Jonathan ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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Spy was great fun. Not only does Melissa McCarthy freaking OWN the screen, Jason Statham looks like he is having the time of his life.
This. So much this. I haven't enjoyed his presence in a movie so much since the Guy Ritchie days. And Jude Law looks pretty much the same, although from the other direction. All bow down to MM!
Saw Testament of Youth (based on Vera Brittain's great memoir) and really liked it. Wonderful strong female lead and the film is really her story--what war is like for the women at home. It's a really gorgeously shot film as well.
Oo, I want to see Testament of Youth! I loved the BBC production of it so much that it made me read the book, so now I want to see how the new film compares. I also want to see Inside Out, as does Frances. However I suspect we will first be seeing Jurassic World, her brother's movie pick.
After Batman v Superman, Ben Affleck will direct and star in a solo Batman movie.
If he casts J-Lo as Catwoman I'm going to send mail bombs to Warner Bros.
Huh. I do not know how to feel about that.
Well, duh, you're supposed to feel *OUTRAGE*. This is the Internet, right?
I feel... what's the word for bored, mildly irritated indifference?
After the last Batman and Superman movies, I'm just out of care. Reboot them both, give me the Batman and Superman that feels real and familiar to me, and I'm in like Flynn, whoever Flynn is. This dark "gritty" world DC has created in their movies is exhausting and dispiriting to me, and I don't want to play in it anymore.
But that's just me. Alla y'all who're enjoying it, carry on.
I pretty much always agree with Zen, but no more so than today.
Out. of. care. where Batman is concerned. Saddened but, eh. There are other place to put my attention.
I don't think Ben Affleck is necessarily an automatic kiss of death, and I wish him well, but I won't be lining up for this one.
Well, duh, you're supposed to feel *OUTRAGE*. This is the Internet, right?
Oh, right. I'll work on that.
At least Ben Affleck is not Zack Snyder.