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lsandersonOver the last couple of weeks and two long plane rides, I watched a bunch of movies:
Monument Men: Better than I expected, but less than I'd hoped. Blanchett is great as usual.
Maleficent: Who ever thought this was a good idea? Bad. Bad. Bad. Kill the father and live happily ever after with the princess?
Godzilla: OMG. I think I slept through the setup, and then found Mac trucks falling through the plot holes.
Our Family: A Japanese tear-jerker. Rather Asian, but watchable. Two cute Japanese actors. I never did catch the issue with the oldest son.
Chef: A movie made by somebody that knows food! Whodathunk it. Just though it needed more script. Great cast. People who could use a knife using a knife. (Which is unusual for food ads/pics)
Her: Tried again and failed to get into the movie.
Pompeli: Jon Snow in sandals. I think we landed before I got anywhere.
Tim's Vermeer: Better than I expected. About the inventor of the Video Toaster trying to explain how Vermeer may have painted his pictures.
Million Dollar Arm: Despite a guy at work raving about the film (before it opened), I couldn't get past a scruffy Jon Hamm pitching a deal at the opening scene.
Monument Men: Better than I expected, but less than I'd hoped. Blanchett is great as usual.
Maleficent: Who ever thought this was a good idea? Bad. Bad. Bad. Kill the father and live happily ever after with the princess?
Godzilla: OMG. I think I slept through the setup, and then found Mac trucks falling through the plot holes.
Our Family: A Japanese tear-jerker. Rather Asian, but watchable. Two cute Japanese actors. I never did catch the issue with the oldest son.
Chef: A movie made by somebody that knows food! Whodathunk it. Just though it needed more script. Great cast. People who could use a knife using a knife. (Which is unusual for food ads/pics)
Her: Tried again and failed to get into the movie.
Pompeli: Jon Snow in sandals. I think we landed before I got anywhere.
Tim's Vermeer: Better than I expected. About the inventor of the Video Toaster trying to explain how Vermeer may have painted his pictures.
Million Dollar Arm: Despite a guy at work raving about the film (before it opened), I couldn't get past a scruffy Jon Hamm pitching a deal at the opening scene.
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Date: 2014-09-06 01:52 pm (UTC)I thought it was awfully trite in its approach to AI -- it was dealing with themes that had been dealt with in written fiction at least 20 years ago. I suppose that makes it groundbreaking for movies. I did think the future tech was nicely done.
Oh, and we both agreed it was too long. Cutting half an hour out would have tightened up with plot nicely.