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Nothing remotely hopecore about this blasted movie if your favorite character is Stratt. Top ten flashbacks before disaster :(( No peace in store for the scapegoat :(( Awful movie I had a terrible time. Silver lining is for a change (!!) I got roped in to watch this with a friend instead of the other way around lmao

> Yvonne: *We've realized why Deborah and I have such extraordinary telepathy and why people treat us and look at us the way they do. It is because we are mad! We are both stark raving mad!* Never have I seen a more accurate depiction of the rich and turbulent inner lives of teenage girls. It gets so many things right: • the sheer *depth* of feeling girls experience: joy and anger and deep sadness and longing and contemptuous hatred • the whirlwind nature of young friendships— silly and carefree and fun; lots of laughter over jokes that don't make much sense, bonding over the same interests (fandom!) with an intensity that's strange to everyone else. And beyond sisterhood, the blurred lines of mutual affection in a period of self-discovery... in short, lesbian experimentation • the constant fighting between mothers and daughters was very realistic... I had flashbacks to my *own* spats with my mother. > Mr. Hulme: *Your daughter appears to have developed a rather unwholesome attachment to Juliet.* > > Mrs. Rieper: *What's she done*? > > Mr. Hulme: *She hasnt done anything. It's the intensity of the friendship that concerns me.* Yvonne, who recommended the film to me (not the character herself) told me about *Folie à deux,* a syndrom involving shared delusions in close and intimate friendships. It's really fascinating to think about, and tragic too. I feel awful for Mrs. Rieper, who despite their fighting did love her child :(( All the same I feel some measure of sympathy for the girls as well. I don't know if anyone could have done anything to prevent the girls from falling down this path and doing something irreversible. The depiction of homosexuality as a passing phase of mental affliction in this film was funny to me until I realized this was the lived reality for many :(( Yvonne and Juliet's families were lenient about it, but others must have suffered worse. The parents really missed the forest for the trees, though. In a way they *were* right to be concerned about the girls' codependency— not because of their daughters' homosexual tendencies but because of the latent violence of their fantasies. This was a really compelling film despite the disturbing subject. The opening scene was already gripping. The slow slide from normalcy to obsession was so well-done I forgot about the opening scene until Yvonne started gleefully plotting Mrs. Rieper's murder. All of the actors were great. The final scene with Mrs. Rieper screaming as they killed her was gut-wretching, followed by Yvonne and Pauline crying as they envisioned themselves being torn apart. And then came the post-scripts to remind me that everything that happened was based on a true story :(( It's a haunting finish to what I initially thought hought would be a simple coming of age story. ___ Only after watching did I realize the irony of finishing a movie about matricide on Mother's Day... this was a product of pure circumstance though I love my mother dearly </3

Perhaps the most gorgeous animated movie I've ever seen. The loveliness of the visuals *cannot* be overstated. Every frame is a work of art!! I loved the little mannerisms of the animals too <333 Absolutely no expert on birds or lemurs but the cat and dog were both very lifelike. So cute <333

> Mr. Bennet: *Daughters do not dance well with masticated brains, Mrs. Bennet. * > > Mrs. Bennet: *You sir, have already put them at a decided social disadvantage by insisting they do their combat training in China as opposed to Japan!* > > Mr. Bennet: *The Chinese deadly arts have no equal. * > > Lizzie:* I, for one, would trade nothing for my Shaolin Training* Absolutely ridiculous movie. I really enjoyed it anyway! Surprisingly high production value and starpower. The worldbuilding falls apart if you think about it for more than a minute but I forgive the contrivances. They're bits! It's funny. Bits I liked: • The Bennett sisters as warrior women ♡ Daggers strapped beneath dresses and overly flourishy fighting are objectively lowbrow tropes but I still find them visually appealing. • Lizzie snapping up the flies by Jane's bedside and Darcy discreetly sheathing his blade. • Matt Smith (Mr. Collins) and Lena Heady (Lady Catherine to Bourgh) fully committing to camp. They were the highlights of this movie. Matt Smith's physical comedy and little vocalizations were hilarious! And Lena Heady switching fluidly from an unthreatening comedy antagonist to a genuinely menacing figure was so cool. > *I do not know which I admire more, Elizabeth Bennet. Your skill as a warrior, or your resolve as a woman.* • The fight scene between Lizzie and Darcy > ***SHE'S SHY!!! >:((*** • Wickham being the Antichrist TT • The contrast of foppish Mr. Bingley with leather trench coat-clad Mr. Darcy. I also enjoyed Lady Catherine's purple Napoleon jacket and leather knee-high boots. • The double-wedding ending! It took me a while to buy the romances between the leads (tbh Jane and Bingley didn't really move me) but Lizzie and Darcy's fighting scene and confession to one another won me over by the end. Pride and Prejudice (2005) still massively clears of course but there's something about Darcy smiling and Lizzie melting in the face of it <333 Bits I didn't like: • Jane and Bingley were a bit wooden • The editing was really weird in several moments— one scene that stands out to me was Lizzie reading Darcy's letter. There were too many cuts and angles of Lizzie crying. It didn't match the intended solemnity of the moment at all. • I won't complain about the many small, nonsensical details in the plot because I accept that this movie isn't supposed to be taken *too* seriously, but they do add up in the end and detract from the tension. Overall, still an entertaining watch.