nothing will ever compare to that shot of finn in the dark snowy forest as the blue from the lightsaber reflects onto his determined face showing that he is fully prepared to fight kylo ren with this legendary family heirloom literally nothing can possibly top that moment
‘There are filmmakers I admire from back in the day like Billy Wilder who would do a comedy one movie, a drama the next and then a thriller and they could jump from those different genres. I think that’s harder to do now but that’s something I’d like to try and do.’
Happy 44th Birthday to one of my favorite actors, Stephen Merchant 🎂
i think it is good to warn people in advance about the circumstances that will cause you to bite them and i think that having given that warning it is good to follow through when the time comes
the rattlesnake is an admirable creature whose virtues we should emulate
One time at dance some rando grabbed me by the waist and told me to dance with him and I told him “if you don’t let go I’m going to bite you” and he didn’t let go so I bit him and that really should be the end of the story but he thought that was funny so I turned around and gave him a donkey kick to the shins and took about a 4 inch strip of skin with me so what I learned that day is when one is without debilitating venom, one must be as a horse do
“be as a horse do” is my new favorite colloquialism.
Ok this is borrowed from the ‘Dad Max, Fury Mom’ gifset (which is hilarious, yeah) but I’m on a bit of a Max Communication Skills binge, so just look at him. Look how much talking he does with his body even when he’s already ‘using his words’ adequately enough to be understood without any extra gestures.
He does it all the time in this film, and the way I interpret it is as a complement to his speech. Additional information about meaning, attitude, and expectations conveyed by the way he moves. Why he does that, I don’t know, could be a multitude of reasons, but again my feeling is that it’s just part of his most sincere attempt not only to be understood, but to ground himself in the current situation. If his mind is constantly flashing back and twitching with anxiety, then adding significant gestures to words may keep him focused on what’s real.
Furiosa is very subdued in comparison, when she’s not running around or shooting people (or really pissed off) she does the more ‘classic’ hero stance of being very still as she says Important Things. But her eyes do the rest of the work.
*bursts through a wall* heard you were talkin ‘bout communication skills
*is getting a doctorate in communication*
So what’s actually SUPER AWESOME about the way Max moves and communicates nonverbally is that somewhere between 40% and 60% of nonverbal behavior communicates information that is NOT redundant with verbal expression–it’s totally unique. This is why communicating via phone or text can be limiting for some people, because you’re not getting the full extent of what someone’s saying if you can’t observe their nonverbals. It’s also why face to face communication can be overwhelming for some people who have sensory processing or other challenges, because while you’re trying to understand the verbal (words) portion of what someone is saying, you’re also trying to comprehend what they’re saying with their body language, physical space, tone, pacing, and sometimes touch.
So I would postulate that Max, having been alone for so long, has lost his ability to effectively verbally communicate with others. At this point in the film, he’s relearning how to communicate (and, as has been discussed elsewhere, regaining his humanity). But he’s still rusty with the verbal stuff–words and grammar and syntax are hard. So when words fail, he’s relying on his body to do the talking because those nonverbal signals are going to be more immediately communicable and understood than any words he can try to put together.
Jab loves robots 