Let's All Go to the Movies

Lightning round catchup from the last month or so

Normal- Bob Odenkirk: action star was not anybody's bingo card a few year ago, but here we are. Normal was fine, although it felt like the ratio of setup to action was tilted a little too heavily to the former.

Lee Cronin's The Mummy- This was a DNF for me. Just didn't care for it.

Mortal Kombat II- Exactly what I expected it to be. Karl Urban was a perfect choice for Johnny Cage, even if it's weird to hear him without his The Boys accent at this point.

Hokum- Solid, carried well by Adam Scott

In the Grey- Guy Ritchie by numbers. The people and places are nice to look at, the dialogue is almost too snappy, and the action is staged well. The plot just wasn't engaging in any way. I was fine investing the hour and forty minutes or so to see this, but I may well never think about it again after this post.

The Sheep Detectives- As charming and enjoyable for adults as family movies get. Hugh Jackman and the voice talent lean all the way in. Man, Craig Mazin has a varied body of work if nothing else, going from Scary Movie and Hangover sequels to Chernobyl and The Last of Us, and now this.

Obsession- A haunting bit of nastiness, in the best way. This one stuck with me for a while afterwards, and what a performance from Inde Navarrette.
 
I Love Boosters is chaotic filmmaking in the best way. An R-rated cartoon filmed practically, overstuffed with ideas and massive swings never really giving a second thought to if they "work". Communism, over the top fashion, claymation, general strikes, demons, car chases shot with miniatures, overpowered scifi weapons, and one of the best — utterly fucking insane — film scores I've ever heard. The candy colored world Boots Riley created stands out in a sea of drab movies these days. The color also augments the cartoon-like quality of the action. I can imagine some of the more wild ideas will be groan-inducing but I was able to let it all wash over me.

Whole cast is great but especially loved Taylour Paige and Eiza Gonzalez. I laughed really hard at every Lakeith Stanfield scene.

I'm here for everything Boots does.
 
The other half of yesterday's double feature was David Lowery's Mother Mary. Fellow Lowery-heads should enjoy this mostly two-woman ghostly chamber drama mostly concerned with how artists maintain agency that would also be a great stage play. Intoxicating picture. Didn't even realize I was so locked in until I noticed the movie was almost over. Really cool aesthetic, unbelievable costumes.

Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel play so well off each other. Hathaway so good as the completely broken pop star trying to find herself again, Coel as the jaded former such-and-such.

It's no Green Knight or Ghost Story but for a "lesser" Lowery, it's pretty damn good.
 
LurchingBeast said:
I Love Boosters is chaotic filmmaking in the best way. An R-rated cartoon filmed practically, overstuffed with ideas and massive swings never really giving a second thought to if they "work". Communism, over the top fashion, claymation, general strikes, demons, car chases shot with miniatures, overpowered scifi weapons, and one of the best — utterly fucking insane — film scores I've ever heard. The candy colored world Boots Riley created stands out in a sea of drab movies these days. The color also augments the cartoon-like quality of the action. I can imagine some of the more wild ideas will be groan-inducing but I was able to let it all wash over me.

Whole cast is great but especially loved Taylour Paige and Eiza Gonzalez. I laughed really hard at every Lakeith Stanfield scene.

I'm here for everything Boots does.
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Just watched it and Boots Riley is two for two with me for sure. This movie takes jabs at ridiculous bullshit in a way that makes you feel like you're in on the joke instead of being preached at. It isn't afraid of physical comedy or worried about the plausibility of literally anything if it can serve the film and it absolutely sabotages early expectations a viewer might have in the most hilarious ways. Also teddy bear titties.
 
JoeLikesBeer said:
Just watched it and Boots Riley is two for two with me for sure. This movie takes jabs at ridiculous bullshit in a way that makes you feel like you're in on the joke instead of being preached at. It isn't afraid of physical comedy or worried about the plausibility of literally anything if it can serve the film and it absolutely sabotages early expectations a viewer might have in the most hilarious ways. Also teddy bear titties.
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I've been listening to the score all day. Sort of reminds me of Mothersbaugh. If the algorithm played the Rugrats theme afterward it would make total sense to me.
 
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