Movie and TV notes!
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sasha_featherAdrift - 2018
I picked this up from the library and ended up really liking it. It's a good example of the survival-adventure genre. Shailene Woodley is absolutely adorable; she plays Tami, a very independent, free-spirited adventurer who is traveling around the world finding work where she can. She meets Richard, a fellow adventurer-sailor, and they fall in love. They're hired to sail a yacht across the Pacific, but the boat is overtaken by a hurricane. The main mast breaks and Richard is badly injured. Tami must keep them alive and try to get them back to civilization. Content note: some taking care of wounds including a scene where Tami stitches her own face.
Bonding - Netflix 2019
I really liked this, but your mileage may vary. It's about a professional dom, Tiff, who hires her gay best friend to be her assistant. It's zany and feels like a slight AU of reality. I spoke to one kinkster who hated it; as I am not a practicing kinkster I don't have skin in this game. (I just read a lot of kinky fanfic). It felt fun and light-hearted to me, the kind of fic-like story where they don't focus on negotiation; the kind of story where you know things are going to work out OK. There are a couple of scenes where Tiff must deal with creepy men, including a harassing professor, but she does this well and it's satisfying to see her tell these guys off (and in one case, she actually stabs someone). I enjoyed the bright colors-- lots of red and pink and green. Brendan Scannell, who plays the gay best friend, is super charming and I look forward to seeing him in other things.
I picked this up from the library and ended up really liking it. It's a good example of the survival-adventure genre. Shailene Woodley is absolutely adorable; she plays Tami, a very independent, free-spirited adventurer who is traveling around the world finding work where she can. She meets Richard, a fellow adventurer-sailor, and they fall in love. They're hired to sail a yacht across the Pacific, but the boat is overtaken by a hurricane. The main mast breaks and Richard is badly injured. Tami must keep them alive and try to get them back to civilization. Content note: some taking care of wounds including a scene where Tami stitches her own face.
Bonding - Netflix 2019
I really liked this, but your mileage may vary. It's about a professional dom, Tiff, who hires her gay best friend to be her assistant. It's zany and feels like a slight AU of reality. I spoke to one kinkster who hated it; as I am not a practicing kinkster I don't have skin in this game. (I just read a lot of kinky fanfic). It felt fun and light-hearted to me, the kind of fic-like story where they don't focus on negotiation; the kind of story where you know things are going to work out OK. There are a couple of scenes where Tiff must deal with creepy men, including a harassing professor, but she does this well and it's satisfying to see her tell these guys off (and in one case, she actually stabs someone). I enjoyed the bright colors-- lots of red and pink and green. Brendan Scannell, who plays the gay best friend, is super charming and I look forward to seeing him in other things.
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Date: 2019-05-16 10:38 pm (UTC)That and it's short! Seven episodes, the longest one is 17 minutes. Netflix should create a new genre for this (they already have more than 27,000) -- called, in your honor, Unicorn Chasers!