july media (belated)
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latespringIt's been a busy few months so this is quite late! Here was July!
Royal Warriors (1985) ★★★☆☆
The Michelle Yeoh watch continues!! This is a movie primarily concerned with revenge--Michelle Yeoh teams up with another cop to stop a plane hijacking and the consequences spiral from there. Not the best thing she's ever been in.
Final Recipe (2013) ★★★★☆
This is in all ways but physical a cooking anime live action adaptation. I think it's a really fun time! Don't think too hard about the plot, but I like the themes of communicating through cooking. Michelle Yeoh stars as a conflicted cooking show judge side character.
Twilight (2008) ★★☆☆☆
I watched this with my friends because I'd never seen it and I was tired of not having done so. Really so funny but only because we were all together and could laugh at it.
The Soong Sisters (1997) ★★☆☆☆
Michelle Yeoh stars as a member of the Soong family in a movie based on the real life Soong sisters. I think I needed to know more history to really appreciate it. Also there's a scene of blackface which really put me off. I wouldn't recommend this one.
Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (2021) ★★★★☆
I watched this because I heard you needed to see it before S2 of the anime? It was great, I liked it a lot! Very interested to see how they'll resolve some of those plot points later.
Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022) ★★★★★
One of my friends said he hadn't seen it so I made him watch it and had a good time!!! Once again I am peeled like a fruit by the scene in the parking lot.
Barbie (2023) ★★★★☆
My dad wanted to see this lol so I saw it with him. It was good! I think the critique of Barbie (™) as a product of Mattel kind of fell flat, as did the feminism metaphor (I think they muddied their own waters with how they did the Ken thing) but the ending scene with Ken was good, and I think it had some interesting things to say about girlhood. Would have been interested in seeing more of the tween daughter. The music was quite good! This seems harsh but like, I did enjoy it while I watched it.
Winter Recipes from the Collective by Louise Glück
Nirvana in Fire 2: The Wind Blows in Changlin
Finished my rewatch of NiF 2 with friends! It's definitely a different show from NiF 1 but I like it a lot, and there's allegedly a NiF 3 coming out sometime so I'm very excited for that.
Notre Dame de Paris
My friend is a fan of this musical and so we watched the pro-shot! It was quite good with the company especially. It's a visually stunning musical and I loved the execution. Also the music is great. The plot does get a little opaque at times though. It doesn't help that it's all in French.
Honestly not sure what I had in progress in July anymore, haha.
Cento Between the Ending and the End by Cameron Awkward-Rich
Sometimes you don’t die
when you’re supposed to
& now I have a choice
repair a world or build
a new one inside my body
From Poem-a-day:
Power Out! by Hayley Broadway
Oak Skin by Kris Ringman
Douglass Pool by Latif Askia Ba
Necromancy for the Bitter by Brian Koukol
Snow Globe of Denver by The Cyborg Jillian Weise
Awkwafina Clarifies That She’s Appreciating, Not Appropriating (in Black American Sentences) by Simone Person
Stability Is a Feeling by Nazifa Islam
Oregon State Hospital by Roberto Cabrera (translated from the Protactile by John Lee Clark)
Sleep Hygiene by Jill Khoury
The Genie Speaks by Nathan Spoon
Wail by Johnson Cheu
Otters by Raymond Luczak (Raymond Luczak performs his ASL poem “Otters,” with voiceover and subtitles in English and ASL Gloss.)
The Bearing Edge by Ralph James Savarese
Louise by Tala Khanmalek
Forest Starships by Petra Kuppers
SCROBBLES: 2,165
SCROBBLES PER DAY: 69
Ateez released their EP the month before this, and I liked it soooooo much. Listened to it a lot!!!!
Here's my July playlist for a cross section of other things I was listening to.
Artists:
Albums:
Songs:
Movies
Royal Warriors (1985) ★★★☆☆
The Michelle Yeoh watch continues!! This is a movie primarily concerned with revenge--Michelle Yeoh teams up with another cop to stop a plane hijacking and the consequences spiral from there. Not the best thing she's ever been in.
Final Recipe (2013) ★★★★☆
This is in all ways but physical a cooking anime live action adaptation. I think it's a really fun time! Don't think too hard about the plot, but I like the themes of communicating through cooking. Michelle Yeoh stars as a conflicted cooking show judge side character.
Twilight (2008) ★★☆☆☆
I watched this with my friends because I'd never seen it and I was tired of not having done so. Really so funny but only because we were all together and could laugh at it.
The Soong Sisters (1997) ★★☆☆☆
Michelle Yeoh stars as a member of the Soong family in a movie based on the real life Soong sisters. I think I needed to know more history to really appreciate it. Also there's a scene of blackface which really put me off. I wouldn't recommend this one.
Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (2021) ★★★★☆
I watched this because I heard you needed to see it before S2 of the anime? It was great, I liked it a lot! Very interested to see how they'll resolve some of those plot points later.
Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022) ★★★★★
One of my friends said he hadn't seen it so I made him watch it and had a good time!!! Once again I am peeled like a fruit by the scene in the parking lot.
Barbie (2023) ★★★★☆
My dad wanted to see this lol so I saw it with him. It was good! I think the critique of Barbie (™) as a product of Mattel kind of fell flat, as did the feminism metaphor (I think they muddied their own waters with how they did the Ken thing) but the ending scene with Ken was good, and I think it had some interesting things to say about girlhood. Would have been interested in seeing more of the tween daughter. The music was quite good! This seems harsh but like, I did enjoy it while I watched it.
Books
Winter Recipes from the Collective by Louise Glück
- why I read it: I generally like Louise Glück's work a lot, and so I picked this up from the library.
- thoughts: This was really gorgeous! Generally focused on themes of loss, age, travel, and survival. I think it contained many invitations into its world, which is really all I can ever ask from a book of poetry. While it's not a book I'd necessarily recommend as someone's first book of poetry, I think it's really good and I recommend it!
Ah, he says, you are dreaming again
And I say then I'm glad I dream
the fire is still alive
- Louise Glück, "Song"
TV
Nirvana in Fire 2: The Wind Blows in Changlin
Finished my rewatch of NiF 2 with friends! It's definitely a different show from NiF 1 but I like it a lot, and there's allegedly a NiF 3 coming out sometime so I'm very excited for that.
MISC
Notre Dame de Paris
My friend is a fan of this musical and so we watched the pro-shot! It was quite good with the company especially. It's a visually stunning musical and I loved the execution. Also the music is great. The plot does get a little opaque at times though. It doesn't help that it's all in French.
In Progress
Honestly not sure what I had in progress in July anymore, haha.
Poetry
Cento Between the Ending and the End by Cameron Awkward-Rich
Sometimes you don’t die
when you’re supposed to
& now I have a choice
repair a world or build
a new one inside my body
From Poem-a-day:
Power Out! by Hayley Broadway
Oak Skin by Kris Ringman
Douglass Pool by Latif Askia Ba
Necromancy for the Bitter by Brian Koukol
Snow Globe of Denver by The Cyborg Jillian Weise
Awkwafina Clarifies That She’s Appreciating, Not Appropriating (in Black American Sentences) by Simone Person
Stability Is a Feeling by Nazifa Islam
Oregon State Hospital by Roberto Cabrera (translated from the Protactile by John Lee Clark)
Sleep Hygiene by Jill Khoury
The Genie Speaks by Nathan Spoon
Wail by Johnson Cheu
Otters by Raymond Luczak (Raymond Luczak performs his ASL poem “Otters,” with voiceover and subtitles in English and ASL Gloss.)
The Bearing Edge by Ralph James Savarese
Louise by Tala Khanmalek
Forest Starships by Petra Kuppers
Music
SCROBBLES: 2,165
SCROBBLES PER DAY: 69
Ateez released their EP the month before this, and I liked it soooooo much. Listened to it a lot!!!!
Here's my July playlist for a cross section of other things I was listening to.
Artists:
- ATEEZ - 362
- The Amazing Devil - 129
- Hozier - 110
- My Chemical Romance - 87
- ZEROBASEONE - 73
- Vienna Teng - 48
- WOODZ - 48
- SEVENTEEN - 45
- PVRIS - 43
- Janelle Monáe - 42
Albums:
- THE WORLD EP.2 : OUTLAW by ATEEZ - 101
- YOUTH IN THE SHADE by ZEROBASEONE - 73
- Eat Your Young by Hozier - 60
- ruin by The Amazing Devil - 59
- The Horror and the Wild by The Amazing Devil - 56
- The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance - 53
- OO-LI by WOODZ - 45
- The Age of Pleasure by Janelle Monáe - 42
- THE WORLD EP.1 : MOVEMENT by ATEEZ - 41
- EVERGREEN by PVRIS - 41
Songs:
- In Bloom by ZEROBASEONE - 58
- BOUNCY (K-HOT CHILLI PEPPERS) by ATEEZ - 46
- Through Me (The Flood) by Hozier - 41
- Secret Worlds by The Amazing Devil - 35
- Drowning by WOODZ - 35
- Deja Vu by ATEEZ - 34
- Don't Stop by ATEEZ - 29
- Precious by ATEEZ - 29
- This Is How I Disappear by My Chemical Romance - 29
- Haute by Janelle Monáe - 27