who is to separate us, pray?

having Il-nam be pulling the strings the whole time just felt so cliche. i rather have the big bad be some anonymous power.

also i kind of wish gi-hun started using his money sooner. listen i know that it would go against his character bc he saw the money as blood money. it definitely was. but i think it’d be an interesting subversion of expectations if he used his money sooner/more selfishly.

i liked promising young woman. i thought it was a good, well-acted (this movie made me fall in love with bo burnham) and well-made movie but i’ve never been able to like the ending.

yes, the ending makes sense. cassie’s life became consumed by what happened in college and her need for revenge so when her “life’s goal” is complete it makes sense that she’d die.

but ugh i always hated it. i get it but ugh i hate it. it left me so unsatisfied. i wanted cassie to get a chance to experience her victory (i don’t know how to word it), get lots of therapy and help, and go on to have her own successful life.