Spoiler It's during the scene where Mary and Stack are going to have sex after she was turned into a vampire. He tells her she is drooling, she asks if he wants some, he says yes and she spits in his mouth while on top of him. Just hell no.
Happy Gilmore 2 I wanted to like it more than I did. The first film is probably my favorite comedy of all time, and maybe my favorite movie, period. But I feel like the sequel fell into a very easy trap for this kind of film: it relied too heavily on cameos and callbacks to the first film. Unlike the first film, I feel like this one got a little too caught up in plot, and some of the jokes fell flat to me. And I know that we should probably expect the main character to be more mature when he is 30 years older, but the fact that he was (when he wasn't drinking) made the sequel lose a lot of the charm of the original to me. But there were still laughs to be had. I thought that John Daly, in particular, was great in every scene that he was in. I also like what the writers did with Shooter McGavin. There was a sense too that the cast was having a grand time making the movie and paying homage to the first one, so that was a definite plus. It could have been better but it's definitely worth watching, especially given the dearth of good comedies that have been made since the mid-2000s. 5.5/10
I’d just add it to the list of long awaited sequels that didn’t land. Like you said relied on rehashing old jokes too much. A pitfall of most of these movies. Most of the new jokes and characters just don't work. Not his worst work, worth watching if you are a fan of the first, but Id be surprised if I ever put the energy into watching it again.
I thought it was fine. Not good, not bad. A little phoned in writing-wise. I think he’s just trying to get his daughters in more movies.
28 Years Later I enjoyed the first movie. I was pretty excited about the trailer. I came out of it feeling a little mixed. There were some undeniably good parts including some very tense moments, and I very much enjoyed the realistic storyline where the kid Spoiler: DO NOT CLICK THIS IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE MOVIE is trying to save his mother, only to find out that it's cancer and she can't be saved. It felt weighty and like a real journey of understanding life and how to hold onto the memory of the people we lose. Some of the "zombie" action scenes were excellent and tense. On the other hand, there were a few somewhat nonsensical/unexplored parts that got weird. Like the dad Spoiler cheating on his wife/the mother. This seemed to be dismissed too easily as a villain move and could have had a much more thoughtful reflection about how difficult that situation must be. Even just a dad/son conversation would have helped, and even if the rest of the plot didn't change. But instead we got the simplistic "braggart" scene to build up that he might be a tiny bit of a dick, then the cheating, then the kid just writing him off. It could have been such a great tie-in to how people handle grief given the subsequent meeting with the doctor. Also I thoroughly disliked the ending. I know it's supposed to be leading into a third movie. I didn't like it, and thought it was silly and cheap and it really hurts the movie when that's the final impression. Still liked it and would recommend it. I just thought it fell short of what it could have been.
Based on internet chatter, I thought the new Superman movie was going to suck. But we decided to give it a shot. Im glad we did, because I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Weapons Like Longlegs from last year, here we have a great combination of a minimalistic-but-brilliant ad campaign, combined with an original idea for a horror film. This one is a VERY original idea— it spins a tale around a half dozen imperfect lives caught up in this tragedy of missing kids, but does it in such a compelling way that for the first entire reel of the film you forget it’s a horror film— before it becomes one in grand style. Well-acted, well-written horror that doesn’t wallow in jump-scares (but delivers a couple of great ones) before cutting loose in a hysterical and unforgettable climax. A sometimes funny, bittersweet and serpentine horror- mystery. The best movie of the year so far. 9/10 The Naked Gun I didn’t expect this to be as funny as the original, which might be the funniest movie of all time. I just wanted it to be funny and not try to cram any “message” down my throat. It was funny enough. The only “message” it tried to convey is that everything sucks now, which isn’t pretentious. Danny Huston is shockingly all-in as a hilarious villain, and the “fake room” gag and Dave Bautista’s cameo were especially hilarious . It was good to laugh in a movie theatre again. I just wish there was more screwball comedy and less around the dialogue of the characters. 7.5/10
Yup, I thought Weapons was great. I thought it was much better than Longlegs where I very much enjoyed the beginning of the movie and then increasingly lost interest. Spoiler There were a couple oddities that drew away from the movie in the moment (the hallucinated gun), or in retrospect (the presumably-hallucinated sightings of the aunt). I get that the film is supernatural so the sightings of the aunt are more symbolic than real, but they seemed incidental rather than meaningful. But neither were enough to detract from the great, tense storytelling that was occasionally punctuated by scenes (and an ending) which made you both laugh and wince simultaneously. The genuinely flawed human characters in the story were so good, constantly weaving around who is involved in the missing kids and why.
One Battle After Another I honestly don't know how to describe this movie. It's definitely very weird and probably 45 minutes too long. The politics don't quite make sense, and apparently they aren't supposed to. Sean Penn was great, the rest of the characters were kind of lame. Overall I liked it, but I probably won't watch it again. 6.5 / 10
House of Dynamite I get what they were going for. I understand the theme and the message. But fuck that annoying shit. 5 / 10
Weapons The film started off with an intriguing premise. But I didn't enjoy the movie as much once it got to around the halfway point, when the more obviously supernatural elements were introduced, even if it could be argued that that was the only real explanation for the mystery that was at the center of the film. The "big reveal" of what caused the kids to all vanish at one time was also a trope that I have seen used in at least one other place before (in a TV show), so I couldn't help but feel a bit underwhelmed by it. But the movie is still worth watching. Additional thoughts that I should put in spoilers: Spoiler I also found the main villain of the film to be really lame, though I did enjoy watching her meet her ultimate fate. 6/10 The Long Walk I have not read the book, so I am purely critiquing what I saw on screen. And I really enjoyed this movie! Given the times that we live in, the use of the title event as a commentary on violence and the economic climate felt extremely relevant. I enjoyed the camaraderie between the characters who were doing the Long Walk, and by the end of the movie I really felt for them. I have some additional thoughts that I should probably put in spoilers: Spoiler It becomes obviously pretty quickly who the final two participants will be, and a development that we learn about around the halfway point made me guess correctly (basically) how the movie would end. But even so, I still felt moved by the ending and was nearly brought to tears. I highly recommend this one! I would say that it is tied with Promising Young Woman as my favorite movie of the decade so far. 9/10