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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 😁

Kinds of Kindness

I watched Kinds of Kindness tonight, the new film by the guy that did Poor Things. Actually it's 3 short films, with a common set of cast and sets. I'm not sure if there is a common theme, but that might be because I was in no way drunk or stoned enough to fully appreciate it. Basically it was utterly bonkers, far more so than Poor Things was. And I think I enjoyed it, except for the couple of bits of body horror.

One thing to note, there is a mid credit scene. Everyone else in the screening walked out before it happened, even though there was quite a large hint that there was something had yet to happen.

Thoughts about the movie "IF"

Just saw the latest movie by Canadian national treasure, Ryan Reynolds...the latest kids movie, "IF", not the much anticipated Deadpool sequel. This movie follows a young girl who discovers she can see Imaginary Friends who have been abandoned by their kids due to having grown up. And trying to find them a place in the world so they don't just disappear, which is a thing that can happen apparently. Overall not too bad, kinda funny in places, kinda also giving you lots of feels too. Especially as the movie opens with a flashback montage of life leading up to her mom dying of some sickness (cancer?) before starting with her arriving at her gran's cos her dad in hospital with some kind of heart condition.

Why do kids movies these days like to kick us in the feels? I think there was a kid in the row behind me and they seemed to be having a whale of a time though, so maybe it is only us jaded emotionally damaged adults whose feelings take a kicking watching these movies? That said, it is far more gentle than say Up, or Inside Out was so my feels are only slightly bruised rather than having taken a 2 hour long pounding.

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Before watching the latest Planet of the Apes instalment, I prepared myself by watching the previous 3 as I'm pretty certain I'd never seen War and given I got asked me if I wanted to continue playback, I'd only watched some of Dawn. Out of the 3, I still like Rise - I've watched it many times now. I think I prefer War over Dawn, if only because it had a slightly more interesting plot and it feels like a proper sequel.

I also liked Kingdom, although it wasn't at all what I expected. This is mostly down to the synopsis I saw for it, which better described a non-existant movie that occurred between War and Kingdom that talked about the apes leaving their new home and expanding outwards. That had already happened by the time Kingdom starts and a great many different ape settlements have sprung up in the 300 years between the two movies. I liked the idea that our protagonists' clan has formed a strong affinity with eagles, rearing and training them from birth to be their allies in the sky. I wonder if we'll see other clans with other animal bonds in the future films?

The main niggle I have with all the sequels so far, is they're all basically telling the same sort of story. It is all about the pursuit of power in some form or other. Which is very definitely a human trait, but is it an ape one? Are the stories they're writing really just about humanity in ape form? I don't know...hopefully the future films will focus on some other aspect?

More movie reviews

First up - Love Lies Bleeding. Similar in vein as Drive Away Dolls, this also features lesbians vs criminals, but it definitely not a comedy. Our hapless couple are Lou, who works at the local gym and Jackie who is a body builder passes through on her way to a competition in Vegas. And the criminal element is Lou's somewhat estranged father. Murder, drugs, gun fights.

Abigail is a comedy about a gang of kidnappers who find the daughter they've kidnapped is not the helpless little girl they think she is. As kinda spoilered by the trailer - she's a vampire. This is definitely a comedy though with lots of gore and galleons of fake blood spraying everywhere. Think along the lines of Lost Boys, but not so 80s camp.

And finally, The Fall Guy. Which was amazing and exactly what I had hoped it would be. It is very loosely based on the ancient TV show starring Lee Majors which was about a stunt guy who would help rescue the victim of the week from whatever trouble they were in. The movie falls into a similar theme, except our protagonist is the one who is in the middle of a fine old mess that he needs to extract himself from, all the while trying to hook back up with his ex. I would not be surprised if it was full of easter eggs that I missed, but I enjoy seeing Lee Majors making a cameo and the theme song from the TV show playing in the credits.