Last movie you watched......

Finally saw "Searching" with John Cho. Could have been gimmicky, the story is shot/told entirely on computer screens. Pretty amazing piece of work on a couple levels. The tech isn't just a way to tell the story, but IS a big part of the story in how people digest news, interact etc. How we pour our lives into computers (photos, triumphs and tragedies, personal thoughts) rather than engage in genuine human interaction. The plot works and uses the tech to give the characters a lot more depth, more quickly, than you could do if it was just a conventionally shot mystery.

 

I watched The Suicide Squad with my wife, my mother-in-law, my sister-in-law, and brother-in-law. My wife said it was the dumbest movie she's ever seen. My sister-in-law agreed to a point, but said it was similar to Deadpool, which isn't a bad comparison with the humor and cartoonish violence. My mother-in-law, who just turned 80, laughed quite a bit. My brother-in-law thought it was not great, but enjoyable. I think they all have a point. Parts of it really are stupid and the style is very much like Deadpool, with characters who have moments of connection even as they do horrible things.

You can really see James Gunn's roots in B-movie horror in this one, but the cast is very good. Viola Davis is a perfect Waller. Margot Robbie is given some really fun stuff to do as Harley Quinn, including a pretty interesting trick that the actress managed to do herself even though it looks like it might be a stunt double. (Gunn said he regretted that you couldn't see her face in the shot and realize it really is Robbie.) Idris Elba is good in just about anything and John Cena is really funny.

That said, King Shark is the best thing about the movie.

It's worth a watch if you have HBO Max, though I strongly suggest not putting much thought into the plot.

 

Best Sunday morning movies
1. Kelly’s Heroes
2. Patton
3. Duck Soup

 

You want to see a multilayered feel good movie that pulls at your heartstrings? I strongly recommend "CODA" (child of deaf adults). Wonderful. Nice musical parts as well.

 

Free Guy. Enjoyable.

 

Top Gun: Maverick chooses to not engage with Delta. You know Cruise was saying "Talk to me Goose" before making the decision.

'Top Gun: Maverick' becomes first tentpole to eject from 2021 amid Delta surge

 

Cruella is great. Stone is magnificent.

Amazed it’s only 76% or so by critics on RT.

 

Once Upon A Time In America is on Netflix. I am sure most of you have seen it a few times. If you haven’t, watch it. Sergio Leone’s last movie. It’s a great film.

 

I love that movie. NF is showing the 3:49 cut. That’s a time suck, but so worth it.

 

I worked with Rusty Jacobs when he got into journalism for Standard & Poor's.

 

It is. A wonderful, deep movie. Tells a full story.

 

"Worth" a Netflix film in which Michael Keaton plays the real-life attorney in charge of the 9/11 victims compensation fund. Solid work all around. Stanley Tucci plays the husband of a victim and the incomparable Amy Ryan is Keaton's primary associate.