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The Breakfast Club9.0August 7
───────────୨ৎ───────── . ݁⋆ ꫂ᭪ ݁˖ . ݁⋆ ꫂ᭪ ݁˖ . ݁⋆ ꫂ᭪ ݁˖ . ݁⋆ ꫂ᭪ ݁˖ . ݁⋆ ꫂ᭪ ݁˖ . ݁⋆ ꫂ᭪ ݁˖ Watched: On Netflix. . ݁⋆ ꫂ᭪ ݁˖ . ݁ Overall Rating: 🍅: 9.43/10 ⭐️: 5/5 ───────────୨ৎ───────── ｡ﾟﾟ･｡･ﾟﾟ｡ "Dear Mr. Vernon, we accept the fact that we had ﾟ･｡･ﾟ to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong. But we think you're crazy to make us write an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us - in the simplest of terms, in the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us is a brain, and an athlete, and a basket case, a princess, and a criminal. Does that answer your question? Sincerely yours, The Breakfast Club." As much as I love this film there is one more aspect that I feel I should speak about. The cliche character plots. Claire gets belittled and sextually harassed throughout the duration of the film yet she ends up with the male who did it. They have an entire makeover scene between Claire and Allison, making Allison suddenly worthy of love as if she isn't the same weird girl under the disguise. (Note: Ally Sheedy says she objected to Allisons transformation, claiming she thought is "cheapened the arc.") Brian admits the academic pressure pushed him to want to end his life yet the continued to have him write the essay they were individually assigned by Mr. Vernon. Lastly, both Andrew and Bender have abusive father figured and the film doesn't necessarily touch on this topic in the way I hoped it would. The film acts as if the abuse Bender goes through make him "edgy" rather than being a true thing he went though. With all of that being said, I think this is part of what makes The Breakfast Club such a beloved film. It's about showing the thought of "teens will be teens." They had a great Saturday together but when reality sets in we understand that Monday everything will bend back into place. Allison will go back to being the loser, Claire will be with her popular friends. Bender will be right back to detention next Saturday, Andrew will be used to work hard on his sports, and Brian, though brutal, has no idea whether he will be back to school on Monday or dead due to the pressure. ───────────୨ৎ───────── Best Moment: Telling everyone their stories. Worst Moment: Allison makeover. . ݁⋆ ꫂ᭪ ݁˖ . ݁ Top Three Characters: 🥇: Brian Johnson 🥈: Claire Standish 🥉: Allison Reynolds . ݁⋆ ꫂ᭪ ݁˖ . ݁ Top Three Dynamics: 🥇: 🥈: 🥉: ───────────୨ৎ─────────
Spider-Man: Brand New Day9.4August 1
───────────୨ৎ───────── . ݁⋆ ꫂ᭪ ݁˖ . ݁⋆ ꫂ᭪ ݁˖ . ݁⋆ ꫂ᭪ ݁˖ . ݁⋆ ꫂ᭪ ݁˖ . ݁⋆ ꫂ᭪ ݁˖ . ݁⋆ ꫂ᭪ ݁˖ Watched: At the cinema . ݁⋆ ꫂ᭪ ݁˖ . ݁ Overall Rating: 🍅: 9/10 ⭐️: 4.5/5 ───────────୨ৎ───────── ｡ﾟﾟ･｡･ﾟﾟ｡ The Editing. ﾟ･｡･ﾟI’m not typically one to enjoy an overly CGI and edited film, solely for the reason that most movies now have a below average script but use CGI, VFX, and other pieces of advanced technology to almost sell how visually well it looks and I noticed viewers tend to believe visuals = quality. This obviously isn’t true. It’s just a way to sell a great concept with a weak, poorly executed script. However, I don’t believe this to be true for Spiderman: Brand New Day. Was there quite a bit of unnecessary additives? Sure. But, paired with the script quality and placement (like the montages of him swinging from building to building from his perspective) made it pretty easy to get away with. ｡ﾟﾟ･｡･ﾟﾟ｡ The Pacing. ﾟ･｡･ﾟNow, this doesn’t mean I didn’t have problems with both the script and editing. I believe that the pacing felt a bit strange. Towards the beginning it was really fast paced with multiple quick montage sequences but once we hit that middle act it drops. It became extremely slow. Watching from a room at the cinema I could see many viewers excitement dissipate and interest began to decline as the boredom set it. Unfortunately, with the length of the runtime we still had about another hour if not longer. Going along with the pacing problems: Jean Grey had very limited time being portrayed as the antagonist. Again, this is a pretty lengthy film, we could (and should) have had more time with the mentality of Jean being the villain. Bill Metzger was already suspicious as is, if we were to have added more space between the capture of Jean and the reveal of Bill I believe more people would’ve let their guards down and forgotten some of their suspicions leading to a more shocking twist. ｡ﾟﾟ･｡･ﾟﾟ｡ The Pacing. ﾟ･｡