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More recent movie thoughts

So first off; Megalopolis. I have no idea what I watched. It was kind of pretty, but didn't make any sense. It reminded me of the sort of film you got in the Golden era of Hollywood, mixed with some Shakespeare and set in some kind of futuristic Roman version of New York.

The Outrun, however, I enjoyed. It's about a woman trying to overcome an addiction to alcohol. There are lots of cute animals and picturesque shots of the Orkneys. There isn't too much to say about it really as the concept and plot is not at all complicated. Which is in stark contrast to Megalopolis which is trying to be this clever, complicated film and has just ended up a mess. #MovieReview

My thoughts on The Substance

I don't like horror movies, but I decided (foolishly?) that maybe The Substance wouldn't be so bad? It wasn't at all scary, but there was lots of medical stuff - injections mostly - and lots and lots of gore. It is about the misogyny and ageism of the movie/tv industry and how once a woman reaches a certain age, she's tossed onto the scrap heap and replaced with a younger replacement. Such is the case with the protagonist of this movie - she hits 50 and the head of the network wants her replaced with a 20something. She discovers "The Substance", a wonder drug that can unlock a younger better version of herself. And it doesn't quite work out how she plans.

The transformation into her new version was not at all what I expected based on what you see in the trailer. Very gory. Very traumatic. The prosthetics effects are amazing, or at least I'm guessing they're not CGI. Moore looks amazing, which just hammers home the daftness of the disgusting character that Quaid plays. Not a movie I'd probably watch again, but I think it was good - just not my sort of thing. #MovieReview

I watched Lee...

I went and saw Lee in the cinema and thought it was very good. It's about a celebrated WW2 photographer who despite the sexism of the time, managed to make quite the career for herself. And she took lots of photos that opened the eyes of the folk back home to the horror of that war. I've little interest in WW2, so wasn't aware of her, but now I am I guess. They did an amazing job of recreating the scenes she'd have taken photos of which made for a bit of a grim watch in places, but not entirely unexpected. What was unexpected, was...well it'd be a spoiler to say, but I did find that it was what made me really like the movie. #MovieReview