Welp. It’s been a month and a half since my last post, and I just haven’t had the motivation to get another one done. So many times, it’s been right there on my to do list, but then I just didn’t wanna. I’m not quite ready to let this whole thing go yet, but I haven’t missed the weekly hours I’d put into it. I guess from here on, I’ll just post when the spirit moves me, instead of strictly sticking to writing up every new release I see in theaters.
So why was I so moved now? Because I’m halfway thru a week in Texas, it’s 5 AM here, and I’ve been awake for an hour (after taking forever to fall asleep in the first place) and sleep is not coming. I blame the black tea latte I snuck in with me to see Snake Eyes. Was falling asleep all day despite getting 8 hours the night before and had a headache, so I thought a decent jolt of caffeine (which I typically avoid) was a good idea. I mean, it was a good idea at the time. Got me thru the day. Now I gotta get thru the night (and will likely be a zombie tomorrow).
I picked Black Widow as the movie I wanna fully write up (MCU obsession and all) but I should at least do a quick run thru of everything I’ve seen since last we met.
LOTR: ROTK – Did complete the full trilogy at Alamo over three weeks. That brings my total watch count up to 7/10/14. And my total spend for that last tour between tickets, food, and parking was well over 200. Making up for lost time at the movies I guess
The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard – Felt the exactly same way about this as the first. All the pieces are there for it to be hilarious, but it just falls flat. I did appreciate that Salma Hayek got a bigger role. Not because I cared about her character, but because I love Salma in general
The Sparks Brothers – I’m picky about what documentaries I’ll give my time to in theaters, but I was sold at Edgar Wright. Felt about it the same way I typically do for his movies. Thinking about it in tiny bits, it’s brilliant. Watching the whole thing, mostly kinda meh. I did end up downloading a greatest hits album of theirs. Oh and favorite running bit was the way he’d label his various guests (splitting Duran Duran, Weird Al as “professional accordionist”)
F9 – Saw this with my coworkers at a new Regal location that opened, and saw that they had a 4DX theater, so I went back again the following week. Not the best for a rewatch, but great for the auditorium effects. Definitely on the lower end of the F&F ranking. Felt very thrown together and incoherent, but still a lot of fun if you don’t try to use your brain much.
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway – Yo, it was the only thing playing nearby that I hadn’t seen yet and I had to get outta the house. I ended up sleeping thru half of it, so I’ll call that much a win.
The Forever Purge – Interesting concept, and prolly the most logical progression for the franchise, but it felt a bit lazy overall. Or specifically the violence felt lazy. Just a bunch of shooting and mayhem without any thoughtful choreography or much intent behind anything. Point and shoot, then run away and do it again.
Zola – I’m not sure that I cared much for this as entertainment, but I appreciated it as art, particularly in the storytelling. So interesting to me how it was put together, I just wish I had been more invested in the actual story itself
Black Widow – See next post
Space Jam: A New Legacy – Simultaneously the best movie ever and worst movie ever. But really more the latter. Had a lot of fun watching for their WB property cameos, but it felt too much like they knew it was a kids movie and therefore didn’t try too hard to make it palatable to us older kids. And Lebron was much better in Trainwreck.
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions – It did its job as far as the suspense. Oh man did it not let up. However, as an escape room concept, it was a little disappointing. The first movie was paced well enough with puzzles that I could try and solve as I watched. Here was less puzzles and more don’t-touch-things-they’ll-kill-you and find-the-thing=that’s-hidden.
Old – I’m still a sucker for a good Shyamalan movie. This was a decent one. I felt the main premise went on for too long (felt like it shoulda been a short). Was able to avoid spoilers for a couple days until I saw it, and the implications of the reveal still have me thinking.
Pig – I went in fairly cold, and did not understand what the movie I was watching really was. I had some idea in my head, but it wasn’t until doing my research after that I got that I had missed the point completely. It will warrant a rewatch.
Snake Eyes – Very light but totally watchable action fun. And I still pick Henry Golding for the next 007.