Friday night, only partly normal

[sistawendy]

Went over to Tacoma Girl's with drinks & munchies and watched Everything Everywhere All At Once. It's pretty great; I'll give it that. But does it live up to the hype, which was more feverish than I can remember for any move in years? Wayell, almost but not quite. The mother-daughter part seemed the least convincing aspect to me. But the rest of the screenplay was dense, frenetic, and beautiful. So much so that it seems like the kind of movie that needs multiple viewings. And I'd bet a small amount of money that it was a fun movie to make. Honk Kong martial arts movies meet Charlie Kaufman with maybe a dash of Jean-Pierre Jeunet.

I headed for the bus home before midnight. But shortly after I turned out the light at 0102, I got a text from East Neighbor Lady. (?!) They're going out of town for six weeks – they're gone a lot – and they're installing a security camera that she says will be able to see my bedroom window. (?!!) And do I mind? They told the software to ignore that bit of the field of view, but I know to trust software as far as I can throw it when it's written on punch cards. Ah well, I was the naked window neighbor too often for my own good anyway. And maybe that camera will discourage thieves, who struck me twice in the six months after I moved in.

Comments

[entelein]

the mother/daughter aspect resonated with me the most, in so many ways. I was a weeping mess for the last 30 minutes of the film, because of that dynamic and the journey they took, and the choices they made. It was incredible and cut me right down to the core.