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Downsizing 2017

★★ Watched

If a 2017 film has taken a bigger nosedive after the first act, I've yet to see it.

Old

Old 2021

★★ Watched

I never go back and watch Shyamalan’s movies, so by the time a new one comes out, I tend to forget how unhinged his dialogue and direction of performances can be.

I just don’t understand how he gets actors to speak Shyamalan, both in tone and cadence. It’s almost like he casts a spell that makes everyone go back psychologically to their first acting lesson. 

This definitely has some “What? No…” Wahlberg moments in it, and they had me howling.…

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom 2018

★★★ Liked Watched

Sorry guys, I didn't hate this. I even kind of liked it. Not in a this is a good movie kind of way, though. More of an it was watchable and I didn't really hate any of it way.

That being said, I definitely empathize with anyone who actively despises this. Even if Jurassic Park isn't that special of a movie to me, I know seeing it was a formative experience for a lot of people. To grow up loving…

Tomb Raider

Tomb Raider 2018

★★★ Liked Watched 3

So let me get this straight, after 20 years of mediocre, disappointing and downright terrible video game movies, we finally get a good one and all the greasy haired, socially helpless fanboys can talk about is the main actresses breast size? Really?

I know everyone is the worst version of themselves on the internet, but this is just absurd.

Aaaaannnyyywayyy, I really dug Tomb Raider. It held my attention and was just gripping/fun enough to distract me from some pretty bland character beats. I’d be more than happy to go on adventures with Lara Croft every couple years. I hope this does well enough to justify them.

Godzilla vs. Kong

Godzilla vs. Kong 2021

★★★ Liked Watched

Joe Biden ✅
Tom Brady ✅
Godzilla ✅

So many wins these last few months, I love it.

The human stuff is still pretty bad (love how often they show a character looking at a bended photograph of them with someone from their *dark past*) but there are a few kinda fun parts as opposed to KOTM which was a beating. 

The monster stuff is still pretty cool and I had fun laughing at the goofy parts so 3 stars I guess.

Red Sparrow

Red Sparrow 2018

★★★½ Liked Watched 2

Finally, an answer to the age-old question: What if Kingsman was good?

Red Sparrow has been circled on my movie calendar for quite some time. Mostly due to Jennifer Lawrence finally shedding her Hunger Games skin. Now she gets to make movies instead of being in movies that make her. Between this and mother! I can't wait to see what other things she tries to get away with.

The end result is a deliciously violent, twist-for-the-sake-of-a-twist spy movie I love to see every now and again.

Black Widow

Black Widow 2021

★★ Watched

Pugh and Harbor are good, not much else is. Oh well! The movies!!

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 2017

★★★½ Liked Watched

We live in a world where Donald Trump is President and a Jumanji remake is a million times better than Justice League.

Kingsman: The Golden Circle

Kingsman: The Golden Circle 2017

★★★½ Liked Watched 6

I have no interest in living in a universe where we're cool with Marvel copy and pasting scripts while slamming Kingsman for being whatever it is we're upset at it for being.

I like this movie. I even like it better than the first one (which isn't saying much tbh). I can't remember the last time I saw a blockbuster movie with this much balls. Vaughn and Goldman do everything you're not supposed to do in modern-day comic book movie. …

Ocean's Eight

Ocean's Eight 2018

★★★½ Liked Watched

One of the things that makes U2's The Edge such an incredible guitar player is that he can't be mimicked.

If you gave Keith Richards, Joe Bonamassa, Eric Clapton, David Gilmour, Jonny Buckland, and Jimmy Page each a month and unlimited resources to perfectly recreate Edge's playing on Beautiful Day or With or Without You, some of them would get close, but nobody would actually be able to do it.

That's a long way of saying only Soderberg can do…

The Post

The Post 2017

★★★★★ Liked Rewatched 1

The press was to serve the governed, not the governors. 

I cried again. I feel no shame. Spielberg is a master.

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