I put on Gran Turismo last night and didn't make it to any racing scenes. Plodding, uninteresting, probably written by a guy with a checklist. Underdog. Check. Parents don't appreciate him. Check. Has-been mentor. Check. Eat Lightning, Crap Thunder. Oh different movie. Promotion for PlayStation and Nissan; makes both look boring.
my mother and i went to see Maestro on friday.
i really enjoyed it (except for one small thing you couldn't get away from). i thought it was well done and i had my reservations on how cooper was going to pull this off, but he did an amazing job. i learned a lot about bernstein and the music was fantastic.
Science Fiction:The Creator, 2023
Great visual effects, cinematography, action sequences and direction, produced and directed by Gareth Edwards, who co-wrote the screenplay with Chris Weitz. - Score: Hans Zimmer.
The Sony Spiderman movies are amazing. We re-watched the first one last night before seeing the matinee of the new one today. Every single frame is thoughtful and creative, with some bursts of a second that use different looks and styles. I thought after the first one, I'd be less amused/surprised by another one. Nope, I couldn't take my eyes off of it. The seats downtown are brutally uncomfortable though. Worth it. Despite how this looks in a trailer, it's somehow easy to forget it's animation. The first one won best animated feature. It's time for at least a nomination for Best Picture because the thing is just that remarkable.
The Sony Spiderman movies are amazing. We re-watched the first one last night before seeing the matinee of the new one today. Every single frame is thoughtful and creative, with some bursts of a second that use different looks and styles. I thought after the first one, I'd be less amused/surprised by another one. Nope, I couldn't take my eyes off of it. The seats downtown are brutally uncomfortable though. Worth it. Despite how this looks in a trailer, it's somehow easy to forget it's animation. The first one won best animated feature. It's time for at least a nomination for Best Picture because the thing is just that remarkable.
Anti-recommendation for Avatar: Way of Water.
Beautiful, technologically astounding.
But an amalgam of other ideas, and some ham-handed preaching about whale slaughter and the evil of the White Man. And - no spoiler here - at the end there's a boat that turns over as they climb up the side, and then are trapped under in small air pockets and all I could think was that he'd already made Titanic once before.
My Better Half⢠wanted to walk out at the cruelty and violence that was part of the "message." I thought that the first movie was Pochahontas, and this was Vietnam (come into the indigenous people's homes and try to hunt them).
The good part: I didn't know Jermaine was in it! And his American accent kept coming and going. Fun.
