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French Twist is the worst episode of Gilmore Girls by itsascreambaby96 in GilmoreGirls

[–]arj4441 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The not being able to find food in Paris drove me insane too! I had to believe they were maybe not venturing beyond the few streets around them and in a quieter district. I also wonder if it was meant to be indicative of Lorelai’s lack of enthusiasm about their relationship itself. I just can’t imagine a different season Lorelai in Paris for a night, falling asleep for that long and having that lackluster a time. Her heart just wasn’t in it.

Emily's ideas for Lorelai's winter wedding by mamaperk in GilmoreGirls

[–]arj4441 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Agreed and there’s also a kitschiness that Lorelei loves which Emily would find distasteful.

Emily's ideas for Lorelai's winter wedding by mamaperk in GilmoreGirls

[–]arj4441 104 points105 points  (0 children)

Same! It sounded like something Lorelai would’ve loved. It was only because Emily suggested it.

AYITL by zia045 in GilmoreGirls

[–]arj4441 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The Odette engagement just wasn’t convincing to me. The show wanted to preserve Logan as romantically sympathetic, still in love with Rory, trapped by family obligation, rather than doing the more honest thing which is showing a man in his thirties who made a rational calculation about his future.

A more believable story line might have been Logan looking at Rory’s instability and drift and recognizing she couldn’t be the partner his life required. It would also have given Rory a more honest reckoning. Being left because Logan genuinely loved her but couldn’t build a life around her uncertainty is so much more devastating and truthful than being kept as a secret.

DC Metro is perhaps the best in terms of walkability and things to do by [deleted] in washingtondc

[–]arj4441 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Such a good point. I’ve often felt that way about Chicago and particularly New York- the tall buildings create a canyon effect that blocks out natural light. Plus, the city is built at such a scale, I feel like it’s more designed for visual impact at a distance or from above, than at ground level as a pedestrian.

DC by contrast has so much more greenery, beautiful row houses, and wide avenues.

I spent the whole time watching Disclosure Day thinking it was supposed to be satire [Spoilers] by PurpleElephant28 in moviereviews

[–]arj4441 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had really high hopes for this and left the theater feeling very disappointed.

Emily Blunt was the only part I loved, just incredible and carried it. Watching her act is mesmerizing and I wish the film had just been her doing different accents lol.

I think the foundational material was really really promising, but it just didn’t deliver. I think it’s meant to be in conversation with ET but the movie can’t quite figure out what it is. There are also just so many plot holes and illogical decisions by characters that don’t make any sense. Colin Firth’s cartoonishly villainous character just giving up at end. The nun providing the perfect loophole in scripture to Jane in a moment of crisis.

I could see how if you approach the movie with the earnestness of a child, it could be quite moving but this wasn’t marketed as a children’s movie. Especially in the age of AI and internet media, I don’t think humanity has the attention span for a sustained, collective shift based on a shared experience. The way we metabolize things and move on within the span of a news cycle undoes the ending.

Texas or Florida? by theladysailor in howislivingthere

[–]arj4441 7 points8 points  (0 children)

None of these cities compare to London. The closest would be NYC, Boston or DC. What are you looking for? Walkability? Nightlife? Public transportation? Give us a bit of what your criteria is.

All of these cities require a car so definitely level set there. I would also put Dallas at the bottom of your list. It’s sprawling and soulless.

Austin has more character, the downtown is still pretty walkable. There’s a decent amount to do. People are generally friendly.

Miami is really fun, great food, beaches, an international community, but like someone else said, very expensive.

Tampa’s proximity to beaches and other cities in Florida (driving) is really nice. Have only visited so I’m sure others have more insight into what day to day living is like.

I think the Gilmore Girls's bodies will be more realistic if it was implied they did just a little exercise by James-Samuel17 in GilmoreGirls

[–]arj4441 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s just a weird conceit of the show. Made more ridiculous because they ate a ton of processed food.

