Sean’s movie thoughts

 This stars Nick Jonas and Paul Rudd. Jonas plays Danny a former boy band member who meets Rick at a wedding. They played together at the wedding and they hung out after the wedding. During this time they worked on a song. Back in LA, Danny is playing that song maybe looking for inspiration when his girlfriend says he should record and release it. He does and it revives his career. Paul Rudd stars as Rick. He was in a band in America, how big/famous his band was is not clear but they were big enough to tour Ireland. Rick married an Irish woman and they had a daughter. Rick works as a wedding singer and while he is not actively unhappy, he feels this wedding singer job is a come down. Rick hears his song and he wants some money as a co-writer.  He tries to sue but the lawyer says he does not have a case if he cannot produce some evidence that he worked on the song before he met Danny. Rick becomes bitter.  Maybe this could have been funnier but I think it was worth seeing....

 The Mandolorian, Masters of the Universe, and Minions among other movies did break out at the box office. I am not sure these movies failing means a lot. I think each failed for their own reasons. Masters of the Universe is a dead brand. Okay, that was too harsh. It is a brand that peaked in 1986 or 1987. There have been attempts to revive the brand over the years but those attempts did not last. This movie failing is not a surprise. Minions came out less than 3 weeks after Toy Story 5. If you took a family of four or five to Toy Story 5, maybe you aren’t up for taking the family to another film so soon. Also this is the seventh film in a franchise. Maybe people are tired of the Minions.  Maybe the Mandolorian felt like warmed over TV. Also the Mandolorian perhaps peaked three years ago. (I would  have to check with a friend about this but that is my impression.) This was the wrong move for Star Wars it seems. So I am not sure these failures mean that much or signal a ch...