<i>The Dreamer</i> is not as strong as his previous effort, <i>The Closer</i>, but it’s a decent entry into his standup filmography.
Chappelle owns the stage, whether it’s big or small, and commands the attention of the room, which he receives. His delivery and stage mannerisms are what help most of his jokes flow from one to another, keeping us glued to our seats or screens. Sure, buttons are (purposely) pushed, but that’s comedy and Dave has the controller.
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The pinnacle of super hero movies. Every cross-team pairing works. Every character gets a moment. I laugh, I cry. Cap has a beard.
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Samantha Mathis liked <a href="https://x.com/brett/status/1742540441562583341?s=46" title="my tweet">my tweet</a>, so I had to rewatch it. I know <a href="http://letterboxd.com/ggnz" title="Gemma">Gemma</a> will be proud.
<i>Pump Up the Volume</i> is an early 90s classic that has aged well (minus the cassette players and bad hairdos). It stars <b>Christian Slater</b> and one of my first crushes, <b>Samantha Mathis</b>. The soundtrack is perfect (<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/04wZz025cZ8UZCuXMZGvv8?si=2D8rVC9eSIWzGD4j7M4LTA&pi=u-tIFDKsKsTG2y" title="Spotify">Spotify</a>), setting a tone for the film in various scenes.
I hope Hollywood stays far away from remaking this film. If they made an attempt, the pirate radio DJ would be replaced with a shy, quiet person who, at night, crowdsources content via social media for their anonymous podcast that unveils a school system’s sinister actions. 🤮
A fun watch, but the story isn't as interesting or well-done compared to the first or compared to the other MCU movies released around the same time. They're trying to balance too many plot points, and they all end up too thin for me to be fully invested in any of them. The Sonny Burch plot should have been eliminated to build out Ghost and saving Janet, and Walton Goggins could have been better utilized in a different role or at a different time. If you score Walton Goggins, you don't give him a six minute role.
I'm still here for the laughs though, and the movie is carried by the charm of the cast. It's more of the same from Paul Rudd and Michael Peña, which is what I want. They fixed Hope's hair, and Judy Greer gets to be funny this time.
Sarii deserved a fuckin' Oscar.
Honestly, good for her.
Watched for the <b>Double Threat Podcast</b>.
I've seen this four times, and I never retain it. I love the MCU in general, and I enjoy Doctor Strange as a character in the other movies, but maybe he didn't need an origin story. Mads Mikkelsen as a villain should be a slam dunk, but he does nothing for me as Kaecilius. I usually forget he has even been in the MCU, so if they want to go ahead and cast him in a cooler role, I'm on board with pretending this never happened.
I'm glad I didn't watch this as part of my Christmas December. Watching it on January 2nd set a more appropriate mood, alone in my house with my work laptop after two weeks off, instead of sandwiched between Home Alone 2 and Prancer.
I love how if someone (who isn't familiar with any cast members and their ages relative to time) watches this, they could potentially have no idea what decade it's from. A timeless story about people. Simple and complex.
I'm going to start with it in future years, in those days after Thanksgiving when you're not ready to go full Christmas but starting to feel the yuletide itch.
When I saw this at the theater, it was an instant favorite. Five-star perfection. I was also weirdly insistent on telling anyone who liked Inception that I preferred Shutter Island, which is still true, but my 25 year old self could have chilled out about it.
I waited 13 years to watch it again. I wasn't sure it could live up to the first viewing and wanted to preserve the memory. It's a different experience when you know the ending, but in a way that adds a new depth. You see more in the actions, words, and expressions of the rest of the cast that you didn't notice the first time because you were focused on Leo.
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Black Panther is probably the best at being self contained out of the entire MCU. If someone hasn't seen any others and doesn't have interest in superhero movies, they could still watch Black Panther as an action/drama and love it. I like action movies to be comedies in disguise, so Black Panther isn't a personal favorite. Chadwick Boseman is great though, and Michael B Jordan's Killmonger is one of the best MCU villains.
I enjoyed Moon Knight more this time around. Not having a week between episodes made it easier to follow. It starts and ends strong, but it still lost my attention for part of the third and fourth episodes. It should have been a movie.
I wish I had seen <b><i>Interstellar</i></b> in the theater. What a beautiful, very well-written film full of outer space adventures and exploring to and of further regions and dimensions. Nolan took us for a front seat adventure through his lens for three hours… or 21 years, however you want to calculate it.
