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Algorithms have me second guessing everything
Mar. 7th, 2026 01:11 am![[syndicated profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/feed.png){kind=small}
blanketsin_feedThis week premiered the Maggie Gyllenhaal movie The bride. I have been seeing ads and plugs from various sources about how marvelous this movie is and blah blah. I almost decided to run out to the nearest IMAX theater but, although I love Maggie Gyllenhaal, I had to pass and wait for the on–demand version of the film.
YouTube ads are a nuisance, and I always find myself counting down the seconds to click the NEXT button and the SKIP button. However, the movie trailer had me curious enough to tolerate those ads. As far as the news goes, I turned off my local TV stations (ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, etc.) and I don't have a preference for any of the major stations that I tune to when I watch the news on youtube. And when a reporter interviews Maggie or one of the actors from that film, I really don't know what his/her taste in films is and I've been jerked around by extensive promotions for films that truly just sucked.
The bride is a movie title beginning with the word 'the'. I`m sorry, but a long time ago I read somewhere, somebody said that movies that begin with 'the' suck. Then there's the MPAA rating: R, which is a good thing because I basically weed out movies I want to see if it is PG13 or G, or PG, etc. Rottontomatoes gives the movie 60% and a box office popularity of 72%. Not very good IMO.
distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
It figures that my youtube/tiktok algorithms are being bombarded by convincing reviews and praise for the movie. Warner Bros. probably fans stacks of hundred dollar bills at talk show hosts to advertise.
Production Co: A first love films, In the current company
My case in point about who exactly is giving the film so much praise is with the unknown production companies involved. I've never heard of either of them. I wonder what their logos will be in the opening credits. I'll go out on a limb here and say those identifying logobugs will be hypnotic, conditioning audiences for whatever the story reveals. The bride. The birdie. Could this plot have incorporated some of the current events I've been following? I heard two of the students directly associated with the Idaho4 got hitched. A scandal like that might impel me to pay when the DVD is released, otherwise, a movie as high profile as this one is certain to stream for subscribers on Netflix or Hulu. There's so many streaming services, why don't I know of the one that streams good shit like Miramax and Harvey Weinstein produced films?
The Bride, the movie
"Love is for the birds" Yeah this movie ain't it
https://letterboxd.com/msn_jc/film/the-bride-2026/
A movie that tries to do this many things at once really shouldn't work. And it doesn't.
https://letterboxd.com/ophepi/film/the-bride-2026/
i want what she has*
*a tall goth dude who loves old Hollywood musicals
https://letterboxd.com/seanin60seconds/film/the-bride-2026/
Well, you see… Frank and I have that in common. If anyone’s ever wondering where I’ve wandered off to, I’m also probably at the movies.
https://letterboxd.com/msn_jc/film/the-bride-2026/
at one point christian bale as frank starts having a panic attack because he wants to go to the movies and i fear i’ve never related to anything more in my life
https://letterboxd.com/ttotoro/film/the-bride-2026/
Frankenstein: Folie à Deux
https://letterboxd.com/zer0mile/film/the-bride-2026/
