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[Kevin Can F**k Himself]

Finished Kevin Can F**k Himself which is a smart show where initially it is shot like a shitty US sitcom right down to the canned laughter but soon turns into a sort of dark drama whenever Kevin isn't in a scene.

It's quite clever, and it knows it's quite clever, but it's not a prick about it.

[Free Guy]

Free Guy

Standard Ryan Reynolds by-the-numbers action comedy.  On the plus side it was fun, likeable and visually pleasing.  On the fuck off side I don't need to see another action sequence filmed to a twee pop song.  That gag has been overused.

Works well as the sort of film you can watch once, thoroughly enjoy and then wait until you catch it twenty minutes in on regular TV in about seven years time.  The sort of thing you don't need to own.

Old

Absolutely dismal.  Fucking hell.  I've not got anything against M Night.  Signs was good.  Well, this leads towards the dogshit side of things. 

I'm not sure what I hated more about it.  The pacing was bad.  Like everyone knew about the ageing thing so just get on with it.  But instead it took ages to get to the point.

The acting was dismal.  I mean shockingly bad.  Like 'doesn't feel like a real film' bad.  It had that weird 'people don't actually talk like this' feel that Alien Covenant has. 

The maths in the film felt completely off.  And the ending was hyper shit.

[spoiler]And I was hoping a classic M Night twist would save it but there wasn't one. 

Oh and 'my uncle doesn't like the coral' literally made my eyes roll out of my head and into my cup of tea.[/spoiler]

But Pfeiffer is no Merriwether

this!!!!

[Blackadder]

Blackadder. Again. Wonderful stuff (apart from the 'specials,' of course) - and that final scene got me again. Again.

The specials have merit.  Especially the 'he gave it all to the man with axe, oh' line.

My absolute favourite episode is The Black Seal, final episode of series 1.  It's so good.

I feel like Sir Clive needs his own RIP thread. 

A huge part of my childhood and I'm sure plenty of yours on here too.

[The Crow]

Alien Covenant is rubbish.

True waste of time. Then again, I enjoyed in the Kingdom of Crystal Skull (Indiana Jones 4).

The Crow

Nah... I don't see the high praise given to this film as absolutely deserved. In fact, I believe it is so because of Brandon Lee's tragic fate and he's miscast here. Isn't intimidating character at all. And the plot is flat, rehashing the same revenge threads, except this time in underground world of industrial rock music (which I was never into). And the dialogues are too outlandish for my taste.

Ah man.  I love The Crow.  I saw it a bunch of times in the cinema.

"Breathe on the nostrils of a horse"

Alien Covenant is rubbish.

What's a Stan?

Rewatched THE MATRIX last night. It's been a while since I did and, has oft been stated,  the knowledge that Lily and Lana have transitioned adds new layers to it.

Anyway, it's great. If i was to nitpick? The dialogue, though meme city, is either servicable, cliched or too on the nose.

And we're Keanu and Hugo really that young

The Matrix is still entirely unfuckwittable.  A great film.  I really like the second one too.  And then completely detest the third one.  And now they are making a new one.

So that's basically exactly how I feel about Ghostbusters as a series.

Anyway, the last four films I watched were Alien, Aliens, Alien3 and Alien: Resurrection.  I took a major break from watching them all.  I'm not sure how long but maybe five years or more.  I still love it as a series but was surprised at how bad the ending of Alien3 is and how much I enjoyed Resurrection.

I've always loved all four films but Alien3 has maybe aged the worst out of them.

I watched Infinity War and Endgame back-to-back and it's not clear why the second one would be regarded as so woeful compared to the first.

They were both enjoyable on about the same level for me.

No love for the money-scene?

I'm not a huge fan of superhero movies but I liked Infinity War and I thought the ending was pretty bold.  You could have left it there.

Endgame was too long, was trying to do too much, had too much Jeremy Renner in it.  It was just full on CGI for large parts too.  That battle was like watching a video game cutscene.  And it just felt like five hours long. 

I can forgive so much in films but I can't forgive films that bore me.

The new album by Turnstile is so good.  Melodic, experimental hardcore punk.  Just brilliant throughout.

[Physical]

Physical

Bit of an odd premise.  Ex-hippie couple where he wants to get into politics and she wants to do aerobics to combat her overeating.

It sounds terrible but is oddly compelling and enjoyable.  Well worth a look if you fancy something a little different.

[Candyman]

With all this Candymanning going on, I decided to watch the original for the first time in so long that I didn't actually remember anything about it.

It's pretty good.  I like Virginia Madsen for a start and Tony Todd does a pretty good job in it.  But I'm not a huge fan of when films completely mess with reality.  So when she shows up in that woman's bathroom, that's a bit annoying.  But overall it was fun. 

I'll enjoy watching the remake hopefully but I reckon I'll leave OG Candyman for another 10-20 years. 

Anyone else play the free 'Astro's Playroom'? I had no idea that every PS5 would come with a pre-installed game of this quality.

it's lovely and the use of the controller is amazing.

I just need more PS5 games to support those features!

I'm playing a game called Islanders (on PS4).

It's so good.  It's basically a puzzle game/city builder crossover.  Very intuitive though.  You get given 'packs' of buildings and have to place them on an island.  Certain buildings score points when placed near compatible other ones, conflicting buildings however will cost you points.  It's all about maximising your score so that you can keep the progress going.

It's very chilled out but really enjoyable.  A total gem.

[2010]

Another movie that's been mentioned a time or two here: 2010.

I was unlucky with this one.

My dad took me to the cinema to see it. 

I was 10, I hadn't seen 2001 and I wasn't a fan of dry sci-fi.

I wonder if I'd like it now though.  Still haven't seen 2001 so I'd need to dip into that first.