Beans
well today I learned Colin Trevorrow made The Book of Henry apparently as a retelling of A New Hope
Rama
1. What
Rama
2. What
Beans
if you don't know what The Book of Henry is, it's a bad movie
Rama
Like each of those sentences individually conveys an idea that I disagree with but understand.
Rama
I've read a takedown of it
Rama
It's fucked
Rama
But this just sounds like Trevorrow is stoned out of his mind
Rama
This is the kind of thing you slur drunkenly at 4 am, not say in an interview
Beans
it feels like something he would have said around the time he was working on EP 9 - slash - being removed from it
Rama
Like, as I was saying. I understand the meaning of each phrase. But when they're put together in that order, just
Rama
What?
oh i'm scary
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what the fuck
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what is even
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I
Maidstrong
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Beans
or judging from the wikipedia page, this is definitely after he was let go
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I'm trying so hard to think of what the connective tissue is supposed to be
Maidstrong
h o w
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is Henry Obi-Wan
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is his mom Luke
Rama
Yes
Rama
That's what he's saying
Rama
However, I'm 99% sure he hasn't actually watched A New Hope
oh i'm scary
is the little brother who's barely a character Han Solo
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WHAT
oh i'm scary
you know how Luke adopts Han and Leia at the end
Rama
Just heard about it at parties
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after Darth Vader commits suicide
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or I guess the evil dad would have to be the Death Star
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me but at this notion of how the book of henry is anything like a new hope
me but at this notion of how the book of henry is anything like a new hope
oh i'm scary
Jesus Christ why do people let Colin Trevorrow be a person
oh i'm scary
shouldn't he be in jail just on general principle
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this is like quentin tarantino saying that once upon a time in hollywood is a retelling of The Thing
Rama
I mean if he replaced the monster in the The Thing with his own latent misogyny that might be a reasonable allegory
Beans
however the rise of skywalker turns out to be
Beans
at lest we're not in the universe where he's directing it
Beans
Trevorrow I mean
Rama
Agreed
Beans
Tarantino directing star wars would be equally worrying
trek
... is it because of leia's message
trek
"help us, obi wan kenobi, kill your neighbor"
Maidstrong
wow a new hope is a lot darker than I thought
Beans
instead of asking for help with delivering the death star plans, leia just really wants obi wan to kill her neighbor
trek
who's the neighbor's daughter and why is it tarkin
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Dammit Janice is Admiral Akbar
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the gun store clerk? bothans
Niamh Vibes
what gets me most about Book of Henry is that its such. its like a cacophony of unexamined biases
Niamh Vibes
everyone is a caricature, there's so many things we're supposed to just. take for granted.
Niamh Vibes
the moment the mom realizes she's following orders from her dead son with "you're just a kid, henry" is supposed to be a surprise because we're suppose to believe this ten year old is the height of competence
Niamh Vibes
and its just... all crammed together into a mess
Niamh Vibes
Jurassic World and Safety Not Guaranteed have the exact same problems
Niamh Vibes
this assumed confidence in so called accepted facts about the world
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TLDR
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Trevorrow bad
oh i'm scary
Jurassic World actually included an argument in which a woman says "if I have kids" and her sister angrily insists "WHEN you have kids" and the sister is supposed to be right
Beans
this kid who does the stock market, his mothers finances, and took the time during his illness to record a step-by-step plan for his mother to kill their neighbor, and even takes into account every mistake she makes
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he's David Cage as an American who thinks he's a 1950's sitcom dad
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...or honestly I almost
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feel bad
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on David Cage's behalf
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for that comparison
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Cage at least has had a handful of ideas over the course of his career that might sound interesting on the elevator pitch level
Beans
oh that reminds me that Colin is heading a Jurassic World cartoon for Netflix
Beans
about a bunch of kids attending a adventure camp on Jurassic World island
Beans
because nobody thought that might be a bad idea
Niamh Vibes
lets even break down his indie film safety not guaranteed
Niamh Vibes
Aubrey Plaza investigates a guy who claims to have a time machine
Niamh Vibes
He treats her like garbage and insults her intelligence and generally acts like an antisocial jerk
Niamh Vibes
movie ends with them running off together into time because of course he actually built a time machine!!!! he's an antisocial genius!!!
Beans
"All the shit the character gets put through is okay because the ending justifies it!"
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this actually explains
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so many scenes in book of henry
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Beans
Colin feels like the sort of person who just
Beans
believes in the ending of his work
Beans
so everything before that, no matter how bad it is, is fine
Beans
there's no consequence if it all turns out A-Okay
Niamh Vibes
I guess in his defense he didn't write Book of Henry or Safety Not Guaranteed but
Niamh Vibes
Jurassic World and his directing style shows that he believes in those scripts completely