New Hobby

Very recently, I’ve decided to pick up a new hobby and that is movies! Before I left for Florida my mom, my brothers and I went to the movies every Marvel opening night, so depending on the year we’d go to the theater quite a few times but I didn’t think that I’d continue doing that when I moved out. Sure enough I’ve decided to keep it going but instead of marvel movies I’ve just been seeing the ones that I think might be interesting. I did go see Thunderbolts just to feel closer to my family and I picked it up from there I say I’m taking myself out on a date.

But what prompted me to write was the last movie I saw. Which happened to be Hurry Up Tomorrow. There are spoilers!!! If you don’t care read ahead.

I feel like I need to preface this with (1) If you’ve never had your heart ripped open and destroyed you’re never going to get it, and (2) if you’re not into music you wont get it. Tentative (3) if you’re not a Weeknd fan you wont get it either I don’t know. I love the old Weeknd like Trilogy and Starboy but I couldn’t really get behind his newer stuff. After watching Moist Critical talk about it I wanted to check out his movie anyway.

It’s kind of funny cause I can’t really tell who the audience is supposed to be for, wether its for men or for woman, it seemed to me like it was aimed for Gen Z and younger, I mean there were scenes in clubs, with parties and messy cocaine. The thing is I think it was supposed to be this big comment about our generations “situationships” and how we treat each other. I think it was a comment on “escapism” as well, and doing what we can to ignore everything thats hurting us, also maybe a comment on female rage? I’m really not sure.

Like Jenna Ortega burnt down a house and we never found out why but maybe it was just rage about everything I guess? The way they dressed her by the way made her look like a 10 year old. Which is insane. She also never got a fucking name. Unless her name was honey, it was never actually mentioned I mean she wanted him, cared about him, but ultimately the only thing she did was set a few fires, commit a few crimes and try to help him with barely a story of her own. I’m glad this wasn’t the Weeknd’s personal project because it would have been insanely self serving.

We watch Abel struggle with fame and the demand that it takes from you physically but we also watch him obsess over a girl that clearly he wronged. The thing starts with a voicemail that hit some definite heartstrings for me but it was just kind of sad. We watch him struggle with these feelings and dumb them out through parties, weed, coke, and music. Then he made a connection with Jenna and they had a great night. Fun date, whatever and then they go home, have sex to which then Abel said “never leave me” as if that was the right thing to say to any woman what so ever on the first night you meet her.

So in turn Jenna takes that to heart, long story short (notable epic moment: she hit him in the head with a bottle after he yells “shut the fuck up”) she ties him to the bed and analyzes his music. All she wants from him is for him to tell the truth. Alas at the last minute the finally did through a song he sings. I don’t actually really like any of the songs accept one but it was interesting to watch what seemed like genuine phycological torture just for him to admit to something he wouldn’t. Is that what it would take for men to admit their faults? Being at eminent death? And even then we don’t actually get the full story.

He apologizes and then it kind of ends. No sight of her after that and we see the same scene at it starts with. I think there’s more to it that I didn’t touch on but thats more or less what it’s saying. He’s broken cause he went through tough things, she might be a type of salvation for him but he doesn’t blink twice before writing her off and then the cycle continues. She was just another on the long list of woman for him, never mind that he almost died or anything. I don’t know, I actually really liked it cause a part of me wants to burn down the house, a part of me wants to tie someone up similarly to her. I’m frustrated at everything too, I don’t want to be treated like that but what else is there?

Maybe it could have been some form of therapy for Abel I really don’t know, I loved the art, I loved the eeriness and the visuals and the way it was scored reminded me of Clockwork Orange and I fuck with that a lot. I think to the normal person it’s probably a little too out there with seeming to have no real meaning but I think it intended to say things and that needs to be more important than it being a movie.

Anyway, this is different from what I normally post about but here’s my thoughts.