Della's ♡ Diary

Introduction!!

Hello hello everybody it is ME Della from hit tumblr blog which I removed from my bio because I don’t like nepotism.. so of course, here's a little rerun, I'm Della or Teacup, I live in Aotearoa (New Zealand!) and I love the Outsiders/Hintonverse lol

This is just my own little blog to do movie reviews and little blogs on, my little updates won't stop on my other account I just thought it'd be good to start something specifically for movies (and blogging because isn't that just to die for, come on) soooooo enjoy this account and my fics on my main!!

I will put a gif here at some point

Purple, red and white has a significance in Secretary I find so interesting, reds being Edward Greys colour, purples being Lees

Purple symbolizes orchids and bruises, bruises symbolize pain and discomfort and other things similar to that, orchids symbolize love, beauty, refinement, strength and other things, similar to purple, but purple also symbolizes royalty and power, Lee's container for her sewing kit is purple, to show the power she has over her own body when she's able to do it harm, Lee's room is purple, that's where she has power and where we can see her explore that (harm and pleasure wise), Lee wears purples at the very start of Secretary more often than not, which is when she has that bit of power over her own self before Edward Grey introduces his dynamic and he becomes in power, and while not having any purple on his character throughout the movie, it manifests itself through things like Lee's plate which he has control of and things like the orchids he owns

Orchids symbolize many things but to me they can also symbolize caring and maintenance, I grew up with orchids in my house and my mother was always doing something to make sure they didn't die, Lee wears a very orchid-y purple at the start of the movie when there's more care there for her from Edwards side, when care is most important (during the exploration of kink, woah) there's no showing of purple, which could be seen as showing the line both Lee and Edward have crossed, when Lee takes more action to get what she wants from Edward, her outfits start incoporating purple once more, light purples in her outfits once Edward realizes he's too far in, he cares too much at this point as well as after she'd left the job,

And after that is where more red introduces itself, in the ties Edward wears, in the dream sequence (after many orchids are shown!!), the pen used to correct spelling and grammar mistakes and in Edwards office, roses given to Edward by Lee (and roses at the end) other things given by Lee too (worm), red can symbolize danger, but red can also symbolize desire, both are a prominent thing (in my opinion) in Secretary, danger like Edwards office (because lets face it, secretary and bosses sexual dynamics that weren't initially discussed and consented to are pretty predatory) but also things that symbolize desire (for Lee primarily) like red markers

Whites are a big motif too, the pearls Lee wears, eventually the wedding dress (her ''real one'' being black also felt interesting, as well as the loss of pearls after her goal of getting Edward is achieved, ignore this blab I just wanted to take note of it), all symbolizing innocence or a purity, despite the themes of this movie being things seen as far from innocent or pure, the wedding dress plays an important role and in Secretary specifically can be turned into a significant showing of defiance or being stubborn to get what Lee wants specifically, Edward wears no white during the movie, and Peter wears very little, Lee is the vocal point of whites, purity (in a certain sense) and stubborn-ness

Companies claim to be shutting down, ex reality stars are pretending the show is rebooting, all your friends are claiming false claims and apparently everyone has a pregnancy to announce, relationship to hard launch and all, schools are pretending stuff, idk pies to the face, fart cushion on seats

Now, for someone who dislikes animated movies and series, I sure end up watching a bunch (thank my boyfriend and my brother for both persuading me to watch them every time, idk how they manage it) ANYWAY, since the movie is a 2026 movie I figured hey, this will probably get traction and I saw it in theatres so who cares, do a review

At first I was like huh, what do I write this about, then I looked at Letterboxd to see all the grown men rating the movie about half a star saying "Jingling keys the movie hurrr" "Movie for child" "Barrel rolled my EYES"

And hoooooooonestly, I get being a fan of something but when a movie is marketed for children (who in the 2020s now have such teeny tiny attention spans) You can't be going "My childrens movie had small cameos that'd make children get excited and pay attention because they know that nintendo character!!! Grrrrr!!"

That's like me going to any new childrens movie and getting mad that the children have attended it too, honestly if anything I liked it more than the first movie, it felt much more bearable (But take me with a grain of salt considering I'm clearly not as esteemed as these people or a mario superfan in the least)

It felt a lot less "JACK BLACK IS PLAYING BOWSER WHO IS ALSO.. BASICALLY JACK BLACK!" or "GIVE MARIO A PAINFULLY AMERICAN ACCENT NOW!!!!!" which were gripes I had with the first movie because.. ew, but you know, it's still Jack Black (who didn't seem as much like he was voicing Bowser cosplaying Jack Black this time) and Mario and Luigi still sound American but not as painfully

Donald Glover though.. he put his whole childussy into that (bad Childish Gambino joke) Gambussy if you will, I know he only said the word Yoshi, I don't caaaaaaaaaaare, Yoshi was good

Also the whole "Omg no plot, thin plot, Peach is part of the team instead of getting saved by men, yuck, not biblically accurate" Thing people have going on was something I didn't get, I understood the plot, it's kinda embarrassing people didn't..

