Victor Eremita's Recent Activity
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Victor Eremita liked JoshIsMediocre's post in the thread Azz's Official Updates Thread for The Smashing Machine (Benny Safdie).
i've never actually seen those. really dislike Kevin Hart
Sep 1, 2025 at 11:12 AM -
Victor Eremita liked oldjersey's post in the thread Mental Health Thread.
Going with a positive post tonight, I didn't start building a life until I was 26, I was a miserable drug addict before that. Tomorrow I will finally move into my own apartment, my own space, i've never had anything close to resembling that. It took much longer than I thought it would, but looking back I wouldn't change anything. Being patient with my life and staying out of my own way has done such wonders for me in the past decade. I've learned so many lessons, about life and mostly about myself. Especially these past 5 years, i've been extremely single and have truly just focused on myself. I stand today feeling better about myself than ever and it just would not have happened had all the things I wanted just came into my life very quickly. Tonight feels surreal, tomorrow will feel surreal, for a long time I wasn't sure any of this would be possible.
Aug 31, 2025 at 8:12 PM -
Victor Eremita liked Daniel's post in the thread The Horror Thread: Part 3D.
The Exorcist III was good. Great performances, creepy vibes, and good looking filmmaking, especially the Georgetown exteriors. Unfortunately that scene had been spoiled for me in a bunch of "scariest scares in movies" lists, so it wasn't super effective, but it still looked very cool. The plot was pretty convoluted and you could see where they changed directions and hamfisted in tie-ins to the original. Overall very solid watch.
Aug 31, 2025 at 9:58 AM -
Victor Eremita liked Morrissey's post in the thread Movie The Life of Chuck (Mike Flanagan, June 6, 2025).
This is already gone from theaters. I will resolve this debate when it hits VOD.
Aug 31, 2025 at 9:05 AM -
Victor Eremita liked theagentcoma's post in the thread Book The Book Thread.
Babel was incredibly heavy-handed. A lot of it could boil down to colonialism = bad. I did like the magic system. I also did not know she was 19 when she wrote The Poppy War, that's pretty crazy
Aug 31, 2025 at 6:30 AM -
Victor Eremita liked Garrett's post in the thread Book The Book Thread.
That's funny, because I almost never see criticism of her that falls in those categories. I loved The Poppy War trilogy, but the grimdark nature definitely makes it hard to return to. Babel was pretty good, but to me didn't live up to the hype/praise it received because of how heavy-handed it ended up being. Like, it stops just short of breaking the fourth wall and going, "So, do you get that racism is bad yet?" She writes as if she knows she's the smartest person in the room (because she IS incredibly intelligent and well-educated) and everyone else is too dumb to understand, so let's just make sure we drive home that point again and again. I've watched a few of her panels and interviews and she's very articulate. I still wish her all the success in the world, but after four books, I knew I could tap out. And less about actual writing style, but I also have a problem with someone whose high school tuition cost more a year than I make in six months telling me how hard it is to be poor. It's pretty disingenuous.
Aug 31, 2025 at 6:30 AM -
Victor Eremita replied to the thread Movie The Roses (Jay Roach, August 29, 2025).
Such is life
Aug 31, 2025 at 6:27 AM -
Victor Eremita liked fbrrocks's post in the thread Accountability in Entertainment.
Look at this match made in hell perfect for each other hahaha [MEDIA]
Aug 31, 2025 at 6:12 AM