･ﾟNow, this doesn’t mean I didn’t have problems with both the script and editing. I believe that the pacing felt a bit strange. Towards the beginning it was really fast paced with multiple quick montage sequences but once we hit that middle act it drops. It became extremely slow. Watching from a room at the cinema I could see many viewers excitement dissipate and interest began to decline as the boredom set it. Unfortunately, with the length of the runtime we still had about another hour if not longer. Going along with the pacing problems: Jean Grey had very limited time being portrayed as the antagonist. Again, this is a pretty lengthy film, we could (and should) have had more time with the mentality of Jean being the villain. Bill Metzger was already suspicious as is, if we were to have added more space between the capture of Jean and the reveal of Bill I believe more people would’ve let their guards down and forgotten some of their suspicions leading to a more shocking twist. ｡ﾟﾟ･｡･ﾟﾟ｡ Predictability. ﾟ･｡･ﾟSpeaking about predicability: I was able to detect many of the plot twists and I’m sure many others were as well. The reveal of Sadie Sink playing Jean Grey for example. This was less of a script issue and more of a promotional problem. They saw the discussion on who Sadie was likely to play and quickly hopped on the bandwagon. They continued to post videos focusing specifically on the mystery behind the character she was going to play. This made me consider her potentially being the antagonist. I, obviously, now know that she wasn’t the true villain but an antagonist, definitely. The reveal was predictable because of this mistake. ｡ﾟﾟ･｡･ﾟﾟ｡ Predictability. ﾟ･｡･ﾟSpeaking about predicability: I was able to detect many of the plot twists and I’m sure many others were as well. The reveal of Sadie Sink playing Jean Grey for example. This was less of a script issue and more of a promotional problem. They saw the discussion on who Sadie was likely to play and quickly hopped on the bandwagon. They continued to post videos focusing specifically on the mystery behind the character she was going to play. This made me consider her potentially being the antagonist. I, obviously, now know that she wasn’t the true villain but an antagonist, definitely. The reveal was predictable because of this mistake. The plot twist with Bill Metzger was also quite easy to detect. It took more thinking, but still quite simple. with the arrest of Jean and the awareness of the runtime it was obvious one of two things were to happen. 1) She would break free and continue her plan to capture and harm M.J. as leverage for Peter 2) A new antagonist were to be revealed soon. I was already headed down route two and became suspicious of Bill. If Jean Grey is no longer viewed as a villain then she could potentially be a very broken and upset, but genuine, individual. She was after Bill and even claimed to say, “You know what I want,” which implies she already knew this man and he had likely done or taken something from her which made her crave revenge. He also mentioned that he had remembered what he was thinking while taken under possession, though it had been stated on multiple accounts before that you are completely dormant and unaware of your autonomy until she releases you. This is also how Peter was able to catch him. ｡ﾟﾟ･｡･ﾟﾟ｡ I know I’ve been primarily speaking negatively ﾟ･｡･ﾟabout the film, but it was genuinely an incredible watch. Out of all the Tom Holland Spider-Man films this one is by far my favorite and one i could easily rewatch multiple times. ───────────୨ৎ───────── Best Moment: Spider-Man pays a visit to Ned. Worst Moment: The obvious product placement for Samsung. . ݁⋆ ꫂ᭪ ݁˖ . ݁ Top Three Character: 🥇: Peter Parker 🥈: Ned Leeds 🥉: Michelle Jones-Watson . ݁⋆ ꫂ᭪ ݁˖ . ݁ Top Three Dynamics: 🥇: Peter and Frank 🥈: Peter and M.J. 🥉: Peter and Ned ───────────୨ৎ─────────
Marty Supreme9.6December 25, 2025
───────────୨ৎ───────── . ݁⋆ ꫂ᭪ ݁˖ . ݁⋆ ꫂ᭪ ݁˖ . ݁⋆ ꫂ᭪ ݁˖ . ݁⋆ ꫂ᭪ ݁˖ . ݁⋆ ꫂ᭪ ݁˖ . ݁⋆ ꫂ᭪ ݁˖ Watched: At the cinema. . ݁⋆ ꫂ᭪ ݁˖ . ݁ Overall Rating: 🍅: 9.61/10 ⭐️: 5/5 ───────────୨ৎ───────── ｡ﾟﾟ･｡･ﾟﾟ｡ The True Meaning Of Marty Supreme. ﾟ･｡･ﾟ Marty Supreme isn’t a typical sports film about table tennis, it’s about obsession, ambition, and personal pride. Ask yourself: What are you willing to do to fulfill your ambitions? How far are you willing to go? Marty has a desire for greatness. He craves to be the best in the world at table tennis and he proves time and time again he would go through great lengths to achieve it. Marty risked and sacrificed everything to play against the best table tennis player in the world and once he won he goes back home to his girlfriend and kid. He didn’t need to gloat, he proved to himself that he could do it and that is all that truly mattered. ｡ﾟﾟ･｡･ﾟﾟ｡ The Orange Ball. ﾟ･｡