Marvel's movie making talent seems boundless. Guardians combined huge sci-fi set pieces, just plain oddness, a good dash of goofiness and mixed it up with a plot about saving the galaxy and somehow came out with a great movie that was fun to watch.
I'm not saying that Guardians deserves any Oscars or that it leaves you pondering big questions after you leave the theater, but it is a ton of fun to watch.
I cannot wait to see the sequel when it gets to iTunes and I can rent it when the wife and kid are out.
Wednesday, June 28, 2017
ARQ
Netflix's original content is a little all over the map when it comes to quality. In my experiences, it is either great or terrible. There was never anything that was just OK.
Then I watched ARQ. It is an interesting, if well worn, premise. The acting is solid. The story is solid. The pacing is well done. The sets are believable.
ARQ is a solid, if not terribly inspired, piece of genre cinema.
It is good to know that Netflix can do workman like quality. That makes me feel like they could have a long future of in the content business. Nobody lasts very long when they can only hit the extremes.
The only thing I didn't like about ARQ was the ending. The movie didn't quite earn the right to have the sort of ending it had. However, like everything else about ARQ, the ending was just fine.
Then I watched ARQ. It is an interesting, if well worn, premise. The acting is solid. The story is solid. The pacing is well done. The sets are believable.
ARQ is a solid, if not terribly inspired, piece of genre cinema.
It is good to know that Netflix can do workman like quality. That makes me feel like they could have a long future of in the content business. Nobody lasts very long when they can only hit the extremes.
The only thing I didn't like about ARQ was the ending. The movie didn't quite earn the right to have the sort of ending it had. However, like everything else about ARQ, the ending was just fine.
Sunday, June 4, 2017
Sky High
Not even Bruce Campbell could make this a good movie. It was a mid budget after school special that some how made it to the big screen.
As a Netflix family movie night entry, it was perfectly fine.
The funniest part of the movie was that I mistook the actress who plays flower girl for the actress that plays Jemma Simmons.
As a Netflix family movie night entry, it was perfectly fine.
The funniest part of the movie was that I mistook the actress who plays flower girl for the actress that plays Jemma Simmons.
Dr. Strange
Having a kid makes it hard to catch the MCU in the theater, where they should seen. Netflix, on the other hand, makes it easy to see them at the same scale as the MNU.
Dr. Strange definitely needed to be seen on the bigger scale for the visuals. The same cannot be said for the story. The plot, the story, the characters all felt like they belonged along side the MNU.
Dr. Strange was a great movie, but it didn't feel like an MCU film. I saw Civil War on Netflix and Civil War was just bigger.
Family and friendship being torn apart over the moral chooses involved in protecting the world, are much more compelling than a self centered know it all gaining the ability to manipulate time and space. Strange is the worst parts of Tony Stark mixed up with Iron Fist mysticism.
Maybe it is just that some of the other MCU characters are just more likable and trustworthy. Maybe, Strange would have fit better in the MNU.
Dr. Strange definitely needed to be seen on the bigger scale for the visuals. The same cannot be said for the story. The plot, the story, the characters all felt like they belonged along side the MNU.
Dr. Strange was a great movie, but it didn't feel like an MCU film. I saw Civil War on Netflix and Civil War was just bigger.
Family and friendship being torn apart over the moral chooses involved in protecting the world, are much more compelling than a self centered know it all gaining the ability to manipulate time and space. Strange is the worst parts of Tony Stark mixed up with Iron Fist mysticism.
Maybe it is just that some of the other MCU characters are just more likable and trustworthy. Maybe, Strange would have fit better in the MNU.
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