I have it on somwhat good authority that a lot of this movie is not only inaccurate, it paints Joseph as a far more forgotten figure than he was, rewriting the story to reflect more contemporary racist than the flavor of racism he dealt with in his time in France.
I also completely forgot to write this until a week later, so that says that.
Yeah it's a little out of order.
As someone who is very familiar with both aspects this movie prides itself on (tech and dolls), it didn't scare me. I mean, it is PG-13, it's not like "Annihilation" or anything.
Honestly this review is 4 months late and the movie wasn't that impressive anyway. Did love the "Walk The Night" sequence.
After years of deliberation, hateration, holleration, in this dancery, finally, the moment has arrived -- The Super Mario Bros. are back in theaters, 30 years after their last disastrous outing.
For a time circa 2014 -- 2016, I really liked Chris Pratt. Those times are over, and I'm trying to not let my personal feelings about the man color my impression of his work. Unlike other people, I do admit that he is a voice actor, not particularly a good one, but at this point, after being in "The LEGO Movie", its sequel, and "Onward", he fits the bill.
But he's not awful. I forgot it was him after about 10 minutes. Miss Anya is worse. Peach gets some zingers that would be better with better delivery. Not everyone with a voice is a voice actor!
On the other side, I have been a Jack Black fan for nearly decades at this point and in the trailer, his Bowser does slip into comical accidentally, but here, it's 100% all the time. When it's menacing, whoo boy, I love it.
Somehow, the part I adored is the Jungle Kingdom? I am even less of a DK fan than I am a Mario fan (SEGA does what NINTENDON'T, of course), but Donkey Kong was probably my favorite.
In short, we have to talk about the elephant in the room; Is this better than either Sonic the Hedgehog Movie?
They're two different types of movies: Sonic movies have a narrative, as trite and clumsy as they are, and they integrate touches of Mobius into our world.
This is just straight up "OH I KNOW THAT," , "I RECOGNIZE THAT", and no story. If this had been a Sonic movie with all the references, it still would be very slight.
This is winning no awards (Except animation for characters at The Annies). This is getting no nominations.
I saw the Amazon Prime preview on March 19th -- For what used to be a "customer-centric company", they didn't do anything special besides advertise themselves. Hope they used the money they didn't spend to pay warehouse workers fairly.
Anyway, the movie is very approchable if you aren't familiar with the material. There's a few minutes in the middle where it can get a bit bogged down with fantasy names, but it moves on quickly, treating you to another stunning action sequence.
CGI can be a little patchy for the fantasy creatures, but the practical effects are amazing and truly well done.
The story is simple, and the DnD-ness serves as a setting, not the entire basis of the plot, which I will not spoil, as this movie does not come out for another 2 weeks.
If you have 2 hours to kill in the upcoming month (or if Mario is sold out), check it out.
What if Sonic Triple Trouble had been originally released on the Sega Genesis / MegaDrive, after Sonic 3 & Knuckles?
I've been on a ROM Hack kick. First Crystal Clear, and now this. I've never played the original Triple Trouble, and I don't even know the general idea of it. But when this came across my timeline, I decided to see if I could give it a spin.
This is not a recreation of the original game for newer devices (to my knowledge - Again, never played the original) - but a totally new game using the characters and general idea. I tought it was a reskin until I saw some new spritework (and read that it took a whopping 5 years)
Much like the Taxman and Stealth unofficial remakes of Classic Sonic that SEGA themselves approved of (They made Mania!), this has the quality and style of the Classic games. The backgrounds are lovely, the zone theming is spot on, and the music is fabulous.
Available for Windows here.
Space Jam: A New Legacy
The Looney Tunes were second fiddle in the franchise they made famous behind a man who could use a bit more work in the acting department (like his predecessor). Not even fun for nostalgia, but interesting visually.
Jungle Cruise
How do you get two charismatic people and make them dull? That takes some kind of talent, talent that didn't go into the CGI. In reality - they probably didn't pay the CGI artists well enough to not work themselves to death. Or perhaps they simply weren't interested in this slog of a story, and I don't blame them.
The Green Knight
If you don't like metaphor, fantasy, visuals, and things not making sense in a typical narrative structure, you're gonna hate it.
I, however, love those things a whole bunch. So this was right up my alley. Wish they stuck to some aspects of the story in the later parts a little stronger.
Candyman (2021)
No impression left.
Vivo (2021)
It's nothing special, but the earlier songs are very good. I didn't expect this to be the movie that sticks in my head months later. It had a wonderful set up that devolved into a typical children's movie. This was Sony's second movie to be sold to Netflix in 2021, and how they thought this justified a theatrical release is beyond me.
The Suicide Squad (2021)
I already dislike fantasy movies that are aping heavily from wartime films, so this was never going to land with me. I'm not even sure I finished it, so don't consider this a review.
Cinderella (2021)
A lot of the songs are wonderful, just not any covered by the main actress. "Dream Girl" - I'm not sure if it's original, but it's very good. There's many hamfisted social issues that are undercut by many of the casting choices, the humor borders on too skeevy at points, and it's all in all something to kill time.
It's fine, but I beg of the internet movie going community at large to stop being so defensive of Pixar.
This movie is not in the vein of others (Save someone, stop something, time is running out), it's kids just chilling and learning. And while that's fine, I can see how people think it's very light on story. If you want something on vaguely in the background, you can do much worse.
I have never been that person who thinks Pixar can do no wrong - and that's outside of cheap shots at the Cars movies, by the way. People being offended that people rate something that isn't the copy and paste of their plotlines is rated a little lower is ridiculous.
Let's start with "Universal paid 350$m for all the promotion and collaborations they did for this movie, helped in part by the fa...
