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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 😁

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.