･ﾟThink about the color orange. How does it make you feel? It feels flashy and obnoxious right? The bright orange ball represents everything Marty Mauser is. The orange ball could been interpreted as a reference to his selfishness as well. Marty made excuses for himself claiming that the white ball was unnoticeable and needed to be replaced with something more flashy and bright. In reality the color of ball was never the problem, rather an excuse that could be used to benefit him. He wants recognition and inventing a flashy ball creates people to notice him, it sets him apart from the rest. He believes these balls are the only true way to win. Later in the movie we see the balls get thrown out of the window. Marty watches as the one thing he believes makes him great gets destroyed. He is now in a place where in his mind the money and the fame isn’t a safe plan anymore so he then focuses extra hard on truly winning the game rather than the recognition by the public. At the end he eventually wins the match playing with a white ball against an all white outfit. The two things he hated. In summary, it was never about the color of the ball. ｡ﾟﾟ･｡･ﾟﾟ｡ The Baby. ﾟ･｡･ﾟThe film starts out with Marty working at a shoe store when a customer enters claiming because she had walked out wearing the shoes she had purchased yesterday she had accidentally left her shoes she originally entered with. Marty offers to help find her shoes, instructing her to follow him down to the basement. Once they make it to a back storage room they begin having sex, implying that they are dating in secret therefore she has to come to his place of work to do anything. It then demonstrates the process of fertilization by showing a sperm swimming through, making it to the egg. This also sets up the entire vibe of the film. Later in the film Marty is being chased by police (I can’t quite remember why at the moment) and he runs into the woman, Rachel’s, place of business. She drags him to the back as he’s begging to use the backdoor so he can escape the officers. That’s when he notices she is pregnant (eight months pregnant to be exact) and they begin to bicker as she claims it’s his and shes been trying to get in contact with him to no avail. He says that there is no way it is his rather it is her husband’s instead. This is when it becomes clear that she is cheating and that is why they were so secret with their relationship earlier in the film. The scene that ends the film off is when she gives birth and Marty finally accepts that he truly is a father. The opening scene in which it shows the procreation sets the tone of the movie by explaining how everything is a race, even birth. To be born you are a winner. Marty sacrificed both the kid and baby mother’s lives just so that he could preform in Japan. When he cries looking at this baby this is the first time he shows any emotion towards another person. This could symbolize his wakeup call and realization that he was willing to sacrifice anything and everything to accomplish his dreams, even his own child. He is now feeling the weight of every bad narcissistic decision he has made over the past year. It ends in him winning just not in the way you would expect. ｡ﾟﾟ･｡･ﾟﾟ｡ Is Marty The Father Of Rachels Baby? ﾟ･｡･ﾟ The film starts off with Marty and Rachel having sex which then leads to a scene demonstrating fertilization. This causes the audience to automatically assume that Marty has impregnated who we at the time believed to be his girlfriend (or wife possibly). The problem comes in once we discover that she has a husband who she has been cheating on secretly with our main character Marty. This now creates an opening for interpretation. We then learn that Rachel isn’t always the most honest person to Marty, telling him she had a black eye though she didn’t. If we go back to the opening scene, she had also explained to Marty that she had food poisoning which is why she had been so sick. This could imply that she was already pregnant with morning sickness before getting with Marty. The film then ends with Marty coming home from his table tennis tournament, rushing to the hospital to visit the baby who had been delivered four weeks early. In this scene you can see him overwhelmed with emotion, even crying, over this baby. (The same baby he has been claiming isn’t his the entire film). In summary, we may never truly know who the biological father is but yes, Marty is the true father of Rachels child. (Bonus: Marty sacrificed both the kid and baby mother’s lives just so that he could preform in Japan. When he cries looking at this baby this is the first time he shows any emotion towards another person. This could symbolize his wakeup call and realization that he was willing to sacrifice anything and everything to accomplish his dreams, even his own child. He is now feeling the weight of every bad narcissistic decision he has made over the past year.) ｡ﾟﾟ･｡･ﾟﾟ｡ The Honey. ﾟ･｡