Movie reviews and discussions

Aria

@Coin said in Movie reviews and discussions:

Barbie knocked it out of the park.

Watching the crowds all dressed up in pink was almost as much fun as the movie.

Almost.

Kestrel

I give the Barbie movie 3 stars.

I give the hilarious meltdowns over it 5 stars.

Jennkryst

@Kestrel said in Movie reviews and discussions:

I give the Barbie movie 3 stars.

I give the hilarious meltdowns over it 5 stars.

Both of these feel like they are rated far too low.

Aria

@Jennkryst said in Movie reviews and discussions:

@Kestrel said in Movie reviews and discussions:

I give the Barbie movie 3 stars.

I give the hilarious meltdowns over it 5 stars.

Both of these feel like they are rated far too low.

12/10. Would watch the screeching man-baby tantrums again.

Kestrel

I really liked The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.

It exceeded my expectations for the YA dystopia genre. I never read the books, because the fad hit its stride when I was just exiting my YA phase. And I think I wrote off the entire series because I mentally associated it with Twilight nonsense.

Honestly though, I recently rewatched the entire film series and now feel like I was actually too young to understand it when it first came out. Propaganda, the main theme of the series, was too big of a word for me at the time. The events of Mockingjay are surprisingly topical to current events, and the series got better with each successive instalment.

My Jewish arse watched the new prequel on Christmas Eve, the very last day of it being shown in cinemas in my local area, so it may be too late for most people to catch it in on the big screen now. But I’d recommend streaming/pirating it; don’t write it off for its target audience. The storytelling is heavy-handed in places, but the themes are surprisingly mature.

Jenn

@Kestrel We saw that last weekend, and REALLY enjoyed it. It was beautifully done.

Also, we saw Wonka today. And while a MUCH lighter version… The same concept of evil corporate empires vs. dreamers and collaborators was subtly but beautifully woven through it.

SpaceKhomeini

Godzilla Minus One was the live-action Grave of the Fireflies/Kaiju film mashup I never knew I needed in life.

It’s wonderful but also a gut punch.