Drive-Away Dolls (2024) - the movie that american cinema so desperately needs
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Sofie, RAF — 1 year ago(May 02, 2024 07:21 AM)
"put a meter on her pussy and we could all retire"
haha Beanie, go off you cute raunchy bish, i love you
ok so i just watched this little gem for a third time and it's easily my fav film this year at this point so far and even tho there are many more films still to come, i can already say that i absolutely love this one which is sth i didnt really expect to happen beforehand but idgaf what anyone says about it anymore, what i saw was such a sweet and wonderful film that doesnt deserve the hate it is getting for all the wrong minor reasons imo. it's a pity that a lot of people didnt seem to get it, they expected another Coen masterpiece i suppose which it isnt. it's so much more than just that
i love how it just celebrates sapphic love and lezzies and dyke attitudes without taking itself so seriously. it's co-written and co-directed by Tricia Cooke (Ethan's spouse) who identifies as queer. there are some offbeat sequences that may be a little weird, but they're more like sign posts. this film knows exactly what it's doing
not only that, it may even become my fav film that Ethan was ever involved in. that's a bold statement i know but in retrospect i can't think of any other one that i have loved so much, that would make it so easy for me to just let up, go with the flow and enjoy the ride all the way through. now, i'm just ready to have that again some time soon. mmh hell yeah -
sheetsadam1 — 6 months ago(September 15, 2025 12:46 AM)
there are some offbeat sequences that may be a little weird, but they're more like sign posts. this film knows exactly what it's doing
Are you talking about the psychedelic sequences that kept popping up where "Maggot Brain" was playing? They were a bit jarring at first, but I got why they were there by the end.
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sheetsadam1 — 6 months ago(September 15, 2025 12:43 AM)
I don't quite agree with the 10/10 rating, but this is an excellent review and the comparison to Rob Zombie is something I'd have never even considered. You're right that movies like this from a major director are few and far between these days. Small scale comedies and dramas used to be the bread and butter of Hollywood. Now it's all franchises, Oscar bait and indie movies that barely get released to cinemas and then show up on streaming at some point.
I enjoyed this more than any Coen brothers movie since
A Serious Man
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Tigereyes — 6 months ago(September 15, 2025 06:55 PM)
it's my fav film that Ethan was ever involved in. EVER.
but then, i still have to watch his new one,
Honey Don't!
with Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza and Chris Evans and i will do that tonight. Oh YES -
sheetsadam1 — 6 months ago(September 15, 2025 07:01 PM)
I'm watching
Eddington
tonight
But I'll check that one out soon.
The more I think about this one, I really see it as something of a throwback to early Coen crime comedies and the late '90s setting sort of emphasizes this. When they weren't taking themselves too seriously, just making rad movies. Joel going all Shakespeare post-breakup may be a sign that he was the issue
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Tigereyes — 6 months ago(September 15, 2025 07:09 PM)
oh
Eddington
is also HIGH on my to watch list of 2025 movies, along with:
Die My Love
(Lynne Ramsay w/ JLaw & The Patts)
Caught Stealing
(Darren Aronofsky w/ Austin Butler & Zoe Kravitz)
One Battle After Another
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sheetsadam1 — 6 months ago(September 15, 2025 07:16 PM)
Definitely wanna see the last two, especially
Caught Stealing
after I heard some of the Idles soundtrack. Hadn't heard of the first. And I'm still looking forward to seeing
Life of Chuck
even though you said you didn't like it. Plus there are two new Richard Linklater films coming out and a film from each of the Safdie brothers!
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sheetsadam1 — 6 months ago(September 15, 2025 07:22 PM)
Linklater is hit or miss from me. I love when he's a bit more experimental and/or philosophical (the Before trilogy, Slacker, A Scanner Darkly, Waking Life) and usually not when he's trying to do crowd pleasers (with Dazed and Confused being an obvious exception and School of Rock remaining a guilty pleasure). Not really sure what mode he's in for these ones, but I'll never count him out entirely.
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Tigereyes — 6 months ago(September 15, 2025 07:26 PM)
fair enough. i don't think there is a single one of his movies that i thoroughly loved and enjoyed if i'm being honest. most of them were just forgettable shallow superficial blah blah to me with not much depth to them, with the Before trilogy and Boyhood being his most overrated ones imo. sorry…
