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Aug. 16th, 2018 09:56 pmPreviews in front of Mission Impossible were dire. Keely turned to me and said “I have zero interest in that” when we saw a preview about a kidnapping movie. One trailer was for a James Cameron film with a lot of CGI; the main character is a robot girl with huge anime eyes that are pretty creepy in an uncanny valley sort of way.
MI: Fallout has a bunch of info-dumping in the first 15-20 minutes, which is not a great way to start an action film. Once past that, however, it’s light and fun with satisfying set pieces. I was pleased to see Angela Basset. It is not a deep or meaningful film in any way, but it is fun.
I've watched some very silly action movies lately as a way to unwind. Here are my brief thoughts!
Kingsman 2: anti-rec for misogyny and weird narrative choices and like, a general sense of grossness.
47 Meters down: this is a really, really bad movie, but is kind of fun to watch and make fun of. The premise is that 2 sisters go into a shark cage as a tourist thing. The cable breaks and they fall to the ocean floor while inside the cage. The funniest thing is that they speak and have conversations with each other while underwater, and this is not explained at all.
Everest: Based on Jon Krakauer's book "Into Thin Air". I unexpectedly enjoyed this a lot. It is a well-made example of the disaster/survival genre of film. The one puzzling thing was that the film expected me to care about and root for a character that is portrayed fairly negatively. The scenery was beautiful.
Jungle (2017): I had a dream with Daniel Radcliffe in it (perplexing), so I felt like I should watch some of his movies. This one was good if you like that sort of thing. It's based on a true story about an Israeli man who goes on an adventure in Bolivia and ends up lost in the wild for several weeks, and just barely survives. Content notes: drugs, one scene of self-surgery, animal harm (hunting).
MI: Fallout has a bunch of info-dumping in the first 15-20 minutes, which is not a great way to start an action film. Once past that, however, it’s light and fun with satisfying set pieces. I was pleased to see Angela Basset. It is not a deep or meaningful film in any way, but it is fun.
I've watched some very silly action movies lately as a way to unwind. Here are my brief thoughts!
Kingsman 2: anti-rec for misogyny and weird narrative choices and like, a general sense of grossness.
47 Meters down: this is a really, really bad movie, but is kind of fun to watch and make fun of. The premise is that 2 sisters go into a shark cage as a tourist thing. The cable breaks and they fall to the ocean floor while inside the cage. The funniest thing is that they speak and have conversations with each other while underwater, and this is not explained at all.
Everest: Based on Jon Krakauer's book "Into Thin Air". I unexpectedly enjoyed this a lot. It is a well-made example of the disaster/survival genre of film. The one puzzling thing was that the film expected me to care about and root for a character that is portrayed fairly negatively. The scenery was beautiful.
Jungle (2017): I had a dream with Daniel Radcliffe in it (perplexing), so I felt like I should watch some of his movies. This one was good if you like that sort of thing. It's based on a true story about an Israeli man who goes on an adventure in Bolivia and ends up lost in the wild for several weeks, and just barely survives. Content notes: drugs, one scene of self-surgery, animal harm (hunting).
