Thursday at 12:19 PM2 days Send Help - a Sam Raimi "dark comedy thriller?" Should be right up my alley.--first quarter or third was decent enough, setting stuff up.--the rest fell flat for me. It's not that it's not slickly made (maybe a little too slick), with some of Raimi's camera funworks - and the two leads did more than decent acting, but I couldn't stand EITHER character at all. They were both horrible people (not even "love to hate" types) and maybe that was supposed to be darkly comical but largely I was simply annoyed. The annoyance grew and grew and by 3/4 mark I was over it and I would've killed both them myself if I was on their island. The ending didn't satisfy either.--the cgi boar looked terrible, but that might have been OTP on purpose to be "funny?" I miss Raimi's practical work. Oh well.I was oddly reminded a couple times of the 1989 movie War of the Roses - not in plot/setting but the chr dynamics/antipathy. Except WotRoses was more dark-amusing.======Project Hail Mary apparently went to MGM+ first, which I happen to sub to - so I get to rewatch it, in whole or in part, as often as I want for a while. Yay. it's such a feel good movie. Still gaming with my 9900k/2080ti/32 ram. One day I suppose a game may inspire me to finally upgrade. Maybe.
18 hours ago18 hr @PK htiw klaw eriFA blu-ray of a completely restored version of Ken Russell's The Devils will be releasing...at some point following a theatrical run in October. Warner Bros. finally decided to release it from the vaults before physical media dies altogether. Edited 18 hours ago18 hr by Bartimaeus Quote Against stupidity we have no defense. Neither protests nor force can touch it. Reasoning is of no use. Facts that contradict personal prejudices can simply be disbelieved - indeed, the fool can counter by criticizing them, and if they are undeniable, they can just be pushed aside as trivial exceptions. So the fool, as distinct from the scoundrel, is completely self-satisfied. In fact, they can easily become dangerous, as it does not take much to make them aggressive. For that reason, greater caution is called for than with a malicious one. Never again will we try to persuade the stupid person with reasons, for it is senseless and dangerous.
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