Ever since I watched this movie I’ve had a hard time remembering it’s name. Which probably says a lot about the film right there. I actually think the biggest problem with the movie is that it has the wrong lead.
No offense to Hugh Jackman and company they were fine.
As we get ready for all the new 2020 movies I thought I’d wrap up my movie year in a one sentence for each film post 🙂 I had fun looking back and doing this for 2018.
Though to keep it simple I am limiting it to 2019 theatrical releases mostly in the order I saw them.
Doctor Sleep
Directed By: Mike Flanagan
Having not read the book I went into this movie expecting it to lean heavily on Danny Torrance and his return to the Overlook Hotel- the haunted hell hotel where the events of The Shining took place.
I was pleasantly surprised that the highlight of this movie was the war between Rose the Hat and young justice seeking Abra.
Men In Black: International
Directed By: F. Gary Gray
So I was sitting watching Men in Black International the other day thinking to myself… Why isn’t this working?
Two talented likable leads.
Aliens.
It should be good right?
Life
Directed by: Daniel Espinosa
Grade: B+
Life is about a group of scientists on the International Space Station that discover an alien life form. Unfortunately not E.T. I should say first off that I have certainly heard the Alien comparisons, and understand them, but my Alien experience is only the one that had Michael Fassbender in it. (And you bet I’m gonna see Covenant.)
But that’s a whole other movie.
MY 2015 MOVIE ROUND-UP
(Yea, this movie is definitely on it!)
I had a couple picks for bad first like how Batsheba Everdene might have been the stupidest character it’s movie thought was smart, that Pan might have been the biggest what the hell movie (which really shouldn’t have been).
That Age of Ultron was the most disappointing but Pixels had to be the worst movie I saw this year…
And that I honestly think Monica Belluci in Spectre was the biggest waste of a character and actor. (Seriously, if the two actresses had just switched roles!) Second only to Pixels having a Sean Bean cameo and not having the alien video games kill him off.
Rant Over!
Now onto what I thought was great this year:
The Girl on the Train Author: Paula Hawkins Genre: Mystery/Thriller/Hyped-to-the-Skies Grade: B So I wasn’t going to jump on the hype train for this one but it does fulfill a square for the reading challenge […]