･ﾟBéla Kletzki, a table tennis champion, was once a former prisoner at Auschwitz. He explains that due to the fact that he was so good at playing table tennis he had received the opportunity to work a ‘special job’ disarming bombs. Because of the danger of this work situation he was allowed to be in the woods completely alone. He continues explaining, then telling Marty and ?? that one time as he was disarming a bomb a honey bee flew in front of him catching his attention. The bee then began to fly away so he decided to follow it. It led him back to its hive and that is the moment he gets an idea. He smoked the bees out and then covered himself with honey from the honeycomb. He did this so that once he came back to the prison, the prisoners could lick the honey off of his arms and chest because they were being starved. This scene shows how Béla thinks ahead worrying about the other prisoners. He dreamt big and saved so many people, rationing his honey to help feed them by taking a risk covering himself in it. Desperate times call for desperate measures. Marty would only take the honeycomb for himself and if he got full he would have thrown the comb out even if it still had honey left over, saving nothing for the starving prisoners he knew. This puts in perspective how visually different their moral codes are. In summary, Marty is a man who risked the lives of everyone around him just to achieve his own personal dream. Béla on the other hand was a man who reached his own personal dream by risking his own life, literally, to save everyone around him. This represents Martys selfishness touching on how he differs from the majority perspective. (Bonus: if you found this scene “gross”, “disturbing”, or “uncomfortable” that’s because it is. Not everything in life is perfect and glamorous and this shows a raw true reality for some people. Reminder this scene took place during the Holocaust in a camp. This is where the film crosses a line in between fiction and reality by showing a true scenario people experienced in real life - the scenario being how you do what it takes to survive. Why would this scene be pretty and comfortable?) Fun Fact: This scene was inspired by a real person’s story! His name was Alojzy Ehrlich if you would like to look him up. ｡ﾟﾟ･｡･ﾟﾟ｡ The Dog. ﾟ･｡･ﾟMarty falls through the roof of a hotel while he was in the bathtub. The bathtub lands right into the bathtub in the room below crushing a mans arm and his dog. Marty gets out of his bathtub helping the man get his arm out and then helps the dog get free next. Unfortunately the mans arm is broken so he has to go to the hospital but before he is taken he tells Marty he needs him to take his dog to the vet as soon as possible. The man pays Marty to take the dog. Unfortunately Marty doesn’t go to the vet. As time goes on Marty ends up getting in a fight with some men he stole money from and as this happens the dog gets away. A farm ends up finding the dog and becomes pretty protective of it, locking the dog inside this farmhouse. The man wants his dog back - rightfully so - and kidnaps Martys pregnant girlfriend making Marty go to get his dog with him. The farmer gets a gun and is basically trying to shoot everyone because he is like i said very protective over this dog. Both the owner of the dog and the farmer gets shot along with Martys girlfriend. To me this is to signify how both selfish and irresponsible Marty is. Marty didn’t care about the dog nor its health. He agreed because the owner offered him money. The dog running away causes him to make a choice - do I let it go? He chose to save the dog, not because he was concerned for the safety of the dog but rather for his own personal gain. He knew if he saved the dog he could receive a ‘finders fee’ (even though he was the one who lost it in the first place) which would then help him in his dream of making it to the table tennis finals in Japan. The significance of the dog sub-plot is to show the lengths Marty will go to (risking his, Rachels, and their unborn babies lives along with killing three to four other people) if it means he has even a slight chance of achieving his dreams. ｡ﾟﾟ･｡･ﾟﾟ｡ Was The Marketing Of The Film Genius? ﾟ･｡･ﾟThey kicked off their marketing by using color theory. What does this mean? When you see a specific shade of hot pink your mind will typically go to Barbie. When you see the neon green color it reminds you of Charli XCX’s “brat girl summer”. This isn’t just a coincidence, it’s strategically done using something that could only be described as“cultural conditioning”. How did the marketing team use cultural conditioning for Marty Supreme? They created viral “pop culture” moments surrounding the film and strategically made sure to include the “Marty Supreme color orange” in every video. Here are a few examples: They created an eighteen minute zoom style campaign video where the lead actor Timothee Chalamet was playing an over confident character (which after