Glittercritter2000🪽: real girls shoot copious amounts of glitter from their butt when they fart ⭐️*.

Those skates but for derby, all John Waters screenplays, more Tokidokis, those uggssss, Sofia Coppola archives and a collection of monchiichis

GUESS WHO JUST DISCOVERED DEPOPPPP

Wow, wow there are things I wanna talk about, I personally haven’t read the book so I was able to separate the book and movie like some people recommended but gosh, this was certainly a ride.. (insert that picture of SpongeBob and Patrick going over a teeny tiny bump on a cart)

I didn't go to movie theatres for this one either and thank god I didn't, I watched most of it when I was home and the last half hour during my study period instead of learning my Shakespeare lines, needless to say, I'd rather recite Shakespeare, I won't lie to you at all

First, I just wanted to say, child Heathcliff, played by Owen Cooper? He did a beautiful job and it reminded me how glad I am there are still a few child actors out there who are children who can act instead of nepo babies, and I'd say he may just be my personal highlight in the movie

ANYWAY, I tried to go in with a fresh mind and start and whatever but I don’t know what I expected, if you didn’t know, I hate Emerald Fennell and I hate Saltburn even more (with plans for more torture when I watch Promising Young Woman), so maybe my mind should’ve been even blanker than it already was originally

Of course there’s the whole Jacob Elordi is a white Aussie man, not a man of colour, Margot Robbie doesn’t fit her character description either, I think it’s fucked up and stupid, give actors of colour more roles, so there’s my quick note about that out of the way

I couldn't get behind this, the backstory of 'yay little boy I found!' with all the cute little bonding moments or whatever half of that was, or the whole "if I married him I'd be grossssss ewuhhhh!" and then to the "yeah let's have super secret sex, I love my husband and I'm pregnant but ehhhh"

Whether it was watching these two bump plastic chastity belts in a frame cropped just enough they want us to think it's real despite the most unrealistic sex scene known to man being on my screen or the fact Heathcliff and Katherine both call the same man papa this whole movie, I just couldn't wrap my head around what was happening

Seeing reviews about how hot this movie is with Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi being just to die for was odd, because me personally, I'm about as dry as a desert watching this one, The mouth noises???? And the general grossness of all the sounds, Jacob Elordi's mouth breathing or really loud slobbery kisses, oof that really got me I'll say that now

And his stinky big fingers being stuck into Margot Robbies mouth every two seconds as well, yes you could argue that this is sexual and that's just the actions of sex people can take so who am I to judge? But it was the lack of chemistry that made it horrible, maybe an unknown actor and actress would've had chemistry but the chemistry and marketing of Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi being soooooo codependant on each other now was just so shit

Now keep in mind, I don't know the book, I've never read it, but is Heathcliff a total seemingly sex addict and kinda dickhead in that too? Or did Jacob Elordi bring his own personality into it as well

I did like the aesthetics, and the random little puppy that showed up at a point, all of the muted pastels of Isabella's room and the dark red around the house, even skin wall wasn't too bad, I liked the costuming, I thought all of it was quite pretty actually, there were some great capshots or whatever they are they could be taken and it'd be quite cute! slash pretty, slash meaningful, but at some point I noticed it too much, it felt like every scene was there so people could screenshot and be like "woah!"

Even Isabella and Heathcliff managed to have more chemistry and what was up with Isabella suddenly being a dog? Was that planned or was Isabella just going kinda cray guys? It grossed me out I fear, Isabella girl stand the fuck up, stop writing letters, leave it alone

All of it honestly made me cringe a little except the set and outfits, hair and makeup, and that's coming from someone who hasn't read the book nor had expectations of the book, I don't have as many opinions as I did for when I watched The Bride! But I definitely have thoughts on all of it

-🎬🐛

Oh yeah I can imagine it didn't have anything Catholic, I think they just found the name Hail Mary fun as a title lol

-🎬🐛

okay yesssss I heard it was pretty good, my Catholic friends were going lol, not sure if they did in the end, but still I'd love to watch it, so I will finish my half hour of Wuthering Heights and then I will get on it (and don't you worry about it not being on streaming services, I have a very very quick resolution for this problem lol)