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Watched “Top Gun Maverick” this past weekend, not bad. Don’t know what’s next.
Joker 2 - the worst POS movie I think I've ever seen at a movie theater. Phoenix DID act incredibly well but the musical aspects were not only horrid but were WAY too often. Then ending was a twist that anyone could have seen coming, but none of us did!
And at a 2:20 runtime, it was way too long for the tripe that it was...
Pulp Fiction - This marks the third time I've seen this film. Saw it in college, then got it on DVD when that became a thing, and then recently just now. I have multiple feelings about the film. I like how it is shot in 'no 0.5 secs a camera shot' mode. There are scenes where the camera follows along. In some cases, it pads the movie length, but not in a bad way. It is okay for a film to have a pace that isn't high on crack. Oh yeah, I'm not big on the drug related stuff in this film. Feels uncomfortable. Yes, the OD scene is an absurd level of a classic type of scene though. Still, I think the most interesting thing about the film is how much of a mess it is... until they go to breakfast, and we return to the diner. There is a weird click in my brain that goes off and turns this film from a random selection of obscene violent porn to a great movie.
One thing I always love and sometimes am confused about is how humor works. I know humor, I'm good at humor, but this film has a particular scene where I've got to imagine movie studio execs were sweating pools. How will people take Taratino's issue with a particular type of storage at his home. I ponder, does Dead People Storage work? I don't think it does. Dead Stiff Storage? Doesn't roll off the tongue. The character is upset and angry. Gives legitimacy to his selection of terminology. It is gratuitous, but it isn't vile. The character is understandably in a state where using tempered language could be broken. It could have been written differently, but as it was, it is organic and it is etched in movie history. Language and comedy is funny like that. People whine about how you can't do Blazing Saddles today, but Pulp Fiction was created decades after, and it worked to. Often it isn't the subject matter it is the genius behind the person scripting and acting it out. Had Jerry Lewis written and acted Pulp Fiction... oh boy!
The Sting arrives at my door on 4K soon, that might be the next one.
One thing I always love and sometimes am confused about is how humor works. I know humor, I'm good at humor, but this film has a particular scene where I've got to imagine movie studio execs were sweating pools. How will people take Taratino's issue with a particular type of storage at his home. I ponder, does Dead People Storage work? I don't think it does. Dead Stiff Storage? Doesn't roll off the tongue. The character is upset and angry. Gives legitimacy to his selection of terminology. It is gratuitous, but it isn't vile. The character is understandably in a state where using tempered language could be broken. It could have been written differently, but as it was, it is organic and it is etched in movie history. Language and comedy is funny like that. People whine about how you can't do Blazing Saddles today, but Pulp Fiction was created decades after, and it worked to. Often it isn't the subject matter it is the genius behind the person scripting and acting it out. Had Jerry Lewis written and acted Pulp Fiction... oh boy!
The Sting arrives at my door on 4K soon, that might be the next one.
Maybe I'm a bit warped, but when Travolta's character blows the guy-in-the-back-seat head off, along with Jackson's character reaction, that scene just makes me erupt in laughter...
Wakanda Forever - This is a movie that no one wanted to make because of the passing away of Chadwick Boseman who, at least to comic purists, absolutely killed on the Black Panther. Shoe horning someone else into the role, especially this quickly (by Marvel standards), was unnatural and horribly difficult.
This film wasn't as much about the new Black Panther, but about the Princess's coping with the traumatic and sudden loss of her brother. She is an agnostic, she is angry, though she doesn't want to admit it. She has little interest in the 'old ways' and wants to process it in hers. The film does a good job of her progression through the loss and ultimately how she chooses to manage it. This type of film works more naturally under the Black Panther banner as the Black Panther was typically more serious of a tone anyway. The movie also does a great job of setting up further plot lines in the Marvel universe.
The Sting is next
This film wasn't as much about the new Black Panther, but about the Princess's coping with the traumatic and sudden loss of her brother. She is an agnostic, she is angry, though she doesn't want to admit it. She has little interest in the 'old ways' and wants to process it in hers. The film does a good job of her progression through the loss and ultimately how she chooses to manage it. This type of film works more naturally under the Black Panther banner as the Black Panther was typically more serious of a tone anyway. The movie also does a great job of setting up further plot lines in the Marvel universe.
The Sting is next
