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Chose history for my subject. I've seen a number of Bollywood films (yes, I know that RRR is Tollywood), but RRR might be the best I've seen. This story of friendship, betrayal, dancing/singing, and overcoming the British overlords definitely took my breath away.
Tough to decide which was second. Elvis should have been the pick. Austin Butler took hold of the role and grabbed it. But it almost felt like despite some moments that Baz Luhrmann chose traditional for his biopic and Tom Hanks was kind of a mixed bag as Colonel Parker. His accent was bad, but I did buy him as a bad guy even if it overplayed the Snowman angle a bit.
Zero expectations for Dracula Untold which played with the Vlad the Impaler legend with that of Dracula. It kind of plays out a bit like Underworld. I had some fun with it, though.
Noah was the weak link. Although expectations for this Darren Aronofsky film were strong, I felt like a weak script and extended runtime did it in. There are some highlights such as when Russell Crowe explains creation to his sons, but not enough of them.
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The best of these was almost Best Picture winner La La Land, which took on the musical for modern times and mainly stayed on its feet with a song in its head and dance in its heart. Nice chemistry from the leads and I think I like jazz a bit more now?
Next would probably be Guardians of the Galaxy, a fun space journey with a group of at times hostile strangers who form a family as they try to save something from getting in the wrong hands. A lot of fun!
Top Gun: Maverick is one of those crowd-pleasing films that also manages to dive into middle aged Maverick as he adjusts to the new kids in the Navy, including Rooster's son. Mainly threads the needle between fan service and being its own film.
All Quiet on the Western Front tackles war as hell and largely succeeds on that merit, but not much beyond that, sadly.
Les Miserables has its good and bad points, but in the end of the day is a big screen musical that can't quite translate what made the stage version so successful.
Chose history for my subject. I've seen a number of Bollywood films (yes, I know that RRR is Tollywood), but RRR might be the best I've seen. This story of friendship, betrayal, dancing/singing, and overcoming the British overlords definitely took my breath away.
Tough to decide which was second. Elvis should have been the pick. Austin Butler took hold of the role and grabbed it. But it almost felt like despite some moments that Baz Luhrmann chose traditional for his biopic and Tom Hanks was kind of a mixed bag as Colonel Parker. His accent was bad, but I did buy him as a bad guy even if it overplayed the Snowman angle a bit.
Zero expectations for Dracula Untold which played with the Vlad the Impaler legend with that of Dracula. It kind of plays out a bit like Underworld. I had some fun with it, though.
Noah was the weak link. Although expectations for this Darren Aronofsky film were strong, I felt like a weak script and extended runtime did it in. There are some highlights such as when Russell Crowe explains creation to his sons, but not enough of them.
I Feel Pretty
The best of these was almost Best Picture winner La La Land, which took on the musical for modern times and mainly stayed on its feet with a song in its head and dance in its heart. Nice chemistry from the leads and I think I like jazz a bit more now?
Next would probably be Guardians of the Galaxy, a fun space journey with a group of at times hostile strangers who form a family as they try to save something from getting in the wrong hands. A lot of fun!
Top Gun: Maverick is one of those crowd-pleasing films that also manages to dive into middle aged Maverick as he adjusts to the new kids in the Navy, including Rooster's son. Mainly threads the needle between fan service and being its own film.
All Quiet on the Western Front tackles war as hell and largely succeeds on that merit, but not much beyond that, sadly.
Les Miserables has its good and bad points, but in the end of the day is a big screen musical that can't quite translate what made the stage version so successful.
