rambl - i was going to see "the social reckoning" this week, but... https://rambl.social/ shout into the void! rm i was going to see "the social reckoning" this week, but... So my original plan was to see The Social Reckoning last week, but I decided instead to take some time to chill at home instead since the week prior had been pretty tiring for me and I wasn't in the mood to see a high-intensity drama. I've seen some reviews on Letterboxd since it came out and people started seeing it, and unfortunately the consensus seems to be mediocre, which is a shame considering how great the original Social Network was and how good the trailers made it look. That hasn't really deterred my desire to see it, though my previously high expectations have been reasonably dampened.

The old new plan was to see Social Reckoning this week on Monday or Tuesday, but something came out that caused a change of plans. This little movie called "You Can See Everything". It's another A24 flick co-directed by Lance Oppenheim, the same director behind Primetime which I liked. This one is a documentary about Elizabeth Holmes, the noted fraudster who supposedly aimed to revolutionize blood tests with her company Theranos but couldn't actually deliver on any of her promises. The other co-director is Nathan Fielder, a comedian known for his absurdist humor and dry demeanor. The movie apparently follows Holmes, but much of the focus is directed on Fielder's interrogation.

The premise isn't what hooked me, though. What got me interested was the incredible response. At the time of writing, the movie officially released yesterday, some people got to see advance screenings on Thursday, and the film has a 4.8/5 on Letterboxd averaged from 70,000 ratings. Keep in mind, this is the website where many of the films considered the greatest of all time struggle to break 3.9. YouTube reviewers say it's great. Traditional news media journalists say it blew their minds. I just have to wonder, what in the world is going on with this movie? It's apparently mind-blowing, the greatest movie of the year, a must-see. I usually don't let hype influence my decisions about what to see, but I have to admit I'm extremely curious.

So now the NEW new plan is to see that film, and I probably won't watch Social Reckoning until it comes out for rent on YouTube or something. I'll let you all know how it is, obviously. The weird thing is that it's not playing at either of my local theaters yet. Maybe they just have a thing against documentaries, but I have a feeling they're rushing to get it on their screens now that the reviews are in because a listing just came up on the site for the theater closest to me, though they don't have any showtimes yet. Well, I'm excited to see if this thing is really as crazy and life-changing as they say it is.

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