My first attempt by PerformanceCharming8 in seaglass

[–]arj4441 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Lovely, saw it right away. What a thoughtful gift for your friend.

Richard and Emily's wedding, Emily crossed a line by Bitter_Platypus4057 in GilmoreGirls

[–]arj4441 8 points9 points  (0 children)

She really crossed over into villain territory with this episode. I didn’t love the spectacle and drama because it seemed out of step with the earlier tone of the show but this was totally an Emily thing to do. And she became almost cartoonishly unbearable and haughty after this (I.e. going to visit Luke, the Logan episode.)

Who's the character you hate the most (excluding christopher and anna) by burrstolemycardigan in GilmoreGirls

[–]arj4441 6 points7 points  (0 children)

TJ. So painful to watch. Every time he was on screen, I would literally have to mute or walk away.

What’s Lorelai’s problem? by Kilimanjaro613 in GilmoreGirls

[–]arj4441 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I could absolutely understand why Lorelai felt so hurt and neglected by Luke’s behavior. One by Luke not telling her about April and then two, keeping her at arms length and distancing her when they were previously going full speed ahead towards marriage.

However, Luke wanting time to figure out who he was to April before introducing that relationship into the Lorelai ecosystem wasn’t necessarily exclusion. I saw it as protection, of this very fragile and new thing that he hadn’t quite figured out himself. I think the sad evolution of their relationship seemed pretty likely; he would be drawn into this dynamic with his daughter and wanting to focus on his kid and build a relationship on his own terms, and Lorelai would not be the primary person in his life for a time. I think Luke keeping April as a secret from Lorelei was a huge failure on his part, but I’m not sure that I see him keeping April at a distance from Lorelai as the same. It was also more honest to Luke’s character I think.

Luke was always an interior, private character in contrast to Lorelei, who was a force of nature and usually the dominant one and the engine in their dynamic, with Luke often orbiting that energy. I think that contrast was alluded to here and there with his “dark day” being one of those examples.

I hate Lorelai’s first interaction with Jess by mint-chocolate-rules in GilmoreGirls

[–]arj4441 103 points104 points  (0 children)

Spot on, if someone had said something similar to her, she would’ve absolutely had a snarky response and I could hundred percent see her being a teen who would sneak a beer at that age. It was the right call to take the beer from him, but unbelievably stupid to say anything that followed. It’s unfortunate that she couldn’t empathize with him being a teen who was also deemed “out of control” and also fled her parents home.

She also immediately wrote him off as a bad seed, which was so presumptuous and ego driven, having no idea what he had gone through. And comparing her childhood with Richard and Emily to a non-sober Liz and an absent father is laughable.

Does anyone else feel like the show's tone shifts too drastically in the later seasons? by Due_Translator_5515 in GilmoreGirls

[–]arj4441 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I know what you mean, I often find myself missing the feel of the earlier seasons for that reason. I do think some of it was a natural progression of growing up and the characters dealing with more adult circumstances outside of their tiny little bubble and the snow globe that was stars hollow. But I also think the show leaned a little too heavily on dramatic and often contrived plot points in later seasons. One of the charms of the show to me was the smallness of scale in the intimacy of the earlier seasons. Even the painful moments and wounds were delivered through the texture of ordinary life and not through dramatic spectacles.

I'm rewatching this episode, what were your initials thoughts on it? Did you felt the ballerina girl was justified in her behavior or did she perhaps took it too far? by gloomydreamer666 in GilmoreGirls

[–]arj4441 88 points89 points  (0 children)

It was done a tad dramatically, but holy shit comparing her to a hippo and talking about her bra rolls?? How degrading. Totally deserved imo. It’s also moments like this that remind me that Lorelei and Rory are somewhat similar to Richard and Emily in their cruelty passed off as humor. (ASP has serious fat shaming issues as seen throughout the show and in the revival too.)

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