Tonight featured Us (2019) and Paddington 2 (2017)
I’d seen Jordan Peele’s Get Out quite recently and was very interested to see what he’d done after that. I liked it a lot.
The first two Paddington films have been delightful. I look forward to seeing the third one some time.
Paddington 3 i not as good as Paddington 2.
But how could it be?
Tonight’s double feature: The Girl on the Train (2016) and Brave (2012)
TGOTT is a very good film, which I see was marketed with the inexplicable quote “The darkest, sexiest, most daring thriller of the year.” Acquaintances of the source (the quote is attributed to Entertainment Weekly) must have been thoroughly disturbed to learn that this person had found the film sexy in any sense, let alone “the sexiest of the year”.
I am disappointed to find that ‘The Girl on the Train’ is not a film version of Pete Atkin’s 1970 song ‘Girl on the Train.’ That, I would love to watch. This, not so much.
Brave is great, and under-rated.
That really needs to be an art film, the whole thing taken from the narrator’s viewpoint as he gazes across the compartment.
I know, right! It could be great!
Murderbot is a good representation of the book (till now). Though I would still prefer a female murderbot. It is fun to watch.
We also started the first episode of Slow Horses on Apple TV, just wanted to start and then finish it another day but it drew us enough in that we watched the whole episode which is a good sign I think.
Went and saw Thunderbolts* last night, and frankly…it was really good! I think it did justice to showing damaged people dealing with depression and coping the best they can, in the wrapper of a comic book movie. Certainly the best of the Marvel films of this phase. Definitely deserves to be doing better at the box office.
I thought it wasn’t bad, certainly much better than the last Capt America movie. And it has Florence, what else do you need?
Ah, Florence Pugh. The first time I saw her was in Lady Macbeth which I thought was superb. I almost watched that one again last weekend, but my partner opted for The Girl on the Train on a 50/50 whim, so I was intending to watch it this coming weekend instead. Looking at IMDB, I’ve not seen very many of her other films (just Midsommar and Dune pt2). I should remedy that, as she’s been very good in the ones I have seen.
For anyone who hasn’t seen her in the Marvel things she’s very fun in those (as Black Widow’s sister) especially the Hawkeye tv series. Must watch Thunderbolts.
Slow Horses is great!
For early Florence Pugh I’d recommend Fighting With My Family, a biopic of the early days of a pro wrestler which nonetheless manages to be interesting.
Florence Pugh is great. Always. One of those rare actors who make anything they’re in worth watching just by being in it.
Greta Gerwig’s Little Women, remarkably, manages to have three such actors in it. As well as Florence Pugh it also has Saoirse Ronan and Meryl Streep. As well as the always good value Laura Dern and Bob Odenkirk.
That show still frustrates me. The Kate and Yelena side of it is great, but everything previous Clint appearances set up was terrible and undermined trying to adapt the Fraction/Aja storyline.
I have been watching Barbeque Showdown on Netflix which really is the dumbest possible bbq-bake-off type thing, but now I want 14-hour smoked brisket. Also Blown Away is the same but with glass blowing and is brilliant.
And a bunch of other stuff. I was sick in bed for almost two weeks.
