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Awards Season: Week 12
Status update: Worse than last time! When will it end! Will it end! Ha ha, I don't know! Let's find out!
But still! Movies!
The Kid Who Would Be King (2019): Real cute! This movie suffered from a SEVERE case of crappytraileritis, and it's a damn shame, because it's a stone cold family delight. Baby Serkis is a likable lead, and the kid playing Merlin chewed all the scenery and stole every scene and periodically turned into Patrick Stewart and just. So fun! Five knights of the round out of five.
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019): Also fun! Not as good as the first one, but that was always going to be case unless they did some crazy swerve, the first was just too much of a fresh surprise. But it's more of the same, and it's still good, about on par with Batman, I'd say. Kinda wish they hadn't foreshadowed the Rex twist SO much, I think that would have been more fun having it dropped on me in the last act rather than immediately figuring it out, but eh, it's a minor complaint. Five heartwarming sibling interactions out of five.
Happy Death Day 2U (2019): WHAT A BLAST. Way heavier on the comedy and sci-fi elements than the original, the slasher bits were more for flavour these times around, but still so fun, oh man. Jessica Rothe is a wonderful treasure and WE DO NOT DESERVE HER. More of ALL THAT, please. They completely dropped the whole plot point with the second Ryan at the beginning, though, what the hell, lol. Five deaths out of five.
Min and Bill (1930): I'm not entirely sure I get this one without the context of the era, but it was still pretty good. Like, is part of the humour that they're so low class? With the weirdly deliberate pronunciations of some words ('minna-tour' stuck out a lot) and whatnot? I don't know, it was good. Holy shit, that downer of an ending, though! What the hell! Came totally out of left field after all the wacky speedboat shenanigans and shit. Then as now, it's also nice to see a fat sixty-year-old actress get leading roles. Five hooker moms out of five.
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931): Not as racist as you might expect! Still pretty racist. Mostly just a lot of Pacific islanders looking like they were having a blast making a movie. Murnau's pretty hit-or-miss for me, but this one was definitely a hit. Holy (expected, at least) downer of an ending, though. Would make a very exhausting double feature with White Shadows in the South Seas. Five pairs of bare pre-Code breasts of out five.
But still! Movies!
The Kid Who Would Be King (2019): Real cute! This movie suffered from a SEVERE case of crappytraileritis, and it's a damn shame, because it's a stone cold family delight. Baby Serkis is a likable lead, and the kid playing Merlin chewed all the scenery and stole every scene and periodically turned into Patrick Stewart and just. So fun! Five knights of the round out of five.
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019): Also fun! Not as good as the first one, but that was always going to be case unless they did some crazy swerve, the first was just too much of a fresh surprise. But it's more of the same, and it's still good, about on par with Batman, I'd say. Kinda wish they hadn't foreshadowed the Rex twist SO much, I think that would have been more fun having it dropped on me in the last act rather than immediately figuring it out, but eh, it's a minor complaint. Five heartwarming sibling interactions out of five.
Happy Death Day 2U (2019): WHAT A BLAST. Way heavier on the comedy and sci-fi elements than the original, the slasher bits were more for flavour these times around, but still so fun, oh man. Jessica Rothe is a wonderful treasure and WE DO NOT DESERVE HER. More of ALL THAT, please. They completely dropped the whole plot point with the second Ryan at the beginning, though, what the hell, lol. Five deaths out of five.
Min and Bill (1930): I'm not entirely sure I get this one without the context of the era, but it was still pretty good. Like, is part of the humour that they're so low class? With the weirdly deliberate pronunciations of some words ('minna-tour' stuck out a lot) and whatnot? I don't know, it was good. Holy shit, that downer of an ending, though! What the hell! Came totally out of left field after all the wacky speedboat shenanigans and shit. Then as now, it's also nice to see a fat sixty-year-old actress get leading roles. Five hooker moms out of five.
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931): Not as racist as you might expect! Still pretty racist. Mostly just a lot of Pacific islanders looking like they were having a blast making a movie. Murnau's pretty hit-or-miss for me, but this one was definitely a hit. Holy (expected, at least) downer of an ending, though. Would make a very exhausting double feature with White Shadows in the South Seas. Five pairs of bare pre-Code breasts of out five.