Sam's Thread of Movie Lists and Chit Chat (w/Jake)

[Alex]

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The Batman is not the sort of film that you should see the midnight showing of. It's long and slow. Intermittently interesting, frequently boring. Can't decide if it gets ☆☆ or ☆☆☆☆.

I've heard that. The idea of it being more detective than action has me intrigued though

[Uncle Sam]

1. Drive My Car ★★★★★
2. The Souvenir Part II ★★★★★
3. Licorice Pizza ★★★★
4. Turning Red ★★★★
5. Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes ★★★
6. Jackass Forever ★★★
8. The Duke ★★★
9. Boiling Point ★★★
10. The Batman ★★★
11. Death on the Nile ★★
12. Nightmare Alley ★★

A three star film by way of a one star film and a five star film was how I felt about The Batman. Sometimes thrilling and sometimes tedious. Maybe simultaneously too generous and harsh.

Turning Red is probably Pixar's out and out funniest film, for my money.

I'll be seeing Ambulance tonight, hopefully X tomorrow and Everything Everywhere All at Once when the UK settles its historic debt to A24.

[Uncle Sam]

1. Drive My Car ★★★★★
2. The Souvenir Part II ★★★★★
3. Licorice Pizza ★★★★
4. Turning Red ★★★★
5. Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes ★★★
6. Jackass Forever ★★★
7. The Duke ★★★
8. Boiling Point ★★★
9. The Batman ★★★
10. Death on the Nile ★★
11. Belle ★★
12. Nightmare Alley ★★

Apparently I forgot to add Belle to my list after I saw it, which is just as well - it wasn't very good.

[Uncle Sam]

1. Drive My Car ★★★★★
2. The Souvenir Part II ★★★★★
3. Licorice Pizza ★★★★
4. Turning Red ★★★★
5. Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes ★★★
6. Jackass Forever ★★★
7. The Duke ★★★
8. Boiling Point ★★★
9. The Batman ★★★
10. Death on the Nile ★★
11. Belle ★★
12. Nightmare Alley ★★
13. Ambulance ★

Look, something has to live on the other end of the scale and it might as well be the film so frenetically shot and cut that it made me physically ill.

[Y 2 Jake]

March

1. Red Rocket ☆☆☆☆☆
2. Monsters Inc. ☆☆☆☆☆
3. The Godfather ☆☆☆☆☆
4. The Godfather Part 2 ☆☆☆☆
5. The Godfather Coda ☆☆☆☆
6. The Lost City ☆☆☆☆
7. The Batman ☆☆☆☆
8. Hercules ☆☆☆
9. The Nan Movie ☆☆☆
10. Apollo 13 ☆☆☆
11. X ☆☆☆
12. Ambulance ☆☆☆
13. The Phantom of the Open ☆☆☆
14. The Novice ☆☆
15. Umma ☆☆
16. On the Other Foot ☆

Michael Bay got a drone for Christmas. I watched it over a bottle of wine and had a pretty good time.

Stone cold sober when I saw the Nan Movie and somehow enjoyed myself. To be fair, I did have my dog put down a few days before so I probably needed something undemanding. That said, how the fuck did that get two laughs out of me. Very disappointed in myself.

[Uncle Sam]

Sorry to hear about the dog but I'm glad the comedy stylings of Catherine Tate provided some solace.

1. Drive My Car ★★★★★
2. The Souvenir Part II ★★★★★
3. Licorice Pizza ★★★★
4. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent ★★★★
5. X ★★★★
6. Turning Red ★★★★
7. The Worst Person in the World ★★★★
8. The Northman ★★★
9. The Tragegy of Macbeth ★★★
10. Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes ★★★
11. Jackass Forever ★★★
12. The Duke ★★★
13. Boiling Point ★★★
14. The Batman ★★★
15. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 ★★
16. Death on the Nile ★★
17. Belle ★★
18. Nightmare Alley ★★
19. Ambulance ★

The Northman could have been directed by Ridley Scott. And I mean that as a grievous insult. What happened to the guy who had Robert Pattinson fucking a mermaid?

X is the best Texas Chainsaw Massacre sequel, possibly ever?

[Y 2 Jake]

April so far has given me three 5 star new releases. Surely a record.

[Y 2 Jake]

April

1. Starship Troopers ☆☆☆☆☆
2. Playground ☆☆☆☆☆
3. The Worst Person In the World ☆☆☆☆☆
4. CODA ☆☆☆☆☆
5. Murina ☆☆☆☆
6. Compartment No. 6 ☆☆☆☆
7. The Power of the Dog ☆☆☆☆
8. All the Old Knives ☆☆☆☆
9. Revolution of Our Times ☆☆☆☆
10. True Things ☆☆☆
11. Luca ☆☆☆
12. The Northman ☆☆☆
13. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent ☆☆☆
14. The Bad Guys ☆☆☆
15. Dr. No ☆☆☆
16. From Russia With Love ☆☆☆
17. Sonic The Hedgehog 2 ☆☆
18. Fantastic Beasts 3 ☆☆
19. Operation Mincemeat ☆☆
20. Morbius ☆

Struggling with the Bond season two films in. Going to be a long few months.

Going Cannes next month so I can get a head start on next year's films.

[Y 2 Jake]

Marvel let Sam Raimi put about 15% of Sam Raimi into Doctor Strange.

[Y 2 Jake]

Cannes is as gaudy as you would expect.