Lord knows I love end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it movies, no matter how bad they are. So.
This was suspenseful and did a good job of melding in the moment unease / terror with the world is ending unease. It threw some racial tension in there as well, which was a little overdone IMHO but I’m not certain I get to critique that as a middle aged white guy.
Cinematography reminded me very much of the Homecoming show on Prime, also with Julia Roberts.
Read a lot of shit talking about the ending, but those people are stupid and missed the point. Also ignore the mouth breathing morons giving it 1 star merely because the Obamas bankrolled the thing.
Watched Jarhead 1. Not sure if it was supposed to be a Marine recruitment film, but that’s the impression I got. I didn’t really feel the horror of war like I had with an apocalypse now or full metal jacket.
There’s a Jarhead 2, 3 and 4, but I’m not sure I’ll bother
I think it was supposed to be a film about the futility of war, or the pointless waste of time and potential.
My takeaway was that if you want to get branded with some buddies and have a party with a Santa hat on your dick, then the marines is the place you want to be. I don’t think this was the intended message
Talk To Me. I think horror films are finally starting to get a little too young for me; while overall this was decent, it’s basically the first half of a horror film with an unsatisfying ending hastily glued on.
The Civil Dead. What do you do when you get haunted by someone you know, but don’t particularly like. This film was a minor delight for me today, I really enjoyed it, it’s just a buddy comedy with one of them being dead, but it’s very low-key, very funny.
I’ve been working my way through oscar actor nominees from the last ten years, and I ended up on
King Richard. Normally I don’t like watching Will Smith in straight movies, as he seems to just play himself. It’s will smith…in a suit. It’s will smith…fighting zombies, whatever. But he was pretty good in this. The 3rd act descends into the sport movie it was trying not to be, but the 1st and 2nd acts were pretty good.
The closing credits showing actual historical footage was pretty neat. It was impressive how accurately they got the actors and costumes to replicate the footage we were shown
Leave the World Behind. Perfect casting Roberts as the annoying wife, I suppose. Probably the funniest moment was Ethan Hawke confronted with a minority speaking a language he couldn’t understand during the apocalypse, and deciding to just drive away. Top stuff. The striving for ambiguity led to a lot of inconsistency (a weapon aimed solely at the teeth of teenage boys!), but it did have some effective scenes that made me pay attention. Might have been more interesting if Julia Roberts was a committed racist (er, her character, I mean), but I’m sure it’s in her contract or something. Worth watching for Hawke bumbling through his scenes, and Ali striving manfully to carry some huge chunks of the plot alone.
I Think We’re Alone Now. Possibly the quietest film I have ever seen. Couldn’t hear half the dialogue with my headphones on and the volume turned up to 100. No subtitles. So, er, I don’t know.
Jungle Cruise. Another Disney film with at least part of someone’s soul in it. It looks nice, there’s so much humour some of it has to hit home purely via law of averages, and Jesse Plemons’ German prince has to be seen to be believed. Emily Blunt is far, far too good for this film. Dwayne Johnson is not. What’s Paul Giamatti doing in this.
I was thinking opening FMV from the original Star Craft until the EVIL Alien Overlord.