Went to see Hereditary last night. I am a relative horror movie weenie but the word of mouth on this one was so strong, I wanted to check it out.
It is unquestionably an excellent film. It's beautifully composed, thematically rich, and almost unbearably tense. Toni Collette is fucking amazing in this -- almost incandescent in her suffering. She turns herself inside out and leaves everything on the screen. But honestly, I don't know if I can recommend it to people. There are scenes in the film that count as some of the most upsetting things I've ever seen, without the scenes being your typical horror movie cliches. Of course it has some wrenching physical violence, it's a horror film after all. But it's the aftermath, the rawness of grief and emotional violence unleashed on the people closest to us in the name of love, that makes this viewing experience so much rougher.
If you have the stomach for it, it's a tremendous film. But goodness, talk about the need for ALL the trigger warnings in the world.
"It's estimated that Depp has made $650 million on films that netted $3.6 billion. Almost all of it is gone."
Just bought a ticket for 9:45 AM Sunday for Jurassic World 2. Sunday morning in Utah is a terrific time to watch brand new blockbusters.
I'm surprised the theaters even run movies during the times you should all be in church like decent people!
Peeps who've seen The Fallen World, is it worth paying extra to see in 3-D? I thought the previous one was for the Mososaurus leap alone.
I'm surprised the theaters even run movies during the times you should all be in church like decent people!
They didn't use to! But then, church goes all day around here, they use the church buildings in shifts, there are so many people attending the weekly "The neighbors will notice and whisper if we're not there" sessions.
When I first moved out here, the malls closed around 6 PM on Saturdays due to old laws that required you to get your horse home early on Saturday so it was well-rested to take you to church Sunday morning. And the main street in town was actually chained closed Saturday night around 10 PM. I saw it.
Allowing beer sales on Sundays was a hard-fought, years-long battle.
Jurassic World All Falls Down: Spielberg was involved. If you have deep moral outrage against your heartstrings being yanked, be warned.
I was glad for tissues in my purse.
Claire Deering continues to be
a badass.
Moral ambiguity on all sides. Hard choices are confronted. Dinos without big horns or long necks or pointy bits tend to look alike in fights.
Fair warning:
if the heartwrenching inevitable deaths of cuddly dinos is going to wreck you, rethink your plans or take a trusted crybuddy. There's a Spielbergian scene of maximum pathos that still makes me cry.
Oh, and people who look like kids to me are competent grownups with mad skills and it's very disconcerting to me.
I saw The Incredibles 2 yesterday. It was ok, but, I like the first one better. Still, the art and music had the same mid-century modern cool, which was fun to watch/hear.
I really enjoyed The Incredibles 2, mostly because more baby. I'd have to watch them one right after the other to rank them, but it's definitely more Toy Story 2 than Cars 2 in terms of Pixar sequel quality.
I saw Won't You Be My Neighbor tonight, the documentary about Fred Rogers. It's quite wonderful and inspiring and tear-jerking. What Would Fred Rogers Do, indeed.
No one told me Lady Bird was full of Sondheim. I would have watched it sooner.
