recent movies
June 17, 2024 @ 15:10
In the Shadow of the Moon: Clever time travel thing. Kinda predictable, but that's not something you can avoid when you have an alternate timeline moving backward. Overall pretty good.
Inventing Anna: I don't know if you've ever heard of Anna Sorokin - I sure hadn't, but her story is pretty interesting. This telling is great so far - embelished surely, but it's much more drama than documentary.
Nimona (2023): quoting JWZ: "Snarky teen shapeshifter tries to get a disgraced paladin into supervillainy." I had no idea what to expect and really enjoyed this, it was very cute.
The Marvels (2023): The next episode in the Captain Marvel series, but like typical MCU stuff these days, you really need to watch several other movies and shows to really understand any of the backstory. Decent plot, a bit of a continuance from Ms. Marvel, but..... they strayed WAY too far into campy and silly, and the result starts well but just gets bad, and then gets worse and worse.
Ms. Marvel (2022): Teen girl discovers she's got super powers and since Captain Marvel is her hero, she ends up as Ms. Marvel. This was absolutely fantastic - every part of it. Even the Bollywood scene. Yes, really.
The Last Sentinel (2023): In a future where the world has flooded, a group of soldiers maintain an outpost on one of the Maunsell Forts. Slow and cerebral, with some decent plot twists.. though it was a bit hard to believe the characters' motives. Kinda okay.
Sentinel (2024): A "bug hunt" kind of movie, very low budget and with low-quality actors, but with time travel! You know, where they go back in time to stop the thing that screwed up their present. This one has a slight twist though - the people who go back end up in different timelines. It's an unfortunately bad movie all around, or that could have been quite interesting.
Barb Wire (1996): So... my partner and I are big fans of Casablanca. This movie has basically the same plot... and it's not really that bad for a typical "sci-fi comic book movie". It probably would have been kinda good if they didn't cast Pamela Anderson. But they did, and she's just awful. Also, I'll admit to seeing this in the theatre in 1996.
Subterranea (2015): Apparently this was based on the album of the same name by British prog-rock band IQ, which I'm quite a big fan of - both the band and the album. Unfortunately, the movie has little to do with the album, and has got to be the worst movie I've seen in a while. It makes very little sense in general, and then the ending just... doesn't really resolve anything?
Fast Color (2018): An interesting superhero movie! It's a slow ride, and the plot will seem very familiar, but it's really well done. Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Lorraine Toussaint are great as always.