today, I watched Eileen and it surpassed any expectations I had going in. Anne Hathaway and Thomasin McKenzie's acting in this movie was incredible and the cinematography was to die for. Perfectly dark and intimate. The buildup of the story left something to be desired, but the twist at the end was done so well that I physically slapped my hand against my mouth in disbelief.
The way Anne Hathaway delivered the line, "The first thing you need to know, this isn't my house. This is the Polk house. I have Mrs. Polk tied up downstairs." Chills.
My favorite scene though, was a bit earlier in the kitchen when Rebecca says, "Tell me, honey...what would make a person want to kill their father?" Eileen replies, "Everybody wants to kill their father." Rebecca's eye twitches and she says, "No they don't. Where did you hear that?"
I thought this exchange was PERFECT. Eileen is completely oblivious to her own psychopathy and capacity for violence, up until the point where she shoots Mrs. Polk and excitedly devises a plan to hide the body. We're led to believe (at least I was led to believe) that Rebecca was the one hiding a secret murder-y alter ego, but then Eileen actually acting on her intrusive thoughts in the end (shooting Mrs. Polk) was a great twist after all the fake-outs.
Also, I love the way we become desensitized to Eileen's intrusive thoughts throughout the movie. Because Eileen thinks that her violent fantasies are normal, we end up just brushing over her thoughts of killing herself/her father until her dark side appears with a literal bang.
Eileen thinks that everyone thinks the way she does and it comes as a surprise when she realizes that she isn't like every one else. Eileen kills Mrs. Polk and she does it with a sort of detached calmness that is so striking against Rebecca who was shaking, screaming, and crying. There's something terribly wrong with Eileen, whereas Rebecca had made a terrible mistake and was trying to fix it.
(Rebecca: "Why did you shoot her?"
Eileen: "I was upset.")
The scene also highlights the fact that Rebecca would never be able to love/accept Eileen because they are not alike. Although it pains me to say it (because I really wanted them to run away together), Rebecca was simply a stepping stone for Eileen in her journey of self discovery.
This made me recall the conversation Eileen had with her father. He said, "Some people...they're the real people. Like in a movie, they're the ones you're watching. They're the ones making moves. And other people...they're there filling the space. That's you, Eileen."
At the end of the movie, Eileen becomes one of the "real people" and smiles.
I feel like I could talk about this movie WAY more and do a better in depth analysis, but I just wanted to briefly talk about some of my favorite parts <3
16 personalities as Mean Girls quotes:
ESTJ: Gretchen stop trying to make "fetch" happen, it's not going to happen.
ENFJ: Why does Caeser get to stomp around like a giant while the rest of us try not get smushed under his big feet. What's so great about Caesar? Brutus is just as cute as Caeser. Okay, Brutus is just as smart as Caeser. People totally like Brutus just as much as they like Caeser. And when did it become okay for one person to be the boss of everybody huh? Because that's not what rome is about! We should totally just stab Caeser!
ENFP: Hey Buddy you're not pretending anymore. You're plastic. Cold. Shiny. Hard Plastic. Did you have an awesome time. Did you drink awesome shooters and listen to awesome music, and then just sit around and soak up eachother's awesomeness?
INTP: Oh hi. Did you wanna buy some drugs?
INFP: I just wish we could all get along like we used to in middle school. I wish I could bake a cake made of rainbows and smiles and we'd all eat it and be happy
ISTP: She doesn't even go here!
ESFP: I'm sorry that people are so jealous of me. But I can't help it that I'm popular.
ENTP: I am so sorry, Regina. Really, I don't know why I did it. I guess it's probably because I've got a big lesbian crush on you. Suck on that!
ESTP: Talk to me again and I'll kick your ass.
ENTJ: You're like really pretty! (Thank you) So you agree? (What) You think you are really pretty?
ESFJ: Get in loser we're going shopping!
ISFP: I am kinda psychic. I have a fifth sense.
INTJ: Yeah I like math. (WHY?) Because it's the same in every country. (THAT'S BEAUTIFUL, THIS GIRL IS DEEP)
ISFJ: I am not a regular mom, I am a cool mom!
INFJ: I gotta say, watching the police search my house really was the cherry on top of a fantastic year.
ISTJ: (Where's Cady?) She went out. (She's grounded!) Are they not allowed out when they're grounded?
Mood 10:02 pm
― Leos Janacek, Letter to Kamila Stosslova, 8th May 1928
The Funeral (1984)
“I tried to distract myself from my thoughts, but instead, i felt lonely. i found myself yearning for trees, leaves, ground, and water. they became so dear to me. i wanted to hug them and just forget everything else.”
august in the water (1995)
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this is how it feels when a hopeless romantic falls in love —
Chungking Express (1994) dir. Wong Kar-wai
When you love someone, truly love them, you lay your heart open to them. You give them a part of yourself that you give to no one else, and you let them inside a part of you that only they can hurt-you literally hand them the razor with a map of where to cut deepest and most painfully on your heart and soul. And when they do strike, it’s crippling-like having your heart carved out.
—Sherrilyn Kenyon
The Last of Us (2025)
Sometimes it is the people who no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.
from the movie “The Imitation Game”
keep calm and watch the movie
unknown
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Gentleman and my lady, you'll always remember this day as a day you almost caught capetain Jack Sparrow. - Jack S.
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You seem somehow familiar, have I treated you before? - Jack S.
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....they leave no survivors
-No survivors? then where do story's come from?
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I disclaime to aquest to your request...witch means NO.
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How far are you willing to go for this woman?
- I'd die for her.
Oh good, no worries then.
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The only rules that are important are, what a man can do, and what man can't do. Can you sail alongside a pirate or can you not?
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Take what you can. Give nothing back.
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Me a dishonest? Dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly, it's the honest one's you have to watch out for because you can never predict they're gonna do something incredibly stupid.
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The capitain seems to be acting strange-er.
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There comes a time when one must take responsibility for one's mistakes.
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The problem is not the problem; The problem is your attitude towards the problem.
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Just close your eyes and pretend it's all a bad dream, that's how I get by.
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My first and only love is the sea.
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For sure, you must be lost to find the place that can't be found, elsewhere everyone would know where it was.
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So you see, every man has a price his willing to accept, even for what he hoped never to sell.
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Drop the weapons or I kill the man!
- Kill him. His not our man.
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What are you doing? You can't read.
- It's a Bible you get credit for trying.
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The world used to be a bigger place.
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You actually were telling the true.
- I do it quite a lot actually. Yet people are always surprised.
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That's tempting.
- If we had tiny bit of decency. We'd remove temptation from their path.
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Gentelman, I wash my hands of this madness.
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You may kill me but you may never insult me.
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No cause is lost if there is a fool left fighting for it.
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I'm horologist.
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You'd leave me over some horologist?
- Yes.
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Not all treasure is silver and gold mate.
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Sailors tell stories, pyrates make legends.
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Nowadays cinema appreciation
Am a Rick looking for an Ilsa...
“I follow up the quest despite of day and night and death and hell.”
- Lord Alfred Tennyson
Nobody wants carousels anymore. They want roller coasters that go upside down and make you puke.
https://youtu.be/9yhWhc7TnOE
Demolition (2015)
When you love someone you have to be careful with it, you might never get it again.
Nocturnal Animals (2016)