Rated: PG-13 - Runtime: 132 min
tesg's Rating: Two stars (out of four)
There’s a whole lot of WTF going on here (even one of the characters points this out) until the movie takes a breather about 30 minutes in to explain itself. After that, at least we understand what’s going on, but it doesn't make it any more fun to watch. The monster battles are vague at best and the battle footage keeps getting interrupted by cutting to human melodrama happening in the background as if they were undercut on the special effects budget and they had to fake it.
Mothra makes an appearance. Poor Mothra deserved better than this.
Saturday, June 1, 2019
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Booksmart (2019)
Rated: R - Runtime: 105 min
tesg's Rating: Three stars (out of four)
Booksmart is paced a lot like Lady Bird, and that's not a bad thing. It's what makes this stand out from the classic "first time at a high school party" genre. I laughed out loud for nearly the entire first fifteen minutes of this movie. There's still plenty to laugh at after that, of course, as well as the surprise, hope, and teen drama twists you'd expect in such a movie. And...spoilers...it ends in a really great place.
As teen party comedies go, this is a really good one.
tesg's Rating: Three stars (out of four)
Booksmart is paced a lot like Lady Bird, and that's not a bad thing. It's what makes this stand out from the classic "first time at a high school party" genre. I laughed out loud for nearly the entire first fifteen minutes of this movie. There's still plenty to laugh at after that, of course, as well as the surprise, hope, and teen drama twists you'd expect in such a movie. And...spoilers...it ends in a really great place.
As teen party comedies go, this is a really good one.
Friday, May 17, 2019
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Rated: R - Runtime: 130 min
tesg's Rating: Three stars (out of four)
This is the best of the John Wick movies. Best script, best fight scenes, best sets, and most fun overall. There's tons of deaths by gun and sword of course, but also by use of dog, horse, library book, and more. The one thing to overlook...or maybe embrace...is the primary bad guy is played by the same guy who played The Chairman on Iron Chef America. (Naturally, his first scene is in a restaurant kitchen.)
Every punch, kick, drop, and gunshot are exaggerated with resounding thumps, so seek out a theatre with a killer sound system to see this in. This is the first John Wick movie I wouldn't mind seeing again.
tesg's Rating: Three stars (out of four)
This is the best of the John Wick movies. Best script, best fight scenes, best sets, and most fun overall. There's tons of deaths by gun and sword of course, but also by use of dog, horse, library book, and more. The one thing to overlook...or maybe embrace...is the primary bad guy is played by the same guy who played The Chairman on Iron Chef America. (Naturally, his first scene is in a restaurant kitchen.)
Every punch, kick, drop, and gunshot are exaggerated with resounding thumps, so seek out a theatre with a killer sound system to see this in. This is the first John Wick movie I wouldn't mind seeing again.