As one of my all time favorite characters even I recognized from the onset this film had a steep climb because the writers had to invent a new origin. It was going to be impossible not to piss off the purists who take up the position you either write this movie with Spider-Man playing a central role or don't bother to film it. Could Venom have been better...YES but to do so would've meant an R rating but just ask anyone in marketing the real money is made in merch sales. it's hard to get parents to buy toys for kids who aren't old enough to see the film that's being targeted to that demographic. Venom: Let There Be Carnage is R rated because that character can't be filmed any other way you're also not seeing merch targeted at kids hell I haven't seen any real promotion for that film which is supposed to release in June. In the end Venom was just a means to make the money needed to prove a film with Carnage was viable and V3: Maximum Carnage is when I've always predicted we'll get the big Spidey crossover.

I lost all respect for Venom during the MRI scene. Unfortunately there was quite a bit lefr of the movie at that point.

THE COPS ARE ROBBERS

Looks like it may have been a TV movie. Good story. True story. I couldn't ever seem to get invested in the characters though.
They were doing incredibly stupid things, which lends more credence to it being based on a true story.

SALTY HAM

Short sad film. I liked it. but nothing particularly that hasn't been done before.

LUNCH

Short film. Don't know quite what to make of it. Wasted time I think.

TRUST ME I'M A LIFE GUARD

Short film. Lot of potential in some ways. But in the end I just wasted time wastching it.

I (re)watched Monty Python's The Meaning of Life. I'd forgotten how many exposed women's breasts were in that movie! Leading with that observation should give you an idea of how the comedy in the film holds up. There are a variety of sketches, a few which fall flat for me, but for the most part are true to the "Python" spirit. Ultimately my opinion of this effort isn't much different than when I first saw it shortly after its release: watch it if you want to be something of a Python completeist, otherwise there are funnier films (including near-contemporary comedies and satires) that I'd recommend over this one.

PEACEMAKER

Decent movie to watch. Leansa little too much toward outlandish for my tastes.

THE CONTRACT

Somewhat same review from me as Peacemaker, albeit a different scale.

I watched Nobody a couple of weeks ago with my Son.

It was a lot of fun and Bob Odenkirk really surprised me.

This is a followup for me to highly recommend the investment of 3 hours worth of time to watch Fleabag Season 2. It is a triumph. I don't know how precisely Season 1 maps/derives from Phoebe Waller-Bridge's one-woman stage show; it is fair to say that the first season's pacing and use of other characters was somewhat uneven, to me this appears to be due to the issues with adaptation. Season 2 fully embraces both the television medium and the ensemble cast and as a result it is pure joy watching it.

I think it is fair to say that you could skip Season 1, but there are several bits of important humor that will be missed if you didn't experience the first season. There are elements of catharsis in Season 2 that worked very well IMO because of extremely uncomfortably paced bits from Season 1.

If your are otherwise unwilling to invest 6 hours (both seasons) but are looking for any reason to try Fleabag, allow me to offer it up as the best comedic approach from a woman's perspective on television. Girls was IMO an embarrassment, and Fleabag is several cuts above situation comedies like The Mary Tyler Moore show, One Day at a Time and the like.

I finished up Invincible Season 1, and it did not disappoint. The series had the obvious benefit of working off a very strong source material, but I felt like it was very well adapted for an 8-hour TV series. I had been thinking back on all the elements that had been worked into the first seven episodes which come back later in the (comic) series, and then they went a closed the season with an explicit reminder of them! It felt almost like a challenge to Amazon to keep funding the series!

I also finished Season 2 of The Boys. This show surprised me by making some very bold deviations from the source material that mostly worked. There were a few small places where the continuity of the series (in-episode, and from episode-to-episode) were subtly impossible, but what we got in each episode was very well delivered and the arc of the season was much tighter than I expected it to be. It also delivered on the type of action and black comedy that I anticipated.

The writing team behind The Boys is to be congratulated. I felt like they were backing themselves into some narrative corners and missing some opportunities by not sticking to the original comic story line. They worked themselves out of trouble and demonstrated that you can deliver a solid super-hero story in eight episodes, and still find ways to include multiple human elements too. It is delicious efforts like this that make many of the other TV comic adaptations look weak in comparison.

"Godzilla vs. Kong." I had not seen any of the recent movies in either series, so the setup has some (to me) incomprehensible babble. The monster punch-'em-up part is great fun, though. I like the conceit that even raving conspiracy theorists are right sometimes.

I watched Scott Pilgrim's 10th Anniversary screening yesterday. It holds up. It even inspired a mafia game, and the link is in my signature.

Family has watched Mitchells vs the Machines twice this weekend. Instantly likable and anytime machines beg for their lives or show fear it tickles me.

I had (re)watched the Scott Pilgrim film last year... (so... during it's 10th anniversary?)... and I agree that it holds up quite well. The kinetic energy along with the simultaneously high and low stakes of young adulthood keep the film moving along at a perfect clip. Given the mainstream success that just about every actor in the film has enjoyed (before and after appearing in the film), there is also a fund side game of "oh hey, it's her/him" to be had.

It should also be noted that the creator's contemporary strong insistence that Knives and Scott do NOT belong together, which was always correct, has hopefully become more obvious in light of several prominent social movements of the last decade.

HARD RAIN
Decent action film. Definitly not Morgan Freeman best effort. Nor Christian Slater. Not rewatchable.
(Bizarre fact: I was an extra in a Christian Slater film. Spoke to him. Seemed like a very classy guy.)

FRAILTY
Interesting. Disturbing. Gross. Violent. Hard to get a handle on it. The ending was a twist I didn't like, but makes me want to rewatch it once more with it in mind.

A SIMPLE PLAN
I watched on the bases of Biil Paxton. It was a good movie idea but not executed well. It was at times silly. It reminded me so much of the situations in my life. Not worth watching again.

I have a whole lotta films queued up to watch, but instead I watched Season 1 of The Man in the High Castle. I was in the mood for a little bit of alternative history/speculative fiction and this hit the spot. It's impossible to say when I will get to the later seasons as I want to watch a few other different things before returning to it. I intend to return to it.

Alright it's been a while since I posted in here so here we go!

The Mitchells vs The Machines
A fantastic family movie. Loved every minute of it. Really good cast, animation styles, humor and heart.

Under the Silver Lake
Slowly making my way through A24's filmography. It's a conspiracy minded neo-noir that has David Lynch inspirations. It was a whole lot longer than I had expected. Happy to have seen it once, don't have the need to see it again. If you like David Lynchian films check it out for the comparison and then go watch "Blue Velvet".

Mortal Kombat (2021)
I went in wanting to see ridiculous bloody violence. It delivered. I'm fine with a certain missing aspect, I get that they're setting up a movie series. I didn't think Kano would be my favorite part of the movie.

Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Godzilla fighting even more monsters? Yes please. It's fun, plus it introduces one of my favorite conspiracies: Hollow earth. I have a tendency to read the IMDB trivia page for every movie I watch, this is the longest trivia page I've ever seen.

Godzilla vs Kong
Another fun monster fighting movie. Love how they expanded on the previous movie's introduction.

Layer Cake
It's been a while since I had seen this movie last. So long that I was noticing even more actors like Ben Wishaw (Paddington Bear and Q in the Craig Bond movies). Smart crime caper with dark comedic undertones.