Sean’s movie thoughts

Daisey Ridley herself revealed that the subject of Rey's parentage was changing during filming of Rise of Skywalker. That the writer and director went back and forth on the subject. I guess hearing that makes the way the film turn out less of a surprise. I think someone will write a book about this mini-era of Star Wars and it will be amazing. Maybe that will make up, in a small way, for the way the movies turned out. Filming of the Batman has shut down because Robert Pattinson caught covid. The Candyman remake has been pushed back to next year. The director says the film needs to be seen in theaters and that is why the movie was pushed back. (I guess it is good that she is proud of the film but films need to be seen, it doesn't matter where they are seen.) Wonder Woman 1984 has been pushed back to Christmas but it will probably be pushed back again. I re-watched I am Vengeance Retaliation recently and while it was nice to see Jean-Paul Lye,  the film could have used more of hi...

I have too many Star Wars audiobooks and novels to be a casual Star Wars fan. I have an affection for the franchise and maybe I was too generous in my last blog post about the Rise of Skywalker. The movie is bad, both as an individual film and as part of a trilogy. It really doesn’t build off the Last Jedi. There are some good points. Adam Driver and Daisey Ridley are good at times and the scene with Han Solo as a memory talking to his son was good. It was the only moving scene in the film. It was also nice to see Lando again, even if the film didn’t do all that much with his return. The death of Carrie Fisher probably hurt the film more than we will ever know. The first film belonged to Harrison Ford, the second film belonged to Mark Hamill, and the third movie was supposed to belong to Carrie Fisher. Obviously her death changed that. Maybe the role of Leia could have been recast but that might have been awkward.  Bringing back the emperor was a bad idea or badly exec...

On one hand, this is not a terrible movie and it has some nice moments. It was nice to see Lando again. On the other hand, it is long (and feels long) and a couple of moments that should have an impact do not have an impact.  (I am trying to avoid plot details.) I am glad I saw the movie but it has problems. There was no plan for this series, I am pretty sure about that. People will say there was a plan but I can say that I can sing like Johnny Cash (trust me, I cannot).  If there was a plan, it was thrown away at some point. There is a plot point that contradicts a major plot point from the previous movie. There are plot points here that make no sense or that the movie does not bother to explain. I, at one point, could explain the post Crisis history of Hawkman, so trust me I when I say a plot point makes no sense. (After the Crisis on Infinite Earths in DC comics, Hawkman's history become complicated and over the years there have been attempts to fix it. Those usually ma...

If you cannot figure out how to make Superman relevant, that is not a problem with the character. Warner Brothers is apparently having a hard time figuring out what to do with Superman. Oh well, I guess I am not surprised. Man of Steel is not terrible but it missed the point of the character. It is less than a month until Star Wars the Rise of Skywalker. I hope it is good. I have no idea if it will be good. I hope it is shorter than the Last Jedi. It felt really long. Then apparently there will be an announcement about the next Star Wars movie in January. Charlie’s Angels bombed. Terminator Dark Fate bombed. Doctor Sleep also bombed. The last month was not good for some studios.