Rated: PG-13 - Runtime: 124 min
tesg's Rating: Two and one half stars (out of four)
“Vers” (pronounced “Veirs” like indie folk rock goddess Laura Veirs), later to be revealed as Carol Danvers (no relation to Kara Danvers...you know, Supergirl) can clearly kick ass but has a history of being held back because she’s a girl. Seriously, they overplay the crap out of this, including a scene where a fellow pilot tells her “there’s a reason it’s called a COCKpit.” I spent a lot of time glaring at the screen over this nonsense. This wasn’t set that far back in time (1995 if you’re making wagers.)
Vers is on the good guy team trying to take out the bad guys...or IS she? Between manipulation and her own memory issues, who knows. At the point they twist the plot, if I were her, I’d have said “Screw you all, I don’t trust any of you”, locked myself in my home, taken meals via delivery, and binge watched my shows for the rest of my life. Not even the cat can be trusted in this movie, a fact that is probably the most obvious to see coming.
Thursday, March 28, 2019
Friday, February 15, 2019
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
Rated: PG-13 - Runtime: 122 min
tesg's Rating: Two and one half stars (out of four)
This was an abandoned James Cameron project that somebody else took up and wanted to make into a James Cameron-style epic. He failed miserably, but you can see why Cameron would really like the source material. I really enjoyed the first 3/4 of this, but then it just kind of went off the rails for me.
tesg's Rating: Two and one half stars (out of four)
This was an abandoned James Cameron project that somebody else took up and wanted to make into a James Cameron-style epic. He failed miserably, but you can see why Cameron would really like the source material. I really enjoyed the first 3/4 of this, but then it just kind of went off the rails for me.
Monday, February 11, 2019
Cold Pursuit (2019)
Rated: R - Runtime: 118 min
tesg’s Rating: three stars (out of four)
Now THIS is my kind of revenge movie. It may be my favorite Neeson revenge movie ever. It’s a ton of fun with some ridiculous death scenes. The bad guys and law enforcement are completely oblivious to what’s going on in a way that reminds one of Clint Eastwood in “The Mule”. The dialogue is sparse. Laura Dern’s absolutely perfect letter reflects this. The cinematography is stark and beautiful, but it’s set in the mountains of Colorado in the winter, so why wouldn’t it be.
I probably had as much fun watching this as I did most of “The Lego Movie 2”.
tesg’s Rating: three stars (out of four)
Now THIS is my kind of revenge movie. It may be my favorite Neeson revenge movie ever. It’s a ton of fun with some ridiculous death scenes. The bad guys and law enforcement are completely oblivious to what’s going on in a way that reminds one of Clint Eastwood in “The Mule”. The dialogue is sparse. Laura Dern’s absolutely perfect letter reflects this. The cinematography is stark and beautiful, but it’s set in the mountains of Colorado in the winter, so why wouldn’t it be.
I probably had as much fun watching this as I did most of “The Lego Movie 2”.