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

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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.

#JestersDead

@courtcan I love this movie so much. I have it on DVD. And I am so glad at how it confounds Heinlein fans (even though yes a million years ago I was one too, as a teen).

RIP Diz. 😢

@ColesStreetPothole Yeah, I'm kinda curious as to what my 82yo dad would think of it if he watched it today. He's still a major Heinlein fan and doesn't understand my criticism of the man. *SIGH*
@courtcan He'd probably react the same way you did in '97. Maybe worse? Or maybe not? People can have a fondness for things without being wedded to them.