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Agree on both! Great movie. Wilkinson was excellent.That ending is one of my favorites of any movie.
And I still have this irrational desire to buy 16 baguettes at once.
Agree on both! Great movie. Wilkinson was excellent.That ending is one of my favorites of any movie.
And I still have this irrational desire to buy 16 baguettes at once.
The Shape of Water
Well that was weird.
I’m still chewing on that a bit. I mean it held my attention, but it was pretty dang weird. When you have the Creature from the Black Lagoon in a ballroom dance number, that’s pretty dang weird.Weird but good.
Better than I expected, although my expectations were quite low. The key to making the premise even remotely plausible was that Naru learned the Predator didn't attack anything it didn't deem a threat, it only went after the alpha hunters. That's what allowed Naru to live to the end.Prey. 2022. Hulu. When I heard about this I has real doubts. Then saw some strong reviews. It’s an origin story of sorts for The Predator movies, at least origin on earth. This time it is 1719 in the northern Great Plains. He faces ordinary predators, wolves, mountain lions, bears, and then people. Both French trappers and Comanche. The center of our story is a young Comanche woman Naru (Amber Midthunder). She’s improving her hunting skills and wants to be part of the hunting party rather than gathering food with the women. She’s smart and crafty. She’s first to notice that there’s something unusual out there. Ultimately the showdown comes down to her and Predator. The movie has some great scenery, the pacing is good, and it’s quite a fun watch. Thumbs up.
The Duke is a well made film. A bit silly. Has a nice intimate feeling. Not great cinema but good performances and entertaining if not overly interesting. Two and a half stars.The Duke (2020) - This is a British film that stars Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren based on a true story that happened around 1961 in Britain. Broadbent plays Kempton Bunton, an old working class man who is self educated. Bunton is a man who sees perceived social misjustice pretty much everywhere he looks, and he is the type of person who wants to talk about it to just about anyone he runs into whether they want to hear about or not. One of Bunton’s big pet peeves is the TV license fee that people in Great Britain have to pay. Bunton has a constant one man campaign going on around the belief that elderly British folks should be exempt from the TV license fee. I thought the film was entertaining to a degree, but I suspect a number of people would find at least the first part of the film a bit on the dull side, as there isn’t much of any really action to this picture. To me the film really picks up in entertainment value once it turns into a bit of courtroom drama in the second half of the film dealing with the theft of the title subject. This part of the film I thought was very good, and made the whole thing worth watching. Funny thing, there is a good tie in to an early James Bond film at the end of this movie.
I enjoyed this most of the way thru, but it went completely off the rails toward the end.Blood Red Sky (2021, Netflix). German horror/thriller that could've been titled "Vampires On a Plane". Kind of a nutty premise, but it also kinda plays out rather smartly. I'm not one for vampire movies, and am tired of zombies, but this is a different spin on vampires with a subplot of a mother's love for her son and vice verse. I enjoyed it for the silliness it is (although the end it trite).
If you haven’t yet, try The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.I've been severely disappointed with several recent movies I've watched. For an antidote to big dumb lifeless blockbusters, I checked out a totally oddball little teen romcom--"Looks That Kill." The premise is ABSURD. You either go along with it, or don't bother. But I really enjoyed it. Cute, interesting characters, I actually felt something after some recent experiences left me completely numb. And Julia Goldani Telles is a treasure. Yet another not very big name actress who should be much, much more well known. I think it's available on Amazon Prime, but I streamed it on Hoopla.
It's at the top of my Netflix list.If you haven’t yet, try The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.
If you haven’t yet, try The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.