While it's a YA novel, the book is much better. I did like the Shining scenario that was not in the book.
Mostly a bad year for movies. Nothing exceptional in my book. We just saw Shoplifters - from Japan - and that was great. Bohemian Rhapsody - Meh Black KKKlanssmen - Great. Star is Born - Excellent. Best picture of the year I think. Black Panther - I personally don't like superhero movies Green book : Meh. Driving Miss daisy wannabe Favourite - Good. Good sex! Vice - Well done, and Christian Bale is amazing, but damn, I didn't like Dick Cheney the first time around, why spend two hours with him again? Yuck. The Wife was boring, but Glen Close was great Can you ever forgive me - very entertaining and well done. Melissa McCarthy was terrific.
Bird Box was ok. It was definitely interesting. Quiet Place was way better. Bird Box should have just been the actors playing themselves. Especially if John Malkovich is just going to play his most well known type of character.
Quiet Place was far better. I agree. I liked Bird Box though. It had me wondering what the hell was happening and going to happen the whole movie. The ending was a bit anti climatic but I think it set up well for a sequel. Still, a lot of unanswerd questions.
Holmes and Watson. Meh. I'm a unashamed huge fan of Farrell and Riley, but this wasn't their best. It appears there will be a sequel as well. Loved Vice. Maybe if Adam McKay had done Holmes and Watson it would have been better....he nailed Vice I thought.
I saw Holmes and Watson too. I was dissapointed to say the least. It was somewhat funny, but it was not well done. And, it is not what I expect out of Farrell and Riley. They can do better.
Oh yes, the intoxigram. One of the funniest scenes if not the funniest in the movie. One of my other favorite scenes was the mustache disguise.
I so rarely see new releases...there are a ton of movies I've yet to see over the decades...I got a 50 dollar movie pass that my wife and I need to use for Xmas...crazy rich Asians will probably be our first choice....then probably Aquaman
Replicants: Low Rent sci-fi flick where Keanu Reeves plays one of those mad scientists having late career blues. Keanu Reeves is now entering the career phase that Robert Deniro and Al Pacino did where they got older and more decrepit but their onscreen love interests became supermodels and never prematurely aged. I mean why cast believable actresses closer to you own age like Julian Moore or Angela Bassett? This old man/young woman cliche is actually less believable than the science fiction portion of the movie. Stan And Ollie: Wonderful period film about the career ups and downs of one of Hollywood's classic comedy duos. Seriously, you will love this movie. Steve Coogan in maybe the OTHER role he was born to play (see 24 Hour Party People) and John C. Reilly just showing us, how wonderful and unique he is at combining both drama and comedy. Maybe Will Ferrell can watch this and realize how badly they fucked up in Holmes and Watson? Annihilation: Alex Garland is probably the most unique sci-fi director going right now. At least the one who's most interested in taking traditional movie roles and turning them on their ear. The way he uses light and space is always unique and Annihilation is no different. Even if the art direction and cinematography was basically like, "Hey, what if Andrei Tarkovsky did like a metric ton of acid and blew shit up!" Still the adapted screenplay holds up well and Natalie Portman is her usual beautiful convincing self. But somehow new star Oscar Isaac manages to steal every single scene he's in. Highly recommended. The Quiet Man: (60th Anniversary Blu Ray) One of the greatest movies ever made and also a film that showed why everybody called John Ford the greatest film maker of his day. The whole thematic question the film asks is quit relevant to modern society: "When we are forced to adapt our lifestyles to old rituals and customs.... why the hell are they there in the first place?" John Wayne as American but Irish born stranger Sean Thorton. Maureen O'Hara as his love interest, Mary Kate Danaher. And the always cantankerous Victor Mclaglen her greedy, money obsessed brother. The print restoration is one of the best I have ever seen. But what's eye-opening is Wayne's celluloid image. In his full youth... huge hands, squinty eyes, USC halfback athleticism constantly smoking cigarettes, you realize why he became a cinematic idol to millions. And even though as a man, he fell so far short of what he wanted him to be... that's what we still need films like The Quiet Man for.
Finally got around to watching Carol and Moonlight. Both awesome, and both actually kind of optimistic. An older (but still 21st century) movie: In The Mood for Love. Sumptuous! And it's free on YouTube (high quality, too) so you can watch it:
