I’ve been flying quite a bit, but haven’t been finding too many airplane movies. If you remember the definition: something that’s maybe worth watching, but not worth saving to watch on a bigger screen.
In the theatre, I’ve seen Black Bag and 2001: A Space Odyssey in IMAX (also saw this at the Hollywood Bowl with the LA Phil and Gay Men’s Chorus), and that’s about it. I think Dune 2 was last year. I’ve been kind of busy.
Here’s what I’ve got so far:
- My old ass: Pretty entertaining. Cute. The time twist angle blew past my dislike of coming of age stories.
- Conclave: I struggled with the unbelievable premise that four Americans would be in the running for Pope. I’m not Catholic, but it just seemed really unrealistic to me. Then, along with The- West-Wing-wishful-thinking-twist, I was just fucking offended. In this time, pretending like something like that could happen is just West Wing fan service, and not realistic or helpful. Fuck you. That ain’t the way the world is going. The conservative Italian would have won going away.
- Juror #2: This one went right with the times. Self centered assholes do the thing that’s best for them. Lots of hand-wringing but that’s it in the end. It’s no 12 Angry Men.
- Count of Monte Christo: Entertaining, and now that I’ve seen this one, I don’t have to watch another one.
- Anora: Pretty sexy, and I apologize to my Swiss seatmate, because United would have cut the shit out of this movie, and that’s what I expected. Nope! It was all there. Hope you were ok with quite a lot of pretty explicit sex. That said, it’s kind of a movie about fucked up kids who are getting more fucked up, so pretty sad in the end?
- Alien Romulus: This movie removed IQ points from my brain. It was that bad. Just unbelievable beat after insulting fan service. Really, you have to do the same scene explaining the pulse rifle? Fuck you. Conservation of mass, energy, momentum, angular momentum not a thing here. Planetary rings are not solid surfaces. The artificial gravity goes on and off at convenient plot points. The aliens are fast except when they aren’t. The CGI was pretty lame. Ian Holm’s ghost should sue. Why are they using Fahrenheit? Hull integrity matters except when it doesn’t. You’d think someone at W-L would have seen a sci-fi movie and quarantined the ship. This was a dumb movie and I am dumber for having watched it. At least I didn’t pay.