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. 😆
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Rico, pay attention, you dork. Jester's talking to you.
If you like Heinlein you have to instead think of this as a colorized version of a classic movie. Heinlein’s thoughts are washed away by the Hollywood-ness. It’s definitely not the book.
Not to say it’s not a good movie! I own it on DVD too…
@djg I like the view of it as a colorized version of a classic. It definitely watches that way. With the added flavor of satire, which I had not yet developed the palate for back in 97. 😆
I can't really read Heinlein anymore. Was just telling someone else, I still have a soft spot in my heart for Podkayne, but I can't truck with his militarism and (borderline?) misogyny anymore.
I always liked Door into Summer myself but I agree reading books written in 1957 have a decidedly different feel
@djg They definitely do. It's interesting to see how novel-writing has changed in the relatively few decades since then, as readers' expectations changed.
I know I must've read Door Into Summer, but it's been too long. If I ever get through my current To-Read Shelf (ha!), I'll have to give it another look.
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