'Bushwhacked'
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I saw Hell or High Water this afternoon, which is a terrific little film with great performances, about a pair of brothers driven to bank robbery out of desperation and Jeff Bridges as the Texas Ranger after them.
Agreed. It was a good way to break the cycle of pretty crappy summer movies.
It was a good way to break the cycle of pretty crappy summer movies.
They were pretty lackluster, huh. I don't think I liked any summer movie as much as I liked Civil War. I did enjoy Ghostbusters, though.
Kubo and the Two Strings is probably the best movie I've seen all year, but it's awash in a sea of meh.
They were pretty lackluster, huh. I don't think I liked any summer movie as much as I liked Civil War. I did enjoy Ghostbusters, though.
I liked GB but that was about it. Last year spoiled me I think.
ETA: By summer movies I mean big action or otherwise geared towards a summer audience. I've seen good smaller stuff.
In other news, I just got back from Mira Nair's Queen of Katwe and it is everything you might think a Disney sports movie directed by Mira Nair would be. Delightful. Heartwarming. Colorful. Solid performances by Lupita and David Oyelowo and the young lead was particularly good.
Yay, megan. I wanted that to be good, and I love David Oyelowo. (Danny! :sob:)
I'm doing Toronto Film Festival this year -- took a whole week off and everything -- and will be seeing Queen of Katwe on Sat the 17th. Happy to hear that it is delightful!
Just got into town this AM and my first film was Maren Ade's Toni Erdmann this afternoon, which is a German comedy about a father-daughter relationship that's almost 3 hours long. Wow. Talk about setting the bar high for the rest of the festival. It was offbeat and lovely and often falling-off-the-chair funny, and contained what was probably the greatest onscreen rendition of a Whitney Houston song of all time.
Oh wait, Finding Dory was really good! So there's that.
They were pretty lackluster, huh. I don't think I liked any summer movie as much as I liked Civil War. I did enjoy Ghostbusters, though.
I thought Star Trek Beyond was entertaining. I didn't really expect much more out of it than to be entertaining, though.
DH is at TFF right now, Vonnie, maybe you'll cross paths!