"Also, Americans are too hung up on plot…can we not just enjoy the music and images and vibes onscreen??"
A dear friend of mine (also a Molehill reader) was raised by a film prof and CONSTANTLY discusses the value of appreciating film, or art, or anything else, for the aesthetics alone so I gasped when I read that line!! I haven't even finished reading your essay yet but I'm very excited to.
I also really liked The Materialists and don’t quite get the hate. A) it’s hilarious (the whole theater was laughing as was my bf), B) odd to think Celine Song would go from Past Lives to a throw back romcom, plus the movie is billed as a drama!
I’m still thinking through the discourse on Sophie - who by the way gives the standout out performance in like a total of 10 minutes on screen. But I never got the feeling that the plotting served to “humble her” into lowering her standards. I understood it as Dakota Johnson realizing that dating has greater stakes than checking boxes and fraudulent heights. Anyway still thinking through!
I loved The Materialists! As a Virgo sun, Capricorn moon, Leo venus girlie, I totally get it. I like how the story was well fleshed out and not lazy in its development and resolution. I saw some tweets saying that it was broke boy propaganda but I think it’s more along the lines of lover boy propaganda lol. Gorgeous film! Waiting for another Celine Song love triangle film shot in New York on film to daydream about 🥰
i think the "broke boy propaganda" reaction is just very loud/it's meme-able and catches attention on social media, but yeah to me it was more about the mysterious thing that makes two people a good match :)
I had the same thought watching the movie!! Seeing her clothes and also her ability to live alone in a gorgeous NYC apartment with French doors and a balcony, I was SHOCKED that she said she only made $80,000. RTR makes sense for her tho - considering her line of work I’m sure she has to project wealth for her clients to take her seriously
I thought materialist was very meh. I found the discussion on class so stale! It was not from a working class perspective at all, and the characters felt so rushed. It was entertaining and pretty but lacked substance. I left the theater enamored with Dakota Johnson acting abilities tho!
"Also, Americans are too hung up on plot…can we not just enjoy the music and images and vibes onscreen??"
A dear friend of mine (also a Molehill reader) was raised by a film prof and CONSTANTLY discusses the value of appreciating film, or art, or anything else, for the aesthetics alone so I gasped when I read that line!! I haven't even finished reading your essay yet but I'm very excited to.
right! i just enjoyed the escapist romantic feel of new york in the film, the rich wedding, the barn wedding, etc. :)
I also really liked The Materialists and don’t quite get the hate. A) it’s hilarious (the whole theater was laughing as was my bf), B) odd to think Celine Song would go from Past Lives to a throw back romcom, plus the movie is billed as a drama!
I’m still thinking through the discourse on Sophie - who by the way gives the standout out performance in like a total of 10 minutes on screen. But I never got the feeling that the plotting served to “humble her” into lowering her standards. I understood it as Dakota Johnson realizing that dating has greater stakes than checking boxes and fraudulent heights. Anyway still thinking through!
I loved The Materialists! As a Virgo sun, Capricorn moon, Leo venus girlie, I totally get it. I like how the story was well fleshed out and not lazy in its development and resolution. I saw some tweets saying that it was broke boy propaganda but I think it’s more along the lines of lover boy propaganda lol. Gorgeous film! Waiting for another Celine Song love triangle film shot in New York on film to daydream about 🥰
i think the "broke boy propaganda" reaction is just very loud/it's meme-able and catches attention on social media, but yeah to me it was more about the mysterious thing that makes two people a good match :)
I had the same thought watching the movie!! Seeing her clothes and also her ability to live alone in a gorgeous NYC apartment with French doors and a balcony, I was SHOCKED that she said she only made $80,000. RTR makes sense for her tho - considering her line of work I’m sure she has to project wealth for her clients to take her seriously
absolutely. it seems like ADORE would pay better, or at least give some kind of commission structure. the math doesn't add uppppp
I thought materialist was very meh. I found the discussion on class so stale! It was not from a working class perspective at all, and the characters felt so rushed. It was entertaining and pretty but lacked substance. I left the theater enamored with Dakota Johnson acting abilities tho!
as someone who also obsessed over those money diaries, i love this connection!
thank you! peak era money diaries was sooo fascinating