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My thoughts on Blink Twice

So I watched Blink Twice and I think I liked it, but I'm not sure it is something I'd want to watch again any time soon. Not because it isn't a good movie - I think it was very well written, acted etc - but because the subject matter is way darker than anything else I've seen recently. The movie is even prefaced with trigger warnings, which I think was a nice touch, but a bit late, because by that point you've already bought tickets and sat through 30 minutes of ads and trailers. You really need to know going in if you're going to have any difficulties with the subject matter...whilst at the same time not having the whole movie spoilt for you. Cos the whole point of having a twist in a movie, is that it is a surprise when it happens.

Thoughts on the new Alien movie

I have to say, the new addition to the Alien franchise is pretty good. It isn't doing anything original admittedly - it has the usual face huggers, xenomorphs, milky androids and corporations making foolish decisions. But it does have a whole new cast of snacks for the xenomorphs to chew down on though, rather than defrosting Ripley for the umpteenth time. Overall, it looks pretty, has plenty of jump scares and the plot makes some sense, even if some of the decisions made by the characters is dumb as hell. They are only human after all.

Excited frothing over Deadpool and Wolverine

So I saw Deadpool and Wolverine and it was perfection. From the moment the movie starts, Ryan hits the ground running with awesomeness. It is hilariously funny. And there are so many cameos and references, I could spend hours listing them all. Not that if you've never seen or read any Marvel stuff that you'd find it hard to understand, it is very easy to get into. Although I suppose it does have some spoilers for some of the older movies, but I suppose Deadpool 1 did as well. Anyway, it is definitely one of my favourite movies of the year so far.

My thoughts on "Twisters"

I watched Twisters. I enjoyed the film - it is exactly how you'd imagine it be to, even without any prior knowledge. Lots of crazy action scenes as they chase tornados, with things getting whirled off into oblivion, or smashed into things. There was also a fair amount of weather science mentioned. Which I am assuming it was pretty accurate cos they had a very sizeable number of meteorologists listed in the credits. I don't remember the last time I watched Twister, so if there is any continuity between the 2, it was completely lost on me. I have a slight desire to watch it now to see how they compare.

Fly Me To The Moon

I watched Fly Me To The Moon last week and it was glorious. I really liked it a lot cos well, I like space stuff and this is a movie about the Apollo 11 mission. And also the plan to have a fake version as a backup in case the real thing went FUBAR (which obviously didn't happen). And as I said already, it was glorious. It has everything - action, romance, comedy, explosions, fire, rockets and a very adorable looking cat.

It is certainly a movie I would happily go and see again in the not so distance future if there wasn't anything else showing at my local cinema that I fancied watching. Which might be the case as we still have far too many days until Deadpool 3 is showing 😁