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Film Diary November 2025
Dec. 8th, 2025 08:42 amNov 02: The Long Walk
Nov 08: Frankenstein (Guillermo del Toro)
Nov 11: Man of the Year
Nov 12: Ghost Ship
Nov 13: The Brandon Teena Story
Nov 19: Boys Don't Cry
Nov 24: Eddington
Nov 24: The Baby
The Long Walk: I did a longer review of this when I first watched it; basically it was a perfectly enjoyable film, but I had a lot of nitpicks with its execution and anti-war message.
Frankenstein: Similar to The Long Walk, I enjoyed it overall but had a lot of nitpicks. It was cheesy and flawed in a way that I really enjoyed for Crimson Peak and really DIDN'T enjoy for Frankenstein. Also wasn't fond of all the CGI and felt the ending was way too rushed.
Man of the Year: This is the Robin Williams/Christopher Walken dramedy where Williams plays a talk show host who gets elected president due to accidental election fraud. It's a notoriously weird movie -- it can't decide if it wants to be a comedy, a political thriller, or a romance -- but I found it charming.
Ghost Ship: Absolutely terrible but so much fun to watch. Rich pointed out that it's literally just Event Horizon, beat by beat.
The Brandon Teena Story: Excellent documentary, really enjoyed it, strongly disagree with other reviewers on Letterboxd who call the documentary out for its triggering content and frequent misgendering of Brandon. Personal thoughts on that: Ofc it's triggering, Brandon's real life was triggering; and ofc there's frequent misgendering, the documentary is composed of interviews with people who knew him IRL. Theoretically today you could make a hate crime documentary using ONLY people who gender the victim correctly ... but I doubt it, a little. I think you'd have to sacrifice important perspectives (ex. law enforcement, killers, parents) in order to make that type of documentary.
Boys Don't Cry: Always been one of my favorites, holds up on the rewatch. Really love the small town low-income vibe, very real.
Eddington: I liked this a lot in the first half, and then it got wild. I don't feel like it actually answered or explored any of the questions that it set up in Part 1. There were so many interesting threads here that just got dropped unceremoniously -- examinations of racism, of COVID, of complex small-town politics and even more complex personal motivations, Qanon... But yeah, none of that paid off, imo. It was all pushed aside for an action-adventure shoot-em-up. Also, did not feel the gore in Part 2 really suited this film. I don't mind gore at all but it felt so out-of-place here.
The Baby: This is the 1970s cult horror film. I turned it on while staying at Mom's house and both of us were annoyed by how much attention we paid. We were just looking for something stupid to use as background noise while we talked and played games, and we ended up following the whole film T__T It's about a social worker who gets assigned an old case, a family of women taking care of an adult man who is developmentally stuck in infancy. Some great and stupid twists throughout. Fantastic ending. Hated it, loved it.
Nov 08: Frankenstein (Guillermo del Toro)
Nov 11: Man of the Year
Nov 12: Ghost Ship
Nov 13: The Brandon Teena Story
Nov 19: Boys Don't Cry
Nov 24: Eddington
Nov 24: The Baby
The Long Walk: I did a longer review of this when I first watched it; basically it was a perfectly enjoyable film, but I had a lot of nitpicks with its execution and anti-war message.
Frankenstein: Similar to The Long Walk, I enjoyed it overall but had a lot of nitpicks. It was cheesy and flawed in a way that I really enjoyed for Crimson Peak and really DIDN'T enjoy for Frankenstein. Also wasn't fond of all the CGI and felt the ending was way too rushed.
Man of the Year: This is the Robin Williams/Christopher Walken dramedy where Williams plays a talk show host who gets elected president due to accidental election fraud. It's a notoriously weird movie -- it can't decide if it wants to be a comedy, a political thriller, or a romance -- but I found it charming.
Ghost Ship: Absolutely terrible but so much fun to watch. Rich pointed out that it's literally just Event Horizon, beat by beat.
The Brandon Teena Story: Excellent documentary, really enjoyed it, strongly disagree with other reviewers on Letterboxd who call the documentary out for its triggering content and frequent misgendering of Brandon. Personal thoughts on that: Ofc it's triggering, Brandon's real life was triggering; and ofc there's frequent misgendering, the documentary is composed of interviews with people who knew him IRL. Theoretically today you could make a hate crime documentary using ONLY people who gender the victim correctly ... but I doubt it, a little. I think you'd have to sacrifice important perspectives (ex. law enforcement, killers, parents) in order to make that type of documentary.
Boys Don't Cry: Always been one of my favorites, holds up on the rewatch. Really love the small town low-income vibe, very real.
Eddington: I liked this a lot in the first half, and then it got wild. I don't feel like it actually answered or explored any of the questions that it set up in Part 1. There were so many interesting threads here that just got dropped unceremoniously -- examinations of racism, of COVID, of complex small-town politics and even more complex personal motivations, Qanon... But yeah, none of that paid off, imo. It was all pushed aside for an action-adventure shoot-em-up. Also, did not feel the gore in Part 2 really suited this film. I don't mind gore at all but it felt so out-of-place here.
The Baby: This is the 1970s cult horror film. I turned it on while staying at Mom's house and both of us were annoyed by how much attention we paid. We were just looking for something stupid to use as background noise while we talked and played games, and we ended up following the whole film T__T It's about a social worker who gets assigned an old case, a family of women taking care of an adult man who is developmentally stuck in infancy. Some great and stupid twists throughout. Fantastic ending. Hated it, loved it.
