Fast Color

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Finally watched Fast Color, which got a festival showing in 2018 but a release in 2019 and is thus I *think* 2019-eligible?? It was *awesome*, anyways. Clever, thoughtful movie about families and superpowers and secrets, terrific acting across the board. I admit I am the kind of viewer who gets a great deal of enjoyment out of just getting to look at gorgeous faces portray emotions, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle, San Junipero) and Lorraine Toussaint (apparently the voice of Shadow Weaver on new She-Ra!) definitely appealed to that. But in fact the story was also compelling, great tension in the pacing, powerful climax. Cutting for spoilers: Little bit of a Storm origin-story vibe, the Storm movie we all know they'll never actually make (and wasn't there a Black Widow knockoff movie recently, before we started getting news about the real one? I kind of like this idea of "let's just make all the woman-character movies the franchises won't"). I couldn't *quite* buy the optimistic ending - like the US gov would ever settle for one asset when they could have three, like they'd ever let a possible asset escape overseas. White scientists do not have a great track record recognizing the humanity of Black women! But I guess if I can buy in about telekinesis I can buy in on the Children of Men-style "something so miraculous has happened that we're going to temporarily be shocked back out of our violence and dehumanization and into being able to recognize that" ending, why not.