So far today, Day 14 of #CovidJail, I have watched two #movies.
That is to say, I watched one all the way through.
The second, I gave up on one hour in.
The one I finished was #BlackBox with Mamoudou Athie and Phylicia Rashad. It was fine. I guessed the twist the first time Athie's character experienced a jarring memory. The rest of the storyline was wholly predictable. Athie's acting and Amanda Christine's were the only part I can say I enjoyed. Rashad as a mad scientist was fine.
1/
The second movie was #Foe with Saiorse Ronan. Frankly, I kept waiting for something to happen. At the 59 minute mark, when nothing had happened to get me emotionally invested with the characters, I paused and went looking for a synopsis.
The amount of story they had, they could've wrapped that up in 30 minutes. No reason to stretch it nearly 2 hours. *yawn*
I haven't seen #StarshipTroopers since before it earned cult status, so I'ma try that next. 🤞
2/2
Okay, #StarshipTroopers, your first 3 minutes are already more hilarious than I remembered.
When I saw this in theaters 27 (!?!!!?!?! wtf) years ago, I was still very much a Heinlein fan and expecting it to be just like the novel. Thus, I despised the movie.
That was definitely about fifty Courtneys ago. 😆
RICO! RICO!
Rico, pay attention, you dork. Jester's talking to you.
"I doubt anyone here would recognize civic virtue if it reached up and bit you in the ass."
That seems like a useful quote for diverse situations. 🤣
Doogie Howser!?!!???!?
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"Cyrano, get off my leg!"
I had no idea we'd get into classic literature territory here.
Whoooooo, these military ads are SO today's politicians posing for Christmas cards with their families and every member armed with AR-15s.
"Do you think I'm funny? Do I make you laugh? Do you think I'm a comedian?"
CLANCY EFFIN BROWN IN DA HOUSE! 😄
"DEW YEW *GET* ME?!" 🤣
Diz already annoys me, but her kicking Rico and Ace into the mud is satisfying. 😉😁
Watching Carmen and her crew flying in their little shuttle, I'm all WHERE ARE THEIR HELMETS?!?
Too much #BattlestarGalactica lately 😆
Oh good! Laser tag! 😀
Is it still a Dear John(ny) letter if she's in the service too?
I did not remember *anything* from this movie. Guess I hated it so much the first time, I blocked it out. 😆
Denise Richards is just an adorable little cutie pie.
"Arachnid Quarantine Zone" is just not something that should ever need to exist.
No, Johnny! Don't take the stroll down Washout Lane!
Hate it when the bugs whack us good, Johnny.
"WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW *MORE*?"
Nothing like getting kids to stomp cockroaches like a gang of gleeful sociopaths.
Nutso drill sergeants, jarheads and fleet officers, fistfight over a girl, get the matching group tats, follow orders without question, utterly destroy the enemy without mercy -- how did 20yo me not see the ridiculous satire of this movie?
Fifty Courtneys ago. At least.
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@ColesStreetPothole @Geoffberner Yeah, I can see that now. Agree with you on Heinlein -- that's one reason I quit reading him. That and his depictions of women.
But I was still a fan in '97, so when the movie didn't line up with the book, I was disappoint. Verhoeven really made it what it needed to be, and what our culture needed it to be. But there were too many people back then like me who didn't get it.
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