Movie thoughts and some links
Sep. 23rd, 2015 07:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shallownessI watched Pitch Perfect 2 on DVD last night, having been unable to see it in the cinema. I thought it was a bit of a mess, suffering from sequelitis. It coasted a bit on liking the characters from their previous outing, the actors' charm - Hailee Stanfield is a welcome new addition, in particular - and it is funny in an offbeat way. The musical numbers were generally my favourite parts.
I enjoyed Bill, which I saw in the cinema a few days ago, much more unreservedly. It's the Horrible Histories team doing a Shakespeare biopic and it's very, very funny in an inclusive way, kids will love it, accompanying adults will love it and so will people who know their Shakespeare. Not always for different reasons, either, because doesn't everyone laugh at silly voices? It left me smiling and shipping Will/Anne!?!?
The thing is, I probably laughed just the same amount when I saw the trailers for both films, but one stuffed most of the film's best jokes into the trailer, while the other had more to choose from...
Right, some links:
A hilarious Age of Ultron recap from skygiants.
Have you seen this fake trailer for the fake film The Greenlighter that mocks studios’ inability to give us our superheroine movies?
Here's a feature about the science of Inside Out specifically with regard to emotions.
Foz Meadows argues convincingly that Jupiter Ascending is The Matrix regendered (I made that point glancingly after I saw it) and compares the reactions to the films, while being really acute about geeky love for The Matrix (I would caveat that The Matrix did introduce some special effects and you need to bear in mind that the Wachowskis made Speed Racer and parts of Cloud Atlas between movies.)
11 things you may not know about Firefly
(Ha!, thought I, I will know most of these things. I didn’t. The thing that could lead to epic Mal/Inara angst has been fascinating me since).
I enjoyed Bill, which I saw in the cinema a few days ago, much more unreservedly. It