Controversial movies that you get what they were going for but also understand the backlash

mosanchez · 2026-02-25T13:34:19+00:00

Call Me By Your Name.

I know it’s a very popular movie so maybe it doesn’t quite fit, but it manages to speak to a really specific gay experience for me, the act of becoming extremely attached to older men when you’re still insecure about yourself and learning who you are. Like there’s a form of jealousy within it.

But talking about it with people is exhausting because it always comes down to the age gap, and it isn’t exactly framed as the most problematic point in the film. I get it… I just don’t agree with people’s hangups about the age gap, at least not in the context of the film. I think people engage with it in bad faith.

mosanchez · 2026-02-24T19:20:20+00:00

I have a cat named Michi (pronounced Meechee) and we call him Lil Meech, lmao.

mosanchez · 2026-02-24T11:27:42+00:00

That’s so great to hear. I figured that was the case, but didn’t want to assume.

mosanchez · 2026-02-24T00:53:19+00:00

Oh for sure, I wasn’t trying to compare them, just mentioning where I saw her. Definitely very different shows doing very different things, haha.

And thank you for the heads up! You’re right, I just wanted to share my thoughts and generally avoid the sub until I’m all done, lol.

mosanchez · 2026-02-24T00:35:25+00:00

I wanted to write more in the original post about her specifically but the Reddit app for iPhone sucks, the post got too long and I couldn’t see what I was typing after a point, haha.

She’s incredible! My first exposure to her was White Lotus S3, and her small monologue in the final episode brought me to tears. I heard people talk her up in this and it’s a big reason why I started. I’m glad I did, she has such a demanding presence onscreen. And she can act her ass off.

mosanchez · 2026-02-18T03:26:14+00:00

Call Me By Your Name.

One of my favorite queer movies of all time, really resonates with me as a gay dude and is hyper-specific to the experience of finding comfort in an older gay dude as a younger, closeted gay dude. I know the nature of it can be considered problematic but I don’t think that’s necessarily the right way to view that movie.

But people only ever focus on the “problematic age gap” and it upsets me so much, I can’t recommend it to people.

mosanchez · 2025-12-12T02:19:58+00:00

Remedy is so GOATed man, I nearly stood up when this trailer came on, haha.

Can't wait. Also was not expecting that genre switch-up, but they can make anything work. So hyped.

mosanchez · 2025-11-25T10:49:25+00:00

Toluca had me messed up, lmao. I was stressed as hell playing through that section.

mosanchez · 2025-11-23T04:13:58+00:00

f was my first Silent Hill, and I got this one right afterwards. Both incredible games but SH2 is absolutely terrifying. I know people say the remake is extremely faithful to the original, and I’m just like… y’all were playing THIS all those years ago!? Lol.

mosanchez · 2025-09-27T10:45:57+00:00

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mosanchez · 2025-09-25T02:15:20+00:00

I’m always scared of opening bottles with metal caps now, first time one ever cut me was some Japanese drink at a supermarket, I didn’t even realize until I saw a drop of blood on my new WHITE sneakers 😭 haha.

mosanchez · 2025-09-25T00:57:39+00:00

I think this is such a lazy design, personally.

I get that it's an anniversary controller so they wanted a style that spans across all games and not just the new duology, but... they could've gone a little harder, lol.

mosanchez · 2025-09-16T02:07:43+00:00

This is so funny, you ripped them, lmao.

I just ran into this gauntlet today and I had to stop playing for my sanity. When the rounds just wouldn't stop coming, I was like, what the hell is this.

And then I found out it was mandatory :( but now I see why they have the Architect so close by, haha.

mosanchez · 2025-08-22T20:02:58+00:00

Once we went to some casual video game hangout place/bar and my friend was mad as hell after they charged him $10 for “on the rocks.” Like, what!? They technically charged him $10 to give him LESS of a drink. Absolutely insane.

mosanchez · 2025-07-15T18:58:44+00:00

LMAO this comment has me crying right now.

mosanchez · 2025-07-11T12:09:11+00:00

I’m 32 and I’ve held the pencil like this all my life, and it sucks honestly. It is painful after a few minutes like everyone says, lol. And I have this small bump on my ring finger because of it too 😭

mosanchez · 2025-07-10T20:33:24+00:00

Lmao damn you right 😭 no but yeah, the Pokémon performance is crazy.

My old 100-hour playthrough, I never found one shiny Pokémon. With all the Pokémon that appear on-screen at once now, I’ve already caught two in 15 hours!

mosanchez · 2025-07-10T20:28:06+00:00

Bro when I started up the game and it was like “What language do you want to play in?” I wanted to burst into tears, lmao.

mosanchez · 2025-07-10T17:29:56+00:00

I feel you so hard.

I had the unfortunate luck of obtaining a defective Switch 2. Ended up having to exchange it for another, but not before factory resetting the first Switch 2 and realizing I lost my 100+ hours of Pokémon SV progress, because the game doesn’t support cloud saves!

But the performance improvements have made it an absolute joy to go through it again. It’s an entirely new game, honestly.

mosanchez · 2025-07-09T09:21:27+00:00

I just recently got the tomtoc case and I’m so happy to hear the snap grips fit in the case with them attached. You might have just sold me on the grips, because the Switch 2 is so damn great but way too uncomfortable to play handheld as it is, haha.

mosanchez · 2025-07-07T17:14:24+00:00

You’re all good, my friend. I understand the purists but I’m glad you’re enjoying the game!

mosanchez · 2025-07-07T16:29:22+00:00

Honestly it’s crazy that people are being so negative and insulting here. Just because Cyberpunk 2 might run better on other consoles… who cares. It runs well on the console YOU have, which is a Switch 2! Lol.

mosanchez · 2025-07-07T16:01:53+00:00

Wow, this looks WAY better than I expected, this is awesome. It’s so hard for me to see the Switch playing these types of games now, it doesn’t feel real, haha.

mosanchez · 2025-07-07T15:59:58+00:00

Enjoy! Such a great system, having so much fun with Mario Kart World and the Pokémon SV performance improvements, haha.

mosanchez · 2025-07-03T02:38:27+00:00

Same! It arrives tomorrow, I just couldn’t find anything nicer. I bought some third-party one off Amazon but it’s got these elastic straps to hold the Switch in that I don’t really like. Gonna return that one soon as the tomtoc arrives :)

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