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gem-femme:wetwareproblem: gem-femme: pom-seedss: xzombiexkittenx: trashmouse: neonperri: gwendolynshepherds: quasi-normalcy: impuretale: xelamanrique318: snatched yo “i’m not like other girls” ass real quick!!! This movie had no business being as good as it was. Go watch it. Noted #… technically this scene passes the bechdel tesr#which is WILD unless youve watched the movie (via @swiggity-swexual-i-am-asexual) If Jack Black doesn’t get an Oscar nom for this, it is proof that sf/action movies are being discriminated against, because he was FLAWLESS as a teenage girl, absolutely invisible behind his character, and that deserves massive recognition of his awesomeness. (I also appreciate the writing which had both girls calling each other out on perceived issues, and both girls acknowledging the fairness of those call-outs and subsequently valuing each other as equals and becoming buds. No girl-fights here, thank you.) This movie was far more amazing than it should have been, and I’m pretty sure that was at least 90% because the cast was so fantastic. Not once in the entire film did I forget Jack Black was a teenage girl. It was one of the most brilliant performances I have ever seen and I still can’t believe I’m saying that about Jack Black in Jumanji II. Is it tropey as hell? Yes. Do they subvert some of the tropes some of the time? Heck yes. Did they know they were going to be tropey as hell and made it the best possible versions of the tropes when they weren’t subverting them? Hell fucking yes. The second jumanji was also really good. Watch that one, too. Can I also note that we got an entire movie where one of the core comedic beats was Jack Black being a teenage girl named Bethany whose body felt Weird…And not once, not a single joke, did I feel like they were laughing at me as a trans woman. Not once did anybody hesitate to take Bethany seriously as a girl, even when they had a hard time taking her seriously as a person. Do you have any idea, any idea at all, how huge a deal that is? Jack Black deserves every award possible for this role, as do the scriptwriters. In the second one, Jack Black does the same thing but with the black character and not once did I ever feel like he was relying on stereotypes. I was hesitant at first but I did not feel like he was at all relying on racism to portray representing a black character. To go from white teenage girl to young black man without ever relying on anything offensive means this man has some serious range as an actor and a ton of compassion for who he’s portraying. He absolutely deserves every award. -- source link
#jumanji#absolute masterpiece#seriously