BP Movie Journal 3/21/24
In BP Movie Journal 3/21/24, David discusses the movies he’s been watching, including Freud’s Last Session, Immediate Family, Saltburn, Ferrari, Oppenheimer, Anatomy of a Fall, Cassandro, Afire, Orlando, My Political Biography, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Rumble Fish, Menus Plaisirs – Les Troigros, The Killer, Wish, Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, Maestro, The Taste of Things, Poor Things, Leo, All of Us Strangers, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Four Daughters and Night Swim.
Movies discussed in BP Movie Journal 3/21/24:
Freud’s Last Session
Immediate Family
Saltburn
Ferrari
Oppenheimer
Anatomy of a Fall
Cassandro
Afire
Orlando, My Political Biography
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Rumble Fish
Menus Plaisirs – Les Troigros
The Killer
Wish
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Maestro
The Taste of Things
Poor Things
Leo
All of Us Strangers
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Four Daughters
Night Swim
Battleship Pretension is a movie discussion podcast started in 2007 by Tyler Smith and David Bax. Since then, we’ve done live comedy shows, written reviews, commentaries and more.
Battleship Pretension is a film discussion show and a film review website founded by Tyler Smith and David Bax. Beginning in March 2007, Battleship Pretension the show (known to fans simply as “BP”) embodies the type of laidback, free-flowing conversations had by lovers of film around the world. Battleship Pretension the website is dedicated to being a destination for those seeking worthwhile opinions on current releases, be they foreign, independent, studio pictures, theatrical, home video releases, etc. From its meager beginnings in Los Angeles, Battleship Pretension has amassed a worldwide audience and readership. From Germany to Korea to Australia, people have tuned in to share in Tyler and David’s love of film. As Battleship Pretension’s following continues to grow, the purpose remains the same: Reach out to the international cinephile community, invite them to join in the discussion and perhaps even start one of their own.
I disliked Into the Spiderverse enough that I don’t think I’ll ever watch Across. But I’ve also always disliked the character of Spider-Man/Peter Parker and only watched for the possibility that a different character might be better.
Horror is my favorite genre, but it’s not because it follows expected trappings. Instead I think it’s even more of a director’s medium than movies generally are. A director is more unrestrained in horror, with the requirement they must pass merely being that it scare/disturb/creep out/etc the audience. Unhappy endings aren’t required in horror, but they’re permitted more than most genres (Flanagan’s Hill House miniseries fell on its face at the end because the family drama series genre was incompatible with the ending that what was retained from the source material was building up to). Admittedly, there are things like slasher sequels which basically do nothing but slot into audience expectations, but that’s not my preferred kind of horror (the unsympathetic victims typical of that don’t cause the audience to fear on their behalf, for example).