I've been thinking this for a while, but you just confirmed it...

You're Fred O'Bannion!

I need to watch Dazed and Confused again. It's been a while.

Saw that on my flight back today. A good flight flick, I think.



Also watched this one. The title says "wacky comedy" and the actual movie is something else entirely. I want to watch it again sans flight distractions but it feels like it was a good movie even outside of that.

Also watched Alita (what the hell was that ending?) and the new Hellboy (what the hell was that everything?) and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (that one was good, in a 'he really should have been Batman instead of Affleck' way).

I saw this the other day because it was free on a streaming platform. Completely fine caper movie, perfect airplane watch I'd imagine.

Just watched Infancia Clandestina.

Violeta Se Fue Al Cielo

The Young Karl Marx

Civil war.

This is the empire strikes back of the marvel films. And not just cos it mentions empire

It’s got meat on its bones in a satisfying way

Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)

Pretty good. Loved the Mysterio bit in the middle, that was amazing.

Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

Not sure the film knew what it wanted to be. I hope he gets to make more because it's a semi-interesting world he setup.

Hellboy (2019)

This was terrible.

The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018)

Campy fun with maybe too many twists at the end.

The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then The Bigfoot (2018)

Totally not what you'd think from the title. I recommend it to LV especially, if he ever comes back.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)

Good enough for what it was. And Armie Hammer should have been Batman.

Contagion (2011)

What a wild movie. I couldn't figure out how they got so many named people in it until I saw the director title at the end. Almost too many plotlines, to the point where one or two just petered out.

Green Book (2018)

It's basically exactly what the trailers and awards-buzz said it was.

oh man I love Contagion.

Crawl.

Big ole "meh" from me. Nothing memorable and it makes me miss practical effects.

Spoiler: show

No way a helicopter is coming to rescue you in the middle of a category 5 hurricane.

Too goddamn hot and humid today. The wife and I are gonna post up at Alamo and check out The Farewell. I'm excited to see it.

Where does your wife post? Does it feel different when you post from other locations?

The Farewell was wonderful. Honest and warm. Emotional without getting manipulative or saccharin. Great experience.

Deliverance

Squeal like a pig, trag

Man of steel.

I think I really love this film. The first half anyways.

Midnight Run. It was fun, can't believe I hadn't seen it before. I wish they'd still make movies like that. I kind of feel bad for Martin Brest, I mean the guy had made some great movies and then Gigli ended everything for that guy.

Watched Shazam last night and it was fun. I typed 'a lot of fun' but that's over-selling it a bit. It was good, but the...characters...at the end brought it down a bit, not to mention the bad guys. That CG looked so weird and plasticky...it was alright in some scenes but others it was too frenetic. I dunno, it was weird either way.

Spoilers because it just came out on video. Also, as we watched the DVD, why the fuck were there trailers for movies that were already out? And I'm not talking about "coming soon to video" trailers, these were "coming soon to theaters" trailers for Godzilla and a few others that were out months ago. The Nancy Drew one was new at least.

Spoiler: show

The Marvel Family was quite the surprise. I mean, I knew about them but not that they would do that in the very first movie. Kind of cool, though those are the characters that brought it down. I didn't buy that any of them were the kids grown up except for the youngest, but even then the characters appeared ditzy instead of a child in a grown-ups body. I did laugh at the Hadoken! scene though.

And I saw some complaints that Shazam vs. Billy didn't seem like the same person but it felt fine to me. It was supposed to be a 14-y/o kid still and it def . felt like Zac was acting like a 14 y/o kid.

I liked the family dynamics though and the kids all worked really well together, same with the foster parents. It felt natural.

Mister Mind was an annoyance because it was too obvious a plant in the film. I mean, a weird focus on a caterpillar in a jar, and then later a weird focus on the jar and - gasp! - it's cracked and there's no caterpillar. ooooh aaaah. Also a weird pull for Mister Mind considering how DC films have been going. But hey, if they manage to pull it off then more power to them.

While I liked the part with Superman and how well the kid sold it, it would have been that much cooler to actually see Henry Cavill instead of an obvious body double. Though an in-universe question I would have liked answered is how did he find Superman and say 'no really I'm a good guy too btw let's go have lunch tomorrow' that quickly?

Fun notes: The person who was supposed to play Superman in the planned Justice League: Mortal movie that was to be directed by George Miller is in this film as well.

Henry Cavill was supposed to be in the film but wasn't able to due to "scheduling issues", but the rumor is that WB wanted to keep him out of the film because they were trying to distance the previous films from this one.

Adam Brody was also supposed to be in JLM as Flash. Not familiar with this guy, and he kind of looks like a Jonas Brother too.

Just imagine where we'd be now if this had been made. I give George all the credit in the world when it's due, but this...Weta was working on the costumes and this is what they brought back?



John Glover (Lex Luthor's dad) was in the movie, which surprised me because I haven't seen him in anything for awhile.

Hereditary was sooooo good. Raz was wretching she was so scared and grossed out.

Paterson.

Adam Driver is the best young actor working today.