watching the film we can now assume he was mimicking Marty Mauser doing some method acting style marketing) pitching unhinged marketing ideas such as: painting the entire statue of liberty the iconic orange color, creating an orange Marty Supreme inspired blimp, branded orange ping pong balls, and more. Then they also stuck through with some of the marketing ideas mentioned in the zoom style video originally made by: creating an actual branded blimp and giving out ping pong balls at the AMC movie theaters as well. This stirs up even more promotion because fans then went back to the original video to compare the campaigned ideas to real life. Next they created limited edition branded clothing which was orange, of course. They had your favorite celebrities wearing these jackets casually in public resulting in a peaked interest by the general audience. When you see a celebrity or some very wealthy wearing something you subconsciously feel as if it is a very rare or expensive product, because of this everyone wanted one. The reason this worked so well is because now they had people purchasing and posting about these branded jackets. The team also exclusively sold this windbreaker at popup events where you would have to wait 7+ hours in line or camp out the night before to get a jacket meaning when people did receive one they would wear it constantly, most likely due to a pride fueled psychology. This means people were both paying for and hardcore promoting the film solely by wearing the clothing. After this the Marty Supreme marketing team then had the Vegas Sphere promoting the film by yet again using the now iconic orange color making the sphere appear as the orange ping pong ball which was branded with the words “Marty Supreme” as featured in the film itself. But what made this campaign so important was that they then did a huge promotional stunt breaking a world record by making the lead actor Timothee Chalamet the first person to stand on the very top of the sphere itself. Timothee Chalamet himself could even be considered a marketing tactic in which a study was shown 50% of the audience came solely to see him. On top of this it became very noticeable that he was the brains behind almost if not all of the marketing along with that it has been reported Timothee Chalamet invested about 20 million dollars on the marketing and production of Marty Supreme. This means if he were to have not stared in this film we wouldn’t have received any of this iconic marketing which could be considered even bigger than the movie itself. But what made this tactic even more appealing the the audience was the fact that they weren’t selling us Timothee Chalamet as a beloved actor nor were they telling us to go watch it just because he is famous but rather they sold us his personality. All of this promotion was fueled by one thing, audience participation. The team did all of these huge stunts but what truly made them get noticed was the overwhelming number of people who posted about the film on social media. Another huge part of audience participation is having people view their social media content. The marketing team was gaining double digits of a million views every post on Instagram. At one point Timothee Chalamet was being labeled to be an undercover Scouse rapper going by the stage name Esdeekid. This wasn’t a rumor made by the marketing team but it was rather created by the fandom itself. The team then utilized this to their ability by having Timothee Chalamet and Esdeekid collaborate on a song where Timothee Chalamet had his own verse to promote Marty Supreme. Lastly they created a simple tagline, something short but memorable, and they tied in the audience for this yet again convincing everyone to quote it making it yet another perfect audience participation strategy. Marty Supreme made over 28 million opening weekend and 10.8 million dollars on opening day alone becoming the highest paid film opening weekend for A24. ｡ﾟﾟ･｡･ﾟﾟ｡ Marty Mauser Is A Terrible Person. ﾟ･｡･ﾟThe film is currently receiving quite a bit of negative reviews, and within every review there seems to be one thing in common, they all manage to mention how horrible of a person Marty Mauser is. But do I believe the film deserves to go down in rating because of this? No, I do not. Marty Mauser was a very unlikable, narcissistic, egotistical man who managed to ruin the lives of everyone around him with no remorse. But, a bad protagonist doesn’t make a bad movie, for example: Joker, The Wolf Of Wall Street, Goodfellas, The Social Network, ect. ───────────୨ৎ───────── Best Moment: Worst Moment: . ݁⋆ ꫂ᭪ ݁˖ . ݁ Top Three Characters: 🥇: Rachel Mitzler 🥈: Koto Endo 🥉: Marty Mauser . ݁⋆ ꫂ᭪ ݁˖ . ݁ Top Three Dynamics: 🥇: Marty and Rachel 🥈: Marty and Wally 🥉: Marty and Dion ───────────୨ৎ─────────