Tried to put off prepping for prospectus defense by watching movies and was punished for it.
The King's Man—sucked, only saving grace was Rhys Ifans and that just barely. Matthew Vaughn isn't allowed to write stuff anymore.
Fistful of Vengeance—sucked, the show at least was watchable.
Taken 2 and 3—sucked, 3 was better than 2 though.
The Marksman—sucked, no further comments.
Cold Pursuit—sucked, but was at least original.
Karma is real.
“Humanity's greatest advances are not in its discoveries, but in how those discoveries are applied to reduce inequity.”
— Bill Gates
The Batman
Def. worth the price of admission—you get, like, ten endings for the price of one. Pattinson is a good—if boring—Batman, though his Bruce Wayne is kinda meh. Zoë Kravitz is excellent as Selina Kyle/Catwoman; it was reported, recently, that she was passed over by Nolan and his team because she was too "urban", and she'd def. have been wasted on Nolan. Colin Farrell as The Penguin is solid (I have nfi how they're gonna make a watchable show out of his shenanigans though), John Turturro's slime game is on point as always, Jeffrey Wright's Jim Gordon is okay. I get what they were going for with Paul Dano's Riddler, but I've just never really liked that particular kind of plot arc—the classic serial killer plot was a good move though, and I wish they'd have really doubled down on the detective schtick.
Things that sucked:
1. Standard Thomas Wayne hagiography. They were about to put a twist on it, but chickened out as always. Batman will never be great until DC works up the courage to sacrifice Thomas Wayne's reputation.
2.Spoiler:
Anyway go see it if it's safe. nb: ur ass will h u r t—it's a 3h long movie. Bring a cushion and be strategic about fluids.
“Humanity's greatest advances are not in its discoveries, but in how those discoveries are applied to reduce inequity.”
— Bill Gates
Free Guy was fun.
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Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness—I enjoyed it, but I don't wanna see more variations on the "wisecracking zoomer girl redeems cynical old man" theme. Elizabeth Olsen remains the MCU's MVP. The action was kinda rubbish, and the obvious fishing for cheers and applause just didn't work out, but the visuals are great, the plotholes aren't too distracting, and the overall story is decent. The ending is pretty satisfying.
“Humanity's greatest advances are not in its discoveries, but in how those discoveries are applied to reduce inequity.”
— Bill Gates
Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers
Way better than it had any right to be. Story is super generic (they admit as much) but the fun comes in trying to catch 30 years worth of cameos. Much of which arent Disney property. My favorite was Harry Potter.
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
Tried to watch ‘the Batman’. I guess I’m officially too old for this kind of crap.
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The story was too ff-ing thin for a movie this long. Felt a bit like left overs from Wandavision re-heated.Originally Posted by Aimless
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Prey—well-made, worthy sequel/prequel to the original. Not enough humor for my taste, but satisfying in most other respects. Would've been incredible at the cinema.
“Humanity's greatest advances are not in its discoveries, but in how those discoveries are applied to reduce inequity.”
— Bill Gates
Everything Everywhere All at Once
marred by some excessive wankery but I loved it
“Humanity's greatest advances are not in its discoveries, but in how those discoveries are applied to reduce inequity.”
— Bill Gates
Just saw Wakanda Forever. Went in expecting garbage but I reckon it's the most well-made MCU movie to date, and very enjoyable on its own. Solid cast, thoughtful writing, restrained where MCU movies tend to be excessive and bold where they tend to be chickenshit. Well worth the price of admission—and absolutely worth sticking around for the mid-credits scene. I'm not kidding don't miss it
“Humanity's greatest advances are not in its discoveries, but in how those discoveries are applied to reduce inequity.”
— Bill Gates
Wakanda forever got the axe after 15 minutes.
Which was about 1/3 of the time that Netflix' RRR got. The funny thing is that a lot of people will think it's great in an ironic way because it's so over the top in everything. But I am pretty certain nothing of it is intended to not be taken seriously. Acting is horrible, scenario is meh, dialogues are badly written and delivery is even worse. I don't know who's responsible for the costume department but they need to take another job. Except for the clothes of one of the leads everyone looked like a PA was sent to a rental agency with the task of getting 'clothes'.
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can't believe you watched it but serves you right tbhdon't think it was intended as a piss-take—it looks like a reasonably straightforward piece of sincere, nation-building melodrama, in the same vein as literally dozens of eg. Chinese movies made over the past decade. Most young desi movie fans I know seem to have enjoyed it, notwithstanding the more dodgy political elements.
“Humanity's greatest advances are not in its discoveries, but in how those discoveries are applied to reduce inequity.”
— Bill Gates
I recognized the genre and know that it's not intended ironically at allcan't believe you watched it but serves you right tbh
But in the genre it's pretty bad. Which in my eyes made the western critiques kinda cringe.
P. S. I've seen Ohm Shanti Ohm at least 5 times. Just so that you know.
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