Marjorie Prime (available on Amazon Prime). An amazing look at the nature of aging and how memory works. Jon Hamm does a great job with the physical side of his role.
Watched Speed Racer because Iād heard low key rumblings that it was Good, Actually. One of the better movies based on a kidsā cartoon Iāve seen, certainly. I donāt really remember the marketing, but Iām surprised it bombed so hard. Pretty sure if Iād been a kid at the time I would have gone apeshit over it. I wonder what itās like to be a relative nobody like Emile Hirsch, get a break as lead in a big budget picture only to have it bomb and go back to being a relative nobody. I thought the movie was almost universally well acted. Paul Litowsky (or, um, āPaulie Littā as he is apparently professionally known these days) was one of the most enjoyable child actors Iāve seen, which is admittedly not a high bar.
From the director of Moon.
Also contains the correct ratio of Skarsgards to non-Skarsgards.
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I quite liked Moon but I donāt think I convinced any of my friends to see it. The fact that it was taken off Netflix a few years ago doesnāt help.
The Disaster Artist. This is almost pure cringe. Iām not sure I can make it through the whole thing, I keep pausing it and coming back to it. I think Iām going to OD.
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Did you see āThe Room?ā
I havenāt, but the Honest Trailer for it is rather funny.
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Went and saw The Square last night.
Found it entirely too long, dull, and uninteresting. Some funny parts, but not worth sitting through the rest of it. Each and every scene was too long with lingering shots where nothing ever happens. Thereās no payoff for anything. Even the best scene of the film (a black tie dinner affair that goes horribly wrong) goes on for way, way too long and the resolution is meh, with the scene not playing into the plot in any way other than to show the main character is a dolt.
Iāve read that itās a scathing takedown of the art scene, which Iām not a part of, so maybe it was over my head.
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Hahaha, I loved The Disaster Artist. The Room itself was hard going until I was a few drinks in.
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Iāve seen The Room, yep. Itās worth it for the experience.
The Disaster Artist was quite good. I think the advantage of making it is you can just tell the story with a straight face and the events speak for themselves. James Franco canāt help but overact. Despite it being hilarious I couldnāt laugh occasionally for embarrassment.
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Itās human behavior.
Next of Kin (1989). Patrick Swayze and Liam Neeson doing their level best to be convincing Kentucky hillbillies caught up in mob violence in inner city Chicago. Started out promising, but turned out to be a pretty mediocre late 80s action flick. Go ahead and miss the weird supporting cast, with Adam Baldwin, Helen Hunt andā¦Ben Stiller?!
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Snatched, with Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn. Watched at my wifeās behest (disclaimer: she really is a lovely, intelligent, classy human being).
Awful. I have nothing good to say about this one. I will never ever ever retrieve this time back in my life. Predictable, juvenile, and not funny in any sense of the word. Learn from my mistake, ladies and gentlemen. Do not let this atrocity scar your brain.
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That same year though was Roadhouseā¦which I contend is one of the best bad movies of all time and probably my favorite Swayze.
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The current state of comedy, with a few exceptions, is rather abysmal, and people like Amy Schumer exmplefy my issues. In the āgood old daysā comedy didnāt have to be juvenile and raunchy to be funny and the juvenile and raunchy comedies were smart; the lowest common demomenator comedy of today is so off putting.
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Yeah, the difference in campy enjoyability between the two movies is pretty stark.
I blame Will Ferrell and Molly Shannon for ruining comedy.
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True. Also Ben Stiller.
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True storyā¦the last time I saw a comedy in a movie theater was āThereās Something About Mary.ā I actually could not figure out what people were laughing at.
Check out you old fuddy duddies. 
Mayhem. An office building is infected by a virus that conveniently reduces impulse control. Cue title. Samara Weaving has something about her that is charmingly sincere, Steven Yeun juuust manages with a terrible role, and some of their exchanges as they wreak havoc as a duo looking for very violent vengeance are enjoyable. Slightly below par across the board, but fun.
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Iām hit and miss on Stiller.
Tropic Thunder and Dodgeball are some of my favorite comedies, but other Stiller fare just isnāt to my liking.
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