Clash of the twitter threads. I recently started muting words on twitter on subjects I just had no interest in hearing about anymore and in some cases never did despite the rest of the world's inexplicably insatiable interest (my timeline is blessedly "Kardashian" free - you should try it! I'm missing nothing) and I've been so much happier.
Twitter is still a colossal time sucker in some ways but it keeps the pop culture conversation lively and my favorite thing about it is hearing smart people say amusing things that I didn't think to say - that I felt but never put into words (like the first tweet below). Anyway, here are a dozen or so tweets that amused or edified. Just because it's fun to share them.
Really enjoyed A Most Violent Year. First film I've seen in ages where guns are actually treated as guns i.e. INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS.
— Catherine Bray (@catherinebray) November 21, 2014
Okay but why aren't there Pitch Perfect action figures?
— Lucy Knisley (@LucyKnisley) November 21, 2014
will julianne moore and sally kirkland both starring in movies about dementia lead to vote-splitting
— Mayukh Sen (@ericbrohmer) November 21, 2014
More after the jump including Viola Davis, Janis Joplin biopic, Matthias Schoenaerts, Selma, and the greatest title card of all time...
Somewhere Jenna Maroney is having a rage stroke over the news of this Amy Adams/Janis Joplin biopic.
— Andrew Kendall (@DepartedAviator) November 22, 2014
#HTGAWM hahaha @sergiowastaken just said i am ithe marshmallow to her sweet potatoe! @violadavis pic.twitter.com/v5Od5AMSk0
— Marcia Gay Harden (@Beloving2) November 21, 2014
After the disappointing box office for The Aunt May Legacy, both Sally Field and Dame Judi Dench will be replaced by Matt Damon.
— Clay Renfroe (@ClayRenfroe) November 11, 2014
Arguably the greatest title credit of all time. pic.twitter.com/HqV6aQwONH
— William Goodchild (@filmchild) November 10, 2014
Can't stop thinking about SELMA. Because people marched and died for a right 62.7% of American voters didn't bother to exercise 2 weeks ago
— James Rocchi (@jamesrocchi) November 15, 2014
My sexiest man alive. Take that @peoplemag pic.twitter.com/GAFJgxdEWi
— Murtada (@ME_Says) November 19, 2014
Also I was supposed to tell you that #HappyChristmas is out now on DVD. I think it's illegal to not love @AnnaKendrick47 and she's in it, so
— Melanie Lynskey (@melanielynskey) November 21, 2014
Still haven't seen a HUNGER GAMES or TWILIGHT movie in its entirety. And yet I am alive.
— Bill Chambers (@flmfrkcentral) November 19, 2014
It adds something to the experience if you imagine each tweet being whispered into the ear of a dead person by a creepy undertaker
— Musky Lozenge (@LostCatDog) November 22, 2014
Hathaway is a fucking great actress. She totally sold that preposterous love speech. In her hands it was sublime. #Interstellar
— Murtada (@ME_Says) November 14, 2014Amazing RT @empiremagazine Get jealous: http://t.co/amuiZOwIH6 #GuardiansOfTheGalaxy
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— Alex Billington (@firstshowing) November 19, 2014I miss Bunheads.
— billy eichner (@billyeichner) November 18, 2014David Fincher's 26 essential films are a great mix of art and pop. How many have you seen? pic.twitter.com/96RnaU27Fm
— The Black List (@theblcklst) November 14, 2014Hathaway is a fucking great actress. She totally sold that preposterous love speech. In her hands it was sublime. #Interstellar
— Murtada (@ME_Says) November 14, 2014