Long time no see 
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That’s such a good movie! I’m glad you liked it.
It’s as if the movie is slowly trodding along and then there are these massive explosions of violence and then back to the slow trod.
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Just saw the Sylvester Stallone flick Daylight (1996) for the first time in ages.
It’s a by-the-numbers distaster movie where a tunnel collapses and traps a bunch of people inside. Sly plays Kit Latura, who is (of course) the only one who can get the survivors out.
It’s a fairly competent movie, with some standard distaster movie set pieces and problem solving. It’s kind of like the Poseidon Adventure, but in a tunnel.
I’ll say this, it does a way better job than most modern disaster movies do.
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I just saw the extended cut of Escape Room 2. It was a lot better than the theatrical cut, in my opinion. So, yeah. Pretty good.
Just like how my review was pretty good
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I had only been looking forward to three movies this year; Justice League Snyder Cut, Godzilla vs Kong, and No Time To Die. Two down, one to go.
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You’re not gonna so see the Many Saints of Newark? I’m pumped for that and it’s out in a couple days.
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Don’t even know what it is. I was looking forward to only 3 movies this year.
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It’s a prequel to the Sopranos tv series. James Gandolphini’s kid is playing a young Tony Sorano and Ray Liotta is in it too.
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Only ever watched the ending to see what the big deal was. It’s in my list of shows I should watch.
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I always thought it wasn’t quite as good as the wire, but damn close.
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And the wire is another, along with the shield.
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two movies in two days, both at complete opposite ends of family-friendliness 
Saturday night I saw... the *Kim Possible Movie: So The Drama*
To put it simply, I’m going through the entire KP series recently, from start to finish, as I never saw the second half of Season 4 as a kid. It mostly holds up so far, definitely an old Disney gem.
The movie is just a great fun time. You’ve got an evil scheme from Dr. Drakken that’s so bonkers it just might work, plenty of globe-trotting and even more spy action than usual (Kim has to get in disguise and wear a wig!), super good fight scenes (always really well-choreographed), some new CGI elements, kick-ass music from many genres (including some epic choral chanting), and plenty of movie-exclusive character additions and dynamic shake-ups. I really enjoyed the Bueno Nacho subplot this time around.
Even a neat James Bond silhouette-type opening credits, with a slow remix of the theme song.
It’s a bit of a product from it’s time – in the opening in Japan, a sumo ninja enemy shows up, to which Ron immediately states one of his catchphrases: “Augh, that is sick and wrong!”. Not a good look, man.
But apart from that it holds up well as an epic event in the series. Awesome final controntation in the rain, Drakken finally says Ron’s name, and Kim and Ron officially get together! (Plus, they have a full final season to get through afterwards! Something they actually joked would end the series once…)
I watched this movie a lot as a kid, specifically one of the later fight scenes… it’s still an entertaining film.
(the good one, animated, from 2005) 
Tonight, Sunday, I saw *THE Suicide Squad*
This is definitely the better, more enjoyable of the SS movies. I have no idea if they share any canon or relation to one another apart from a few returning actors, or if it even relates to other DC movies that have come out – I remembered the existence of the Birds of Prey film while watching this – doesn’t seem like any outside knowledge is required, so that’s good.
Gosh, this movie has great style. Sometimes I think it’s a bit much and is just for the sake of “cool transition/playing around” but it’s got more of an identity and memorable-ness than the… dark, gritty, seen-a-million times 2016 style of film?
The smash-cuts to title cards, demarcating chapters of the film is nice, and lets some VFX artists blend it into environments in nice ways. Plenty of scenes that play with colour and epic lighting, mmm it’s fun all around.
Lots of use of music, which James Gunn loves to use if the GOTG films are any indication. They fit scenes pretty well, especially a Harley Quinn fight sequence near the end.
I really liked how the team under Amanda Waller was showcased a lot more in this film, showing that they have some sort of agency and personal stake in their jobs and the relation to the Suicide Squad they try to keep in check.
There’s gore galore in this film. Dear god. Great work. But dear god.
The main cast of 5 that the film mostly follows is such a fun bunch of people. Ratcatcher 2, King Shark, Polka-Dot-Man, are superbly strange characters that Gunn has dug up, but they have great moments of calm and reflection, and really nice running jokes throughout the film. Specifically the ones involving Sebastian the Rat and Polk’s mother. Former was adorable, latter was hilariously goofy.
Also have to give props to Idris Elba, and especially John Cena and Margot Robbie. Idris is the nice head-strong “leader” of the team, though his childish spats with Peacemaker (Cena) are fun. John Cena has a great role as Peacemaker, someone supremely violent but with the most pacifist name and silly costume. He’s really embraced comedy roles lately and it’s great. Margot Robbie – she’s so good as Harley, as always, so that’s fun. The outfit later in the film is soooo cool.
As spoilers go, I found that the gimmick of “people will die in the Suicide Squad” was a bit too overused in the marketing, given that the majority of the shocking deaths happen in the first fifteen minutes of the movie. The rest of the cast rolls on by pretty smoothly.
