The Toad's Burrow

      The only descriptor I have coming in for this album is that it is described as "Sludge Metal" and that it is highly reviewed. In spite of that, even if it was recommended to me by my friend CJ I do not have the highest hopes for this album. Is it partially the album cover that looks like fanart someone would have made during the height of that weird 2010's killer clown phase? Probably. Is it because it looks very long and is a genre that does not sound very appealing to me? Also probably. Even still, it's been so long since I sat down and did a proper album writeup, and hey at least this album cover kind of gives off Halloween vibes, so at least it's in season. So without further ado, my track-by-track review. When the Kite String Pops - Acid Bath The Blue - 65/100 This album is certainly not what I expected it to sound like. Honestly, I thought it would be a lot less melodic, sort of like when I first listened to Bleach  by Nirvana as a child, which was not...

      Well, I suppose that's what you get asking for a sequel to a movie that probably never should have gotten a sequel. Do you want to watch a musical? Watch something, anything else, you will enjoy it more than whatever this movie is. Do you really want something with  Folie à Deux in it's name? Just listen to the Fall Out Boy album, I promise you'll enjoy it much more. Do you want a serious critique on the shortcomings of the mental health system? Well you also won't get it here, but if you're my sister maybe you'll see something in it that I didn't. All I can say is, bravo to Todd Phillips if this movie really is just meant to be a giant fuck you to the corporations that asked him to make a second, because I genuinely can't see it any other way. Like I get that they try to kind of make the "Arthur Fleck is mentally insane case", but that was kind of the point they tried to make with the last movie, people just watched it and were like wow ...

       Babette's Feast has a reputation that I don't think is warranted. It's in the criterion collection, people love it, the ratings for it are exceptionally high. Even still, after watching it I can't help but come away feeling as if it left so much on the table, that it still accomplished remarkably little even for a film that's less than two hours long. I just don't get it, it's fine, I suppose the cinematography is nice, but personally, I feel like it could have just been a lot better. Perhaps there's something I'm missing, after all I'm a simpleton who loves superheroes, but I just can't see why this movie has such high ratings. Is it because people like seeing French food cooked? That was probably one of the more interesting parts of the film for me, but I'd hardly say it made the film worth watching in any capacity.     I even let this review stew in the back of my mind to see if my opinion on it would ever change, but it didn...