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seekingferretOften I outsmart myself. I realized that I wanted to see both Wakanda Forever and Glass Onion in the movie theater, and I discovered that somehow tickets around here are now as much as sixteen bucks. But Regal was advertising its unlimited plan at twenty two dollars a month, so if I was definitely going to see at least two movies in the month it seemed to make sense to consider it. It turns out that their plan has a minimum three month commitment, so it's seventy bucks to see two movies, not twenty two. Because sure, I'd be able to see other movies, but the motivation was to not pay thirty two dollars to see two movies and I had no specific intention to see any other movies, so no matter how many extra movies I see, I wouldn't have spent that money otherwise.
But I talked myself into it.
So now it's let's see how many films I want to see in the next three months. So far I've seen Wakanda Forever and Glass Onions, and also Ticket to Paradise and The Menu.
Wakanda Forever
It was a good movie, but I'm not sure it was a really good Marvel movie. They had to address their grief over the untimely passing of Chadwick Boseman and it loomed over the movie to the point of eating the movie. The acting was phenomenal, but it was such a sad movie, and I don't know, it feels unfeeling to say it but that's not why I go to see Marvel movies. I want escapist, I don't want all that reality intruding on the fantasy even though I don't know how they could've made the movie without delving into the grief.
I've never been a Namor fan and this version was clever but didn't really make me like the character any more. I loved Riri and I loved Shuri and Okoye and Ramonda, honestly I think the thing I liked most about the movie was how much it centered black women in power, I cannot remember any other movie that was so intensely from that perspective. Also science feels! Shuri and Riri building robots together! I'm getting closer and closer to having the source I'll need to make the MCU science vid of my dreams.
Ticket to Paradise
Not a good movie, and not a movie I'd have paid to see otherwise, but George Clooney and Julia Roberts understood their brief and it was fun to see them doing everything in their power to get under each others' skin for an hour and a half. They have amazing chemistry.
Glass Onion
This was so good and so much fun. Everyone, literally every character, was perfect. So many good cameos, I can't pick a favorite between Yo Yo Ma and Serena Williams.
I was really delighted that the movie takes place during the pandemic in a meaningful way. I think I've written about it before, there's something disorienting about watching new television where masks aren't even a thing anyone contemplates. I liked that it was a thing the movie was conscious of, the complicated social dynamics of who is wearing a mask and what kind of mask and in what circumstances, and then I liked that even though ultimately they didn't want to spend the whole movie in masks, they dealt with that problem on-screen.
I have to admit I'm a little disappointed they didn't go for the fan-proposed plan of having Benoit Blanc change his accent every movie.
Also, the music was great. We did get a bit of Beatles, but we got a lot of very thematically appropriate David Bowie and I loved it.
The Menu
I went in almost entirely unspoiled, except for knowing it was about a celebrity chef and it was in some way psychologically tense, and I'm very glad I was that unspoiled so I don't think I want to say much more, but I really found it mesmerizing. The pacing was so good, the cinematography was so on point, and I just never knew what was going to happen next. (Colin Stetson score, in case that's a selling point to anyone else.)
But I talked myself into it.
So now it's let's see how many films I want to see in the next three months. So far I've seen Wakanda Forever and Glass Onions, and also Ticket to Paradise and The Menu.
Wakanda Forever
It was a good movie, but I'm not sure it was a really good Marvel movie. They had to address their grief over the untimely passing of Chadwick Boseman and it loomed over the movie to the point of eating the movie. The acting was phenomenal, but it was such a sad movie, and I don't know, it feels unfeeling to say it but that's not why I go to see Marvel movies. I want escapist, I don't want all that reality intruding on the fantasy even though I don't know how they could've made the movie without delving into the grief.
I've never been a Namor fan and this version was clever but didn't really make me like the character any more. I loved Riri and I loved Shuri and Okoye and Ramonda, honestly I think the thing I liked most about the movie was how much it centered black women in power, I cannot remember any other movie that was so intensely from that perspective. Also science feels! Shuri and Riri building robots together! I'm getting closer and closer to having the source I'll need to make the MCU science vid of my dreams.
Ticket to Paradise
Not a good movie, and not a movie I'd have paid to see otherwise, but George Clooney and Julia Roberts understood their brief and it was fun to see them doing everything in their power to get under each others' skin for an hour and a half. They have amazing chemistry.
Glass Onion
This was so good and so much fun. Everyone, literally every character, was perfect. So many good cameos, I can't pick a favorite between Yo Yo Ma and Serena Williams.
I was really delighted that the movie takes place during the pandemic in a meaningful way. I think I've written about it before, there's something disorienting about watching new television where masks aren't even a thing anyone contemplates. I liked that it was a thing the movie was conscious of, the complicated social dynamics of who is wearing a mask and what kind of mask and in what circumstances, and then I liked that even though ultimately they didn't want to spend the whole movie in masks, they dealt with that problem on-screen.
I have to admit I'm a little disappointed they didn't go for the fan-proposed plan of having Benoit Blanc change his accent every movie.
Also, the music was great. We did get a bit of Beatles, but we got a lot of very thematically appropriate David Bowie and I loved it.
The Menu
I went in almost entirely unspoiled, except for knowing it was about a celebrity chef and it was in some way psychologically tense, and I'm very glad I was that unspoiled so I don't think I want to say much more, but I really found it mesmerizing. The pacing was so good, the cinematography was so on point, and I just never knew what was going to happen next. (Colin Stetson score, in case that's a selling point to anyone else.)
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Date: 2022-11-28 01:40 am (UTC)Glass Onion was so good! I saw it with my brother who remarked that among other things it's the first time he's seen the pandemic acknowledged in media, which is definitely a trip considering that we all lived it globally.
I really enjoyed WF but I would definitely agree with your view that it kind of isn't a Marvel movie. Aside from everything else, I was interested that they aged Riri up for the movie. And while the film was already long I was sort of sad they didn't do anything with her backstory of losing her brother to gun violence; that could have been a point of connection for her and Shuri. And I do think that what the film does with Namor is pretty revolutionary for a Marvel property.
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Date: 2022-11-28 03:16 pm (UTC)Wakanda Forever made me really happy - and YES the women. ...Bruno from Ms. Marvel, in the comics, eventually goes to school in Wakanda - I wonder if that will ever happen?