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The Roses is loosely based off of the book The War of the Roses (itself made into a movie back in 80s) and is a dark comedy about a couple whose marriage is going off the rails. I don't remember much about the version from the 80s, but I feel this is a fresh re-imagining of the story. I enjoyed it a lot, it's hilariously funny and the leads, Colman and Cumberbatch, put on a stellar performance as the unhappy couple.
Superman musings
I watched Superman and it was surprisingly good, even by recent DC/WB standards. And I think they did a good job for a Superman movie too. He is cares about the people and the world he's trying to save and tries to avoid getting innocent civilians involved in the fights he is having. It was funny without being too silly. Violent without being dark and gritty. And Hoult did a stand up job playing Lex too.
Overall, I think they have solid footing to attempt to make an another extended universe. I guess we'll have to wait and see if this was a lucky fluke or if they've actually learnt their lesson to not run before they can even stand.
Ooops
I just noticed that nothing I've been posting has been getting out to anyone following via Mastodon. Normal service should hopefully be resumed now?
Musings on the F1 movie
I watched the F1 movie earlier in the week and it was very enjoyable. I'm sure it'd have people who watch/know anything about the sport frothing at the mouth cos a lot of the plot does seem kinda far fetched to me. In the sense that, if Brad's character really had staged a number of bumps to give his team mate a tactical advantage, he'd have faced some form of penality or ban or something. But I enjoyed it, I found it entertaining and the climax is definitely nail biting, edge of your seat stuff too. Plus I would never in a million years realised who voiced FRIDAY in the MCU and now I do.
Thoughts on The Last Breath
The Last Breath is a movie based on a real life incident, about some deep sea divers who repairs cables and stuff out in the North Sea. There's a storm, the boat above loses its ability to maintain position and the hose for one of the divers gets severed, leaving him with only a few minutes of air in his emergency tank. And the bulk of the movie is the crew and dive team trying to rescue him. The underwater effects are amazingly realistic - they managed to make it look as dark, murky, cold and inhospitable as I imagine the real thing is like. And whilst it isn't a horror movie, it was certainly terrifying to watch - I was on the edge of my seat the whole time and constantly reminding myself to breathe.