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ANYA TAYLOR-JOY as MARGOT in THE MENU (2022) | dir. Mark Mylod
People are shipping Margot and Chef Slowik??????
Chef slowik x Margot this and that
What about chef slowik x Elsa??
I like to think she's madly in love with him and that's why she always comes off as jealous. (And maybe she hides it so well that even chef himself doesn't know it)
I have consumed way more s'mores than I can count, but now that I've seen the film, The Menu, every time I see a s'more, I think of the scene from that film. If ya know, ya know.
the menu is hilarious because throughout the movie you try to figure out why those were the people invited to the last meal and why the chef chose them specifically to sacrifice and what is the deeper motive in the performance and then when this guy asks “why” the chef is just like “i watched your movie on my day off and it sucked so bad i can’t look at your face” and then sets him on fire to make s’mores
seen a lot of these with your favorites, but reblog with the CURRENT book you are reading, show you are streaming, the last movie you watched, and any game/puzzle/crafts you’re working on
bring me more movies like midsommar, fresh, the menu, movies that are not slasher ones or jump scares, but that psychologically mess with you
In the movie gastronomic universe, Nicolas Cage in Pig is Professor X and Ralph Fiennes in The Menu is Magneto
“Over the next few hours you will ingest fat, salt, sugar, protein, bacteria, fungi, various plants and animals, and, at times, entire ecosystems. But I have to beg of you one thing. It’s just one. Do not eat. Taste. Savor. Relish. Consider every morsel that you place inside your mouth. Be mindful. But do not eat. Our menu is too precious for that. And look around you. Here we are on this island. Accept. Accept all of it. And forgive. And on that note… food!”
THE MENU (2022) dir. Mark Mylod
Shotout for The Menu for finally making me angry enough at restaurants to actually write this but GOD do I hate high class restaurants because they're an utter insult to cooking and food itself.
And you might think that I liked the chef but no I didn't and that's the whole point because even though he was aware of the emptiness of his clients and the emptiness of his fanatics and the utter emptiness of it all he still served small dishes, small dishes with almost no food and you might think why are small dishes bad well because food is not fucking supposed to be small it's not supposed to be consumed in one bite it's not supposed to be pretty it's supposed to FEED. food is supposed to FEED. It's not that it's artistic because big dishes big plates big food can be artistic it's not that it's complicated or that it has too many ingredients or steps because big food also has all of those things (or not, it doesn't matter here) it's the fact that is so utterly small it's INSULTING. Food is supposed to feed people that's why people have hunted have cultivated have cared since we were able to feed.
Because what was being served wasn't food and wasn't art it was emptiness, it was praise, it was fame and it was adoration and it was empty. And I can only think of all the animals and plants and fish that died for those dishes and instead of receiving purpose all they got was a spit to the face and a name with too many letters. For ages there have been sorrys, and thank yous in all languages and in all manners whispered to their ears as they died because humans understood that they were taking for a purpose, because they took to feed or to enjoy or to celebrate and those small dishes? are an insult to it all. A depraved performance that the rich and the famous take part in not even for their amusement because god knows they hate the food half of the time and the other half it's not even good.
The only part of the movie where we see actual passion put in cooking is when the chef makes a burger with fries. A normal burger with fries, the size a normal burger with fries should be. No weird minuscule additions worth a million, no weird presentations worth enough to buy 10 houses, just a regular burger. The only time where we see actual food, actual passion, is when we see food made to be ate, food made to feed. Food not in concept but in practice.
ㅤㅤㅤanya taylor joy 𝗮𝘀 margot in 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗨 ㅤ– ( layout pack ) ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ
── 𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙪𝙨𝙚: 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚/𝙧𝙚𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙜
── don’t clame as your own.
─ credits in @ ᴄᴀᴏᴛɪᴄʜᴜᴍᴀɴ in Twitterㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ
10 FAVOURITE NEWLY RELEASED MOVIES I WATCHED THIS YEAR
NOPE (2022) dir. Jordan Peele THE MENU (2022) dir. Mark Mylod BULLET TRAIN (2022) dir. David Leitch SEE HOW THEY RUN (2022) dir. Tom George THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT (2022) dir. Tom Gormican THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING (2022) dir. George Miller GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO (2022) dir. Guillermo del Toro EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (2022) dir. Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert GLASS ONION (2022) dir. Rian Johnson VIOLENT NIGHT (2022) dir. Tommy Wirkola
Nicholas Hoult plays this type of pathetic so well
The best thing about The Menu is knowing that in the screenplay, the scene where Margot discovers the truth about Tyler, she originally just fucking sat there silently and looked angry. Anya Taylor-Joy read the script, went to the director, and said, “No, sir. No woman would sit there silently and cry. I’m going to go fucking feral. Tell Nicholas Hoult to protect his fucking face.”
Also, kudos to Nicholas Hoult for being told “Anya is going to fly at you over the table and smack the shit out of you, hope that’s cool” and saying, “Go for it.”
Movies Watched, Jan.2023
Happy New Year! The world hasn’t ended yet, even though it keeps feeling like everything could just crumble at any moment. Maybe that’s just how it feels all the time, though. Glad that I started the first month pretty strongly with movies. Obviously the holidays helped, but it feels like there are a lot of good films this year too.
You People (2023)
Great cringey ride. Seymour Dreyfus taps her horrifying self, and the leads are sweet.
The Fablemans (2023)
Very melodramatic tone. I enjoyed the Cinematography, felt and looked different than most contemporary movies. Dano and Williams had such good performances.
Love on Delivery (1994)
A classic Stephen Chow joint. Absurd, increasing stakes and become more surreal as the film goes on. A cute reminder that we haven’t really seen movies with similar comedic sensibilities in a while.
M3GAN (2023)
Quick, funny and the rightful heir to the insane murder doll genre. Smarter than the last Chucky remake. Scary and absurd. M3GAN’s dialogue is sharp. Also a secret queer story 🥲
Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb (2023)
Learned a lot and was very pleasant and funny. Everyone had daddy issues.
Taking of Pelham 1, 2, 3 (1974)
Funny and campy, the race jokes feel like it didn’t pay off. Very dated and uncomfortable. Glad I’ve finally seen this version.
The Glass Onion (2022)
Great romp with a throwback to classical structure. Not feeling the ending, though.
The Menu (2022)
Great acting but the second half is kind of a let down. The premise was exciting but I think it got in its on way. It was less than what I desired, but probably more than I deserve.
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