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.
@courtcan As a heinlein fan years ago, i immediately despised this film. but as a nerd and dork just loving loud,escapist, friday afternoon action-thriller mayhem, i LOVED this film.
and it continues to get better with age.
exactly the same as heinlein continues to get worse with age. (btw: don’t reread #stranger: it’s totally #cringe)
it’s like there’s some mathematical correlation involved
@kmmfoo Too late. I read it about 15?ish years ago. Did not enjoy, do not recommend. 😫
I agree with you about that mathematical correlation. The older I get, the squickier I feel about a lot of the classic sci-fi and fantasy I grew up loving. They brought me so much joy back then...but once you see, you cannot unsee.
Court Cantrell does not comply
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