It was a blast I have to say, nothing realistic about it and the protagonist apparently can't be killed but it's hyperbolic violence becomes comedic pretty early on and carries the show nicely.
I watched the 2023 "Cat Person" movie and I think my review is mostly "what the hell?".
The source material is a subtly observed, delicately written New Yorker story in which the tensions between men and (young) women are left ambiguous, hinted at, foreshadowed but never made explicit; the movie on the other hand takes us all the way from awkward conversations and not knowing when to text back all the way to a knife fight in a burning house.
I mean, is that … the joke? Is it like a black comedy in itself to take subtlety and bash me over the head with it? Is it like a dark meta-commentary on Hollywood movies and how they cynically destroy their source material by going to eleven?
Last night I watched The Day, a movie I had no idea I even had on my Plex machine. I think I got it as an offhand recommendation/mention on a reddit r/Horror thread. Anyway, damn! It's almost black and white, post apocalyptic, contextually super sparse and a hell of a ride. If you like your horror bleak you'll enjoy this one. It looks like it's available on Prime as well.
🎵Young man, I hear you want a movie 🎶
🎶I say young man, This one stars Mr T 🎵
🎵And also, a very young Gary Busey 🎶
🎶It was made by pre-Lost-Boys-Schu-macher 🎵
Dint dint dint di dint!
🎵You know you wanna watch Jooellsss D.C. Cab🎵
🎵You know you wanna watch Jooellsss D.C. Cab🎵
Started watching this series called Foundation, after the Foundation series from Asimov. In case anyone was wondering, it's not a film version of the story, rather a story set in the same universe with some vignettes from the books. I'm guessing Foundation is out of copyright, so they could use the name. It doesn't have the same sense of a grand sweep of history that you get from the books and is really more of a space action series with some bits of Foundation narrative spliced in.
Really enjoyed the new Indiana Jones movie. It has all the ingredients of a classic film of the genre: Lost treasure, epic quests, car chases, twisty passages full of creepy-crawlies, snakes (eels are water snakes, right? 😉), Nazis meeting a well-deserved end, Harrison Ford, witty banter, ... #movies#MovieSuggestions#Moviestodon#indianajones
#Barbie was pretty darn good. Starts off cute and clever and gets better as it goes. It's a likeable mashup of Toy Story, the Lego Movie and who-knows-how-many 90s cash-ins where beloved fictions enter the real world - but only at first.
#GretaGerwig's third act spins out from what's expected. The joke count drops, but there's lots of sanity-making for 12-year old girls. Plus my favorite end-of-the-movie-twist gag in years.
“NinetyForChill: The #Podcast- From Blunt to Bacon & ThePoeticCritic-Nighy Sandwich”. 3 degrees of @kevinbacon from #EmilyBlunt. “Wild Target” & 2 @vancityreynolds.
“Detective Pikachu” and “RIPD” are two Ryan Reynolds #movies. Beware of the one with the #kevinbacon half-assed #boston accent.
I would love to have a guest for “NinetyForChill: The #podcast” for the July 4th episode. I can manage a Zoom meeting for today. Otherwise, Sunday July 2nd would work best. Get a hold of me with any #movie, and I can make it 90-minute centric.
My (age 57) supposed "children" aged 18 and 13 just told me; "it was kind of boring and it can't be a club if they only meet once, they should have had more meetings".
The were talking about #TheBreakfastClub
I grieve for this generation. #OldPeople#Moviestodon#KidsToday