Haven't seen it in years, so I'll probably take a look later tonight. As I recall, the science is a little suspect, but that's not what the movie's about!
Watched: Occupation: Rainfall
There’s 2 hours of my life I won’t get back.
Crappy soundtrack - Had to keep dialing the volume up and down to hear the dialogue during the quiet parts and lower to keep the cones inside the speaker during the battle scenes.
And at the end (which isn’t an end) we see that there is a Part 2 coming.
Not even a good bowl of Popcorn helped this one.
All the Best,
Jeff
Just saw 2014’s Paddington. Very endearing, felt very authentic. While I’m not British, I did grow up reading some Paddington Bear books and the movie was quite wholesome and well done. I heard the sequel was as good/better, so I’m looking forward to seeing that one too.
That was based on an old SciFi short story from long ago.
The story was excellent. Basically anyone who was above average was fitted with various devices to dumb them down or limit their athletic abilities.
In the end the superior couple was terminated by the government for being too smart and athletic.
Maybe also a short flick staring Brian Dennehy with the same theme at some time or other. No sure if this is a real memory or a CRC error memory.
More fun that Free Guy. There’s some actual creativity at work here and they do some fun things with their core concept. The main character exists in a time loop that resets when bounty hunters kill him for reasons unknown.
It’s hampered by some weird choices:
- Certain visuals suggest the main character is in a videogame. I think the filmmakers just wanted to play with game-like concepts but they thought the audience was too stupid to “get it” without help? Or maybe it was supposed to take place in a game but they changed their minds? I’m interested in hearing other opinions on this.
- There’s a stupid example of swords beating guns. An enemy with a sword runs down an open hall towards the main character who has a fully automatic firearm. She doesn’t use of cover and at all in the scene and there’s no way he would miss given his established marksmanship. I’d have been OK with even a bad explanation (like in Equilibrium) but there is no explanation for why she succeeds. In fact, the main character has to learn to use swords in order to beat the sword master! As if he wouldn’t be able to shoot her even with foreknowledge of her intentions. STUPID
- The movie explicitly clarifies that the swords used are not Katanas but rather Chinese swords. It feels like blatant pandering to the Chinese market. There’s nothing wrong with using something besides a Katana, it’s the weird way they stopped and explained it that’s the problem.
- There’s scene where the movie practically pauses for a moment to say basically “anti-semitism is bad”. It just felt weird, like the writers were trying to speak to someone in the film industry whose good side they wanted to be on—very forced.
If you have Hulu and just need an action-y popcorn flick I’d recommend this film. Might be best to watch with friends/family and a drink in hand. Just don’t expect too much and you probably won’t be disappointed.
I’m a fan of the original Matrix trilogy (1st best, diminished after that). I’d seen rather mixed reviews about this “revisit.” Suddenly it popped up for free streaming on HBOMax. Decided to give it a shot.
Well, it’s an interesting premise. As for execution though… I don’t think it’s very good. There’s a LOT of stretching & reaching. Keanu Reeves looks half-asleep throughout the whole thing. “Whaaaaat?” is a common one-liner from him.
I wouldn’t pay to watch this. Not hopeful on a sequel to this alternate-Matrix thing.