tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post4795764762764566330..comments2024-03-18T15:46:07.295-05:00Comments on F This Movie!: Review: The Love WitchPatrick Bromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00771837625286775607noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-44076120312627952832017-05-03T05:10:44.014-05:002017-05-03T05:10:44.014-05:00Finally saw this. I very much enjoyed it! Like you...Finally saw this. I very much enjoyed it! Like you said, Samantha Robinson was wonderful. And super adorable. She had a lot of layers to show and I just liked her performance more and more. I liked the part when she talks about her cat :) Not that I'm a cat person but that was a good part. <br /><br />What you wrote about women shouldn't have to be put in boxes I agree with on one level because I feel it shouldn't matter how men and society view women as much as it matters how women view themselves- we should AT LEAST have that freedom, and no one truly fits in boxes anyway whether they'd like to or not. But I also think the boxes and identifying and understanding them is important, and I think it's becoming MORE important. I never wanted to define feminism or thought of myself as political, and I was satisfied with it being an all-inclusive term. But suddenly you have a lot of women like Ivanka Trump calling themselves feminist and "championing women's rights". When that stuff happened last year I had a lot of "HELL NO" moments and felt like I realized I'd been naive not to associate feminism with a value system. I wrote above "girls just wanna have fun", and I mean I believe that but now I'm more interested in knowing if it's fun at other people's expense. Because in my heart, that doesn't have a place in "Feminism". To me feminism doesn't just stand for women and girls and whatever they do anymore, it stands for a value system. It's becoming meaningless otherwise! I mean if people like Ivanka Trump stand for feminism, I do not. Getting clear on those boxes and knowing who and what we are is SO important right now. <br /><br />And kind of back to the movie...I think there are so many bogus models of female empowerment that focus on the liberation of women's sexuality. I mean I'm sure some are legit, but you have to be careful the vision of "liberation" is not just another male vision. I think sexuality may be a difficult entry point to finding the roots of feminism because it's SO entrapped in patriarchal systems. Actually I thought the witch coven in the movie kind of represented one such bogus model. The guy at the top creeped her out and it was a tool she used to try to get something for herself but it never worked out in a fulfilling way. Actually the ending is making a lot more sense to me now...<br /><br />I love rich symbolism. The symbolism was almost out of control in this movie but I really admire the director for going there. I like it the more I think about it, too!Meredith https://www.blogger.com/profile/11361935408436355904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-36121198329722398962016-11-18T23:06:56.721-06:002016-11-18T23:06:56.721-06:00:):)Kelly Sheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07386293362513200439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-44686030317224383762016-11-18T23:06:35.364-06:002016-11-18T23:06:35.364-06:00It was beautiful and heartbreaking, yeah. I didn&#...It was beautiful and heartbreaking, yeah. I didn't cry as much as my friend, though. Kelly Sheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07386293362513200439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-36667206811676489082016-11-16T14:54:34.536-06:002016-11-16T14:54:34.536-06:00Thanks for the review! I intend on finding this on...Thanks for the review! I intend on finding this one. Girls just wanna have fun! Meredith https://www.blogger.com/profile/11361935408436355904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-1063841927901478912016-11-14T15:34:26.231-06:002016-11-14T15:34:26.231-06:00Was Moonlight as good as everyone's been sayin...Was Moonlight as good as everyone's been saying?Adam Riskehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01165600746796326821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-38871693013197000962016-11-14T14:51:13.366-06:002016-11-14T14:51:13.366-06:00Saw a fabulous preview for this before Moonlight. ...Saw a fabulous preview for this before Moonlight. Can't wait for it to start showing here.Kelly Sheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07386293362513200439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-87095204009347146782016-11-14T14:30:46.336-06:002016-11-14T14:30:46.336-06:00I saw a poster for this at Alamo and thought it wa...I saw a poster for this at Alamo and thought it was a joke at first. Unfortunately, they're the only ones showing it in this area and they're on my shit list right now (see my comment on Adam's post). I'll definitely check it out when I can.Kathynoreply@blogger.com