Return of the Son of Even More Too Late Movie Reviews. Resurrected Post.
MBW is away on a business trip. You know what that means: a chance to watch mindless action movies. After I put the HA to bed, that is.
A week won���t be time to catch up on about a year���s worth of releases. But I���ve had a chance to watch three so far. What did I think? Well, let me tell you.
First up, Thor: Ragnarok. Another of the Marvel releases that puts the ���comic��� in comic book movie. I enjoyed the Hel out of this. It made me laugh, which is generally a good indicator that I���m being entertained. No, it wasn���t great cinema. The plot made no pretense toward complexity. But neither did the Hope and Crosby road films and they didn���t suffer for it. This could almost be considered a Thor road film, with Loki and Hulk taking turns as the buddy.
I liked it much better than the second Thor film. I think taking Thor from the fantasy milieu and dropping him into the gonzo Marvel sci-fi universe made the difference.
So, recommended. Bodes well for the next film up, another comic book movie. To wit ���
Justice League. Well, at least I started off well. Justice League was turgid, plodding, and largely humorless. Jason Mamoa provided some needed charisma as Aquaman. But Ezra Miller���s schtick as The Flash grew a bit tired. I���m not going to write much more about this. Not recommended.
Now I���ve just finished grousing about a plodding, largely humorless movie. So why did I generally enjoy the next film? That is Blade Runner 2049. Well, Blade Runner is a dystopian science fiction film. It is supposed to be dour. Now, I don���t recommend this unequivocally. The philosophical questions it raised ��added little to those tackled in the original. What it grafts on wasn���t really dense enough to support the sheer length of the movie. But it looked good. The performances were uniformly excellent. The music carried on the style of the original. I don���t believe the film did itself any favors by (and this isn���t a spoiler ��� it is established within the first ten minutes) having its lead be a replicant instead of a human. I think that undercuts the emotional stakes. But overall this worked for me.
I���ll what tonight���s Red Box offering provides. Stay tuned.
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Published on April 15, 2018 12:13