The part where Peacemaker was about to shoot Ratcatcher, then it cuts to “8 minutes ago” felt a bit cheap. It was such a tense series of events, I guess we needed the breather, but I would have liked them to be swapped. Would have felt less like tension was ripped away.
Harley murdering all the compound guards with animated animals and flowers appearing everywhere was such a nice scene, stylistically. Mmmm I have no words other than “oh yeahhh”.
(the good one, live-action, from 2021)
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As long as they keep using the version of Harley Quinn they’re using, there won’t be a “good one” of these SS movies.
Well, at least we both agree the first one wasn’t that good 
I swear the only people that like the first one are people that want the Snyder-verse restored and are using that film as some sort of proof of concept.
I wouldn’t say that the first one was good, per se, but I think that it gets more flak than it really deserves. Most of the Snyderverse films do. They leave much to be desired, sure, but it’s not like they’re at Joel Schumacher’s level.
I’ve watched this film a while ago, so I wasn’t sure where to put this. Ergo, I’ll post it anyway.
Bones Can’t Pick Up Chicks
To begin Spooky Month, I’ll be writing about a particular scene in Monster House. A film that overtime built a cult following, with many critics citing that it’s an alright film. And at the time, it’s like no other small budget, shovelware films accumulating in the early 2000s. Most particular films harvest a few memorable scenes that can easily be described like discovering a wild animal in the forest.
Anyway, the scene begins where DJ is sneaking out of the house to meet Chowder at ‘the danger zone’. Upon slipping through the stairs, he witnesses Bones and Zee situated at the couch. Zee has an amorous desire for Bones, which can be further evidenced by her trying to get close to Bones to kiss. But before that happens, Bones monologues to Zee that his kite was stolen by Mr. Nebbercracker.
Bones explains that there is one pre-eminent rule about Mr. Nebbercracker’s lawn - once a possession of yours is positioned on his lawn, there is nothing to suggest that you’re ever getting it back. Of course Bones holds a deep connection to his kite. He describes his kite as one that you could fly so high, you apparently couldn’t see it. When his kite landed on Mr. Nebbercracker’s lawn, he witnessed Mr. Nebbercracker talking and kissing his house, as if the house was a live being capable of thought.
Now back to what’s currently happening, Zee leans closer to Bones for a kiss, to which Bones pulls back to mention that everybody supposedly knows what Mr. Nebbercracker did to his wife. He then proceeds to loudly exclaim that he ate her wife, and ruins the moment of intimacy by tickling her. Zee later on kicks Bones out of the house. DJ sneaks out of the back door, and Bones is later eaten up by the house after being distracted by his red kite.
There’s not a lot to throw in without appearing as a diatribe, but Bones cannot pick up chicks. He had a moment of desperation where Zee wants to kiss Bones, but he reluctantly pulls away in favour of his kite. He is flustered by his fearfulness that Mr. Nebbercracker acts in cryptic ways when he’s present at his house. It is further evidenced that he’d much rather spend time puckering up and tearing apart DJ’s teddy bear than to kiss Zee. He will never have the gratitude of seeing Zee or his kite again just because he was eaten by Mr. Nebbercracker’s house.
Therefore it can be an ultimate conclusion that Bones is a terrible role model and shouldn’t be trusted around teddy bears.
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I’ve recently seen No Time to Die, and it’s a solid film, not one of Craig’s best but certainly one of the better Bond films.
There’s not much to say without entering spoiler territory, but I would recommend it, giving it a 7/10
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Saw The Many Saints of Newark. Pleasantly surprised by this one. While I watched The Sopranos before and had preexisting knowledge of references the story leads you in a direction that is building up to what you think will happen, but subverts your expectations.
This is definitely a Sopranos story, but can be picked up by anyone of course at the risk of a single major spoiler at the beginning of the film. The Newark Race Riots of 1968 which is a backdrop for a good portion of the film is handled in a way where it’s not echoing into our modern day race issues in recent memory to serve as a message, but is done in a way where it progresses the story and it’s characters ultimately building up tension between two parties.
The film has issues mainly with a story arch feeling unresolved by the end, but that can always be mitigated since David Chase signed a multi film contract with Warner, but that’s if he decided to expand on said character.
The Many Saints of Newark is a good time for people who enjoy crime dramas. I personally think it’s a step up in quality compared to recent films that spawned off of a syndicated televisions shows for example El Camino which had it answer an ambiguous ending to Breaking Bad. The Many Saints of Newark doesn’t to that, it only shows a very niche, but integral part to pre existing story threads and characters from the Show without providing conclusive answers to the controversial ending of the main series.
I’d say it’s a solid 7.5/10
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Yeah, for this reasons I will always recommend watching the show first, if you ever intend to watch it at all.
I went with 3 other people, me and someone else had already watched the sopranos, and the other 2 planned to watch it after the movie. That was a pretty massive spoiler which I’m sure they could have avoided.
Regardless, watching the show first really adds to the experience. There’s some truly incredible foreshadowing in there, and a really funny scene with Junior which you wouldn’t get otherwise.
And when the movie fades into the intro music,
Chefs kiss
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