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Saw both UNCUT GEMS and LITTLE WOMEN this weekend with my sister. Very different films but both excellent and very much in line with their respective directors previous work.
I am not a fan of LITTLE WOMEN in general but I love what Gerwig did with it. And, while it should be taken into consideration that I am currently minutes away from Concord, I was actually thrilled that we had to wait days to get tickets that didn't put us in the front row.
Just saw Little Women and found it delightful. I don't remember the book very well, I only read it once, as a kid, so if it wasn't a faithful adaptation, I don't care. I enjoyed it a lot.
I honestly want to see Little Women more than I want to see Rise of Skywalker.
Same, Teppy. I'm pretty much just going to ignore SW:RoS
I am on the fence about seeing the new star wars movie. Matthew wants to see it but I don't like Abrams at this point and don't like what I'm hearing about the movie.
I was never a fan of Little Women that I can remember so I will probably skip that. I'm sure I read Little Women but I don't remember being caught up in it.
I took Ryan to see SW:RoS yesterday. It wasn't great. I'm still glad I saw it, as is Ryan, but I wouldn't want to see it again. I agree that it pretty much threw out everything compelling from The Last Jedi, can't really add anything there. But even aside from that, it just wasn't a very good movie. The dialogue was pretty bland (sadly, due to the circumstances, most pronounced in General Leia's scenes). The plot was a somewhat incoherent series of spoon-fed segues to the next set piece. Near as I could tell the story had no moral any more complex than you'd find in an episode of Paw Patrol. (We watched some Paw Patrol while in the States. Some Loud House too. I don't think RoS quite reached the level of The Loud House.)
I think the movie would work for people who can still unconflictedly be all "STAR WARS WOOOOO", but otherwise I don't think it'd work very well.
I'm seeing Little Women tomorrow! Can't wait!
I think the movie would work for people who can still unconflictedly be all "STAR WARS WOOOOO"
That's definitely me, at least for some aspects. I bring my own woo, and then I use the movie as woo fuel.
I know a bunch of people who are unconflictedly WOO for Star Wars, my eldest niece among them, and I get their love, but it ain't for me. The only reason I'm going to see SW:ROS is because my BF wants to talk about it, and talking about with her will probably be more enjoyable than seeing the movie.
I grew up as an unconflictedly WOO Star Wars kid, but later some conflicts edged in. TLJ turned out to be exactly everything I'd been craving out of a Star Wars movie all my life without knowing it, which makes me extremely reluctant to see ROS.