Been watching some movies lately, and figured I'd post something here in lieu of, well, anything else.
Saw The Fall Guy the other night. Loved it. Ryan Gosling has some comedic chops! Loved the dog too. "Engage your core!"
Mitzi and I saw The Marvels in the theater when it was out, and when I read something in a review of Deadpool and Wolverine about how many references it made to the tangled mess of the MCU, it prompted me to want to see Captain Marvel. So I bought the combo from Apple TV and watched them in reverse order, as one does. Mitzi had gone to the head in the theater during the big song and dance number in The Marvels, and she loves musicals, so I figured she'd enjoy seeing it again anyway.
Well, I also enjoyed Captain Marvel very much, and it got me on a little super-hero binge, a genre I was very tired of.
I had Deadpool 2 in my library, but I evidently never watched it! That's been rectified and I enjoyed it very much. But that made me want to revisit Wolverine's first movie appearance in X-Men, so we watched that next. (I should check the Groundhog Day archive, because I recall seeing X-Men in the theater and being pleased with it. (Twenty years ago!))
That led me to look for Logan, also in my library. But this time I watched the Logan Noir version. I haven't done any background reading, but it doesn't appear as though they did any re-grading of the original, as the tonality seems to resemble something less "noir" and more "digital." But I enjoyed it nevertheless. About a third of the way through it, you kind of forget that it's in b&w and you're just enjoying the movie.
Oh, and we watched Guardians of the Galaxy again too. Fun.
That's where we've stopped for now.
Streaming-wise, it's been pretty dry lately. I started watching the fourth season of The Boys again. It's a tough sell. It's so over-the-top on the violence and gore, but the characters and plot are engaging. And I love the way they kind of dis the whole fan culture. It reminded me of the mainstream press and the way they cover Trump. He shits all over them, but they keep going back for more. Talk about co-dependency!
We saw the Netflix movie Hit Man too. Enjoyed it.
I'm anxious for the return of Slow Horses and Silo.
That's it for now. Guess I've got to go get a box spring for the Finger Lakes (FLX) place and bring it home on the roof of the RAV4. Should be fun. (Not.)
Originally posted at Nice Marmot 10:18 Saturday, 10 August 2024