Sean’s movie thoughts

I re-watched Stan and Ollie. It holds up. It is a little sad though. I am still not sure how true to life it is. John C. Reilly good reviews for his performance here which was nice after the bad reviews  he got for Holmes and Watson. Melissa McCarthy is making another movie with her husband Ben Falcone. They will co-write the movie and he will direct.  I guess it is nice to work with your spouse but from what I’ve seen and read the movies they co-write and he directs are worse than her other movies. She most likely has a different perspective on her career than I do. I did not go to see Dumbo. I was not interested. I have seen the animated movie.

This was good. It was nice to see long time Legion of Superheroes villains the Fatal Five in animated form. This Justice League lineup is a bit different and it has Mr. Terrific, Green Lantern Jessica Cruz, and Miss Martian (along with Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman). This movie focuses on Jessica Cruz. She is not fearless, she struggles to overcome her fears. Also Miss Martian in this movie is not quite a full Justice League member.  I guess she is a member in training. Starboy has come from the future but his mental state is deteriorating. Maybe the movie could have done a better job spotlighting the Fatal Five and their motivations. I am familiar with them but some viewers might not be familiar with then. These DC animated movies are usually under 100 minutes. Maybe some of this movies might benefit from a longer running time. I enjoyed it.  I put a link to a review below. https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/03/30/justice-league-vs-the-fatal-five-review-2

I am not saying this is a terrible movie. I just lost interest and I think I had 40 or maybe 50 minutes left to watch. I might try it to watch it again in a month or so. Or I might not. Claire Foy plays Lisabeth Salandar, the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, in this movie. She is the third actress to take the role and she is good in it. The problems with the film don’t include her. This movie bombed but it doesn’t seem like it hurt Foy’s career. I am not sure why I lost interest. I thought there was a car chase that went on too long. I’ve seen a lot of car chases over the years but it feels like I have not seen a really good one in a while. This feels like it wants to be a female James Bond or female Jason Bourne movie. It is fairly humorless. Except for Foy’s performance, there is not much to recommend this film. I am not recommending this movie. If I re-watch it and revise my opinion, I will write a new blog posting,

Captain Marvel is a good film, but not a very good film. There are some nice moments and it is nice to see the Kree and the Skrulls on the big screen. However this is not top tier Marvel and might be middle tier or lower. I did not mind the 90s references or the music choices. I did not think the movie overdid the 90s references and I liked most of the song choices. There might have been a song choice that was a bit too obvious. I think maybe the main character suffering memory loss for most of the movie hurt Brie Larson’s performance. We will see how her performance in Avengers Endgame compares. I do think the movie is worth seeing again. Almost all the Marcel movies are. Maybe I would have made a few changes if I had written the movie. I don’t want to say more and I want to avoid spoilers.

This is a very good animated Spider-man film. It features a variety of Spider-men from various dimensions but it is mostly the story of Miles Morales becoming Spider-man. It was nice to have Chris Pine as Spider-man (even briefly). This is everything you’d want a Spider-man film to be. It it is funny, it is touching, and it is exciting. It does a good job of introducing the various Spider-men. These include Spider-ham, Spider-Gwen (who is now called Ghost Spider), and Spider-Man Noir. It is definitely worth seeing if you haven’t seen it and it is worth re-watching if you have seen it.

Before the hit TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer there was a movie called Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Over the years, the series has overshadowed the movie and now the character is being rebooted in comics. Luke Perry died recently, and it was nice to see him in this film. Kristy Swanson stars as Buffy Summers and she is fine in the role.  She is a valley girl and cheerleader with a hidden destiny. Donald Sutherland is Merrick, her watcher. He is in charge of her training. It is not a great movie. The horror humor combination the movie is trying for doesn’t work completely. Perry and Swanson are good together and the movie has nice moments. The villains are not great. The show is better but I think the movie is worth seeing at least once.

Triple Threat puts Tiger Chen, Tony Jaa, and Ike Uwais (from the Raid and the Raid 2)together. It is nice to see Tony Jaa working again on a regular basis. Tiger Chen seems more comfortable acting than he did in Man of Tai Chi. Scott Adkins and Michael Jai White are on hand as villains. Adkins gets to use his British accent. They both get good fight scenes. This movie needed more hand to hand fight scenes. Michael Bisping is another villain. While not great, it is pretty good and the last act is good. I like a movie that ends well.