What film did you watch last night?

Blue Lagoon 1980

I watched this when it came out as a 10 year old, I didn't understand it. Also, did I just watch an 18yo guy fondle a 14yo Brooke Shields! why haven't the woke crew banned it?
 
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) - 7/10

A compilation of quirky and offbeat stories from the wild west.

It’s definitely got the Coen Brothers’ style of drama and dark comedy, but the shorter stories seem pointless, waiting for a punchline that never comes.

Each is varied in its subject matter, all look good with strong acting and are interesting or entertaining in their own way.

One has great songs, one is tragic, one is weird and one taps into the purity of a simple life, but I was expecting something to tie them all together other than the setting.
 
Thor: Love and Thunder

Oddly inconsistent in tone, with all feeling of stakes lost in a mess of CGI, and we're all okay with child soldiers now I guess? Still it was pretty, funny enough, and didn't drag.

Watchable but no more than that 6/10.
 
Three thousand years of longing


From the trailer alone it is not the kind of movie I think I would normally watch, seemed too much fantasy, but, this is one of those trailer and movie combos that flips your expectations on its ear.

Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton play their roles really nicely and the movie is about storytelling and drama.

The 70% rating it has seems fair for the masses, slow in parts, but visually stunning and the cinematics for audio are superb as well. Watch it on an OLED screen for the best effect as this has plenty of scenes where darkness and colour play a core role in the story telling.

Personally I'd give it an 80% for doing something different, and presenting is in a really nice way.
 
Wicker Man: Final Cut.

Some odd missing scenes in this version are reintroduced, but what a classic. It was originally shown as the 'B' movie with Don't Look Now, so I watched that as well.
Both 10/10
 
Mother/Android (2021) - 4/10

A couple’s uncertainties about the practicalities of having their first (unplanned) child with the added drama of being set in a dystopian apocalyptic setting.

Moretz definitely looks the part as the exhausted but determined mother, but the slow pace and focus on the family drama rather than the wider science fiction setting meant it struggled to hold my interest.

It briefly covers the same themes to every other subservient robots gone rogue story and the emotional ending does hit hard, but the song choice spoilt it a bit and there was nothing surprising about it.
 
Signed up to Disney+ for £1.99 so will get some Marvel films in. Long way to go yet as I’m doing it in MCU timeline order.

Captain Marvel - 9/10

I was expecting this to be trash because I had never heard of this actress before. But it turned out to be the best of the five Marvel movies I’ve seen. A nice plot twist, incredible special effects and a very likeable hero. What more could you want.

And it was nice to discover the background of Nick Fury and his eye.
 
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Last Night in Soho

Good set up and great concept but flawed in execution - ultimately an ineffective horror by the end, more of a ‘mystery with chiller elements’.

The characters, whilst fine, were quite one dimensional (being turbo on whatever one trait they had). The signposting of what would happen was too obvious and also the horror moments were cliched to the point of spoof.

Still, it was a watchable journey.

3/5
 
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Where the Crawdads Sing - 6/10

Fairly solid movie that, while I thought was a bit plodding, still kept me engaged. Some beautiful cinematography of the marsh and swamplands.
 
Jiu Jitsu (2022) - 2/10

Like ‘Predator’ but with martial arts.

You have to give it credit for its inventiveness in setting, style and commitment to its comic book origins, but it’s poorly acted, poorly written and it takes its outlandish premise far too seriously.

The fight scenes are numerous, fast paced and entertaining, but use slow motion excessively.

Cheap special effects, annoying first person camerawork and a silly plot makes this a weird production overall.

Cage brightens things up briefly, but just adds to the oddness and doesn’t make things much better.
 
Thor: Love and Thunder - 3/10 - I was a big fan of Thor and thought his first two films, which dealt with 'is he worthy' (Thor 1) and how he copes with loss (Thor 2), gave a good character arc. However I felt Ragnorak, despite its popularity, started the "laugh at Thor" phase in the MCU and I didn't think the character deserved that, so I was already very apprehensive about this film which I already knew took that "Thor is a joke" idea and ramped it upto 11. It took me two attempts to watch this it was that poor of a film (outside of Thor/MCU etc) and I've decided that as much as the directors humour has some good outlets in his other projects, it just doesn't work for me in this MCU setting. I found the script to be very poorly done, full of "stupid" moments which are only there to be "stupid" and add nothing other than (depending on your sense of humour) a good/bad joke. Bale was OK but very wasted, the three hero leads/actors felt like they had no passion for the project, the CGI was very hit & miss but when it was good it looked fantastic, the Goats were amusing 10 years ago when they were a meme but did nothing for me decade later and the humour (style and sheer amount) just didn't seem funny.

I know that as a middle aged man this film isn't really aimed at me or my generation anymore so I'm more than happy to let the next generation of MCU sail on without me whilst I stick with Iron Man 1 to End Game as "My MCU" and I hope to see each new MCU film making more and more money from all the new fans they're gaining from Phase 4 as the older fans leave.
 
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