I am not into the whale movie because I read a short story a while back about a whale fall that was really good and this movie looks nothing at all like that story, so I resent that it has that title.
And Kaylee, what the hell's goin' on in the engine room? Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?
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-t - Oct 15, 2026 1:12:43 pm PDT #3611 of 3626
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Tom Scola - Oct 15, 2026 1:15:58 pm PDT #3612 of 3626
Where do you come from? Where do you go? What is your scene, baby? We just gotta know.
Back half of October is packed for me: You Can See Everything, Spirited Away, Stupid Whale Movie, and Klara and the Sun are all purchased, and I still have to get tickets for Horny Wickerman and a few others.
The only thing I’m looking forward to is the new Laika film, Wildwood.
-t - Oct 15, 2026 1:31:45 pm PDT #3613 of 3626
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, that does look worth getting to a theater for!
Tom Scola - Oct 15, 2026 1:47:32 pm PDT #3614 of 3626
Where do you come from? Where do you go? What is your scene, baby? We just gotta know.
The local Stumptown Coffee hung stills from the movie on the walls as artwork. They were all dioramas of Portland. Absolutely gorgeous!
-t - Oct 15, 2026 2:38:07 pm PDT #3615 of 3626
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, very cool! Alas, that I have no local Stumptown
P.M. Marc - Oct 15, 2026 3:29:12 pm PDT #3616 of 3626
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I love both of them, but the previews for that looked so stressful! Was it stressful?
I don't recall it being that stressful, but also, my favorite movie thus far this year has been The Drama, so I might not be a good judge of all that.
I am not into the whale movie because I read a short story a while back about a whale fall that was really good and this movie looks nothing at all like that story, so I resent that it has that title.
In fairness to the movie, it is based on a book. With the same title. Whalefall, not Stupid Whale Movie. I haven't read it, and thus I cannot say if it is Stupid Whale Book. People seem to like it, I guess?
I have read Klara and the Sun, however, and if Taika's back in full form with this one, he's an excellent match for the source. The book comes right to the edge of "any movie would be a disappointment", but thankfully, unlike The Power of the Dog, doesn't go over that edge. I hear the movie for the latter is great, but the writing in the book is so mind-blowingly amazing that I just couldn't watch it.
-t - Oct 15, 2026 4:04:52 pm PDT #3617 of 3626
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I've had Klara and the Sun in my TBR for a looooooong time. I may get to it now that there's a movie...
Whalefall the book is definitely not what I read. I cannot remember the title of what I read but it was more SF, just an entirely different story. I am being totally irrational in rejecting the movie for not being the story that it is not in fact based on.
Steph L. - Oct 15, 2026 5:29:13 pm PDT #3618 of 3626
It's actually been a really hard year, when you stop and do the math. Eliot would cry, too, if it didn't take him seventy minutes of therapy, two cocktails, and a Sondheim medley before he can experience a human emotion through the haze of his PTSD.
I love both of them, but the previews for that looked so stressful! Was it stressful?
I don't recall it being that stressful
I might be misremembering the preview. Coleman and Cumberbatch were fighting, but it was supposed to be funny (?), and maybe they were trying to kill each other (??), and the more I type the more that sounds insane, so I'm probably misremembering it/conflating it with another movie.
DavidS - Oct 15, 2026 5:52:32 pm PDT #3619 of 3626
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The only thing I’m looking forward to is the new Laika film, Wildwood.
I will see that in theaters and I'm pretty much down to Wes Anderson and Miyazaki films for that nowadays.
P.M. Marc - Oct 15, 2026 11:17:14 pm PDT #3620 of 3626
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I might be misremembering the preview. Coleman and Cumberbatch were fighting, but it was supposed to be funny (?), and maybe they were trying to kill each other (??), and the more I type the more that sounds insane, so I'm probably misremembering it/conflating it with another mo
Oh, no, they were totally doing that. It's the second movie to be based on the novel, The War of the Roses. So if you watched that in the 1980s, it's that kind of thing.