The last times I saw any films in a cinema were I think during the summer/autumn of 2010, in my last week in the UK when I saw Casino Royale and the revival of Star Trek at a Brighton multiplex. The experience of those audiences totally put me off future trips to such venues, although I appreciate that audience of theatres like the Prince Charles is likely to have a more discerning clientele.
Caught up on some great recent horror gems at home recently, namely Sinners, Weapons, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple and Late Night with the Devil.
The Prince Charles audience was odd (my first time there) : very noisy before the film and every single person was eating popcorn as loudly as possible, and then notably pin-drop silent during the meaningful parts of the movie even though every seat was full.
The PCC also has a great disclaimer at the beginning which includes âif the movie has rough bits such as old technology, please donât loudly laugh at it and spoil it for others, donât put yourself above the movie, just enjoy the experience for what it is and be respectfulâ.
We went and saw The Mummy Returns, which is in theaters for itâs 25th anniversary. Such a fun, pulpy film. I donât remember much if the first in the series, but I remember feeling like it was just okay, certainly not deserving the praise it was getting when it released. Curious to see it again and see if my original impression still holds.
Yes, butâŚthe CGI Dwayne Johnson really was that bad in thisâŚ
That one would be allowed. I mean, the PCC regularly shows The Room just for people to laugh at. And does singalongs. I remember CGI Dwayne being terrible.
In the film, the kid and his uncle see the Scorpion King and scream, and my wife leaned over to whisper, âThe horrible CGI is that scary, even to them.â
I saw Kwaidan (1964) tonight. Itâs an anthology horror film of Japanese folklore (four unrelated stories in three hours), and itâs absolutely gorgeous! I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Took my older kiddo to see The Super Mario Galaxy Movie today, along with my wife and her brother. We all really enjoyed it. They wedged in so much stuff from Mario games over the years, and some non-Mario stuff.
A couple of days ago we reached the One Piece episode in which Luffy is once again defeated (3rd or 4th time this battle that he is was out cold) by the baddie du jour. And then finally came something we had long been expecting to finally happen: he woke up (ep 1060-ish) and Gear Five has finally arrived. It seems impossible to avoid spoilers about the existence of it when you play Borderlands 4 for example⌠or just generally buy a One Piece calendar that prominently features Luffy with Gear Five⌠so we knew what it looked like and not much more. So funny when he just spends half an episode literally ROFL-ing
It so absurd. And I am enjoying that so much.
My new favorite moment is when Luffy just grabs Kaido by the neck and pulls him back up to the roof.
And now that we know what we now know⌠so much new speculation and less than 100 episodes to go.
Went to see the 25th anniversary screening of Amelie at the Prince Charles cinema, complete with proper shuddering film reels and an audience that was delighted at all of it. Once again, cinema is just the best.
I couldnât remember the clip but it was De Niro as Max Cady in Cape Fear that they showed as the example of âplease donât laugh like a maniac and ruin it for everyoneâ.
Itâs all a bit hazy for me now ~30 years later, but I think I went years without knowing what City of Lost Children was called, or anything about it (as we started watching before the intro, and I got distracted before the credits, and I was drunk), but when I watched Amelie I thought, âoh, maybe this is by the same people as that weird film I watched that timeâ, and thatâs how I finally got to watch all of City of Lost Children.
We watched Project Hail Mary and it is a really good movie. I read the books years ago, my wife not but it was easy to follow for both of us (except one thing: it is not super clear in the movie that the flashbacks are memories coming back to Grace and not just meant for the viewer, his memory loss is not explained, just implied as a consequence of the coma while in the book it was a French amnesia drug. I asked my wife afterwards and she didnât get that the flashbacks were not just for us viewers but also for the main character.) But that didnât hurt much and it is a great movie, highly recommended. The book is great too.
