Dune 2

there's was a trailer for something like ""KING KONG AND THE LEDGEND OF GODZILLA" before Dune 2, and one of the first shots of the trailer was some giant thing smashing through 3 bridges in a row, and it's just like totally meaningless. the cgi possibilities make it so some movies are happening in a universe where everything is a video game and anything can happen and it's all meaningless. there's no weight or reality or groundedness. and then by comparison, the movie of Dune shows all of these machines and battles in this way that feels like real people dealing with giant machines and it's so cool! i don't remember the first movie that much but i thought this one was a blast. and it was cool to see a full theater for a movie at 2pm on a monday. movie theaters won't go away right?

8.5/10

Oppenheimer

 

followed by q&a w/ chris nolan & emma thomas & matt damon

7.5/10

The Holdovers

 SIDEWAYS was the first movie I listed here on my Movie-Reviewings Blog way back in May of 2008. I don't really remember the particulars about SIDEWAYS, just that it was Paul Giamatti, it was about wine, and a foggy visual imprint of the color and look and environment from the film. Until I looked at a photo just now I couldn't recall what the second lead looked like.

This movie will probably suffer the same fate! Like, I'll vaguely recall it.

It was a really gentle movie and very well done. There's a lot of effort put into the period production design of the 70s, but there was one weird shot where they are driving down a street beside a building and there's a small parking lot in frame that is modern cars, I was surprised they kept that shot in or didnt find a way to digitally hide it given how careful they seemed to be about making the decade look right.

I don't know what to say without really getting into the weeds and looking like i CARE! Can I just give it a score and be done with it? 

It was pretty funny! I have good feelings about having seen the film. A good time. A good screening. There was free food because I went to a special screening.

7.5/10

I, Tonya (2017)

MoviePass movie #9*
@ AMC Empire 25

7/10

*#8 I didn't put on the blog because I fell asleep half way through it, so idk. Technically 9th.

The Greatest Showman (2017)

Hey it's pretty fun! Not exactly my thaang.

5.5/10

Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)

7/10

MoviePass movie #7*
[saw at Williamsburg Cinemas]

Maybe I just don't love STAR WARS movies! I liked it. I liked seeing how the bombers function from the inside. I liked seeing Luke and Princess Leia get another movie. Had a couple of very cool sequences.

*Man I'm not using my MoviePass that much anymore O_o

The Disaster Artist (2017)

7.5/10

Did not use moviepass but saw in theaters.

Justice League (2017)

4/10

MoviePass movie #6
[saw at Williamsburg Cinemas]

Pretty much what I expected. So bland. Too serious. Some of the action stuff was definitely well done but I just didn't care. Laughable and not in a good way. Bad cast!

The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)

9.5/10

Moviepass movie #5
[saw at Union Square Regal]

I loved it. I'm glad I knew nothing about it going into it

Lady Bird (2017)

6.5/10

movie pass movie #4
[saw at Nighthawk]

I can't complain, was good. But also I don't care that much. Would have loved it when I was like 17-20.

Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

8.5/10

MoviePass movie #3
[saw at Union Square Regal]

I really like it!

I was uncomfortable sometimes. And laughing sometimes. it worked!

Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

8/10

MoviePass movie #2
[saw at Williamsburg Cinema]

On Facebook I wrote:

Late to the party. Mostly liked. Too long. Really appreciate that a huge budget movie can be so artfully done. I hate modern sci fi effects. Nothing bores me more than a CGI environment and I expected this to absolutely fail where Blade Runner 1 succeeded. I just wanted to look and listen to the universe. Wanted even more street scenes! I can't believe no one mentioned how cool that scene was with holographic Elvis. Or the scene on the concrete beach beyond the wall. I ate it up. Any other fist fight in a movie would be drowned out by some EPIC TRACK. In The Elvis room, you could basically just hear the clicking of the lights coming on and off; that's great sound design! By about 3/4ths in I did want it to be over. But it looked and sounded so cool.

The Florida Project (2017)

9.5/10

MoviePass movie #1
[saw at Nighthawk]

I loved this movie from beginning to end, until the end.

This is an absolute must watch. One of those rare almost-perfect movies. I loved it so much.

But the ending was so bad.

I don't even want to elaborate right now.

It's all I can think about.

I went from loving every minute. And crying.

To seeing that sped up shot.

And thinking, wait... what are you doing.

That ending shot of the Disney castle felt like they just wanted to show HEY LOOK WE SHOT IN DISNEY WORLD ISNT THAT COOL. So dissapointing.

Perfect otherwise.

The Comedy

Screening at BAM including Q&A with Tim and Rick Alverson.

Then ran into Rick Alverson on the street the next day and had beers with him.

In my opinion the movie wouldn't have worked with anyone else but Tim.  Rick didn't agree.

8/10

Skyfall

First fifteen minutes were gold. The opening credits sequence was great.

Absolute shit after that.

3/10

Horrible Bosses

Pretty good. Not great.

7.5/10

Super 8

Felt like the Goonies. Probably what they were going for. I liked it.

8.5/10

The Hangover Part 2

Pretty much the exact same movie as the first but with different jokes. Was funny.

7.5/10

Inception

9/10

Predators

Awful

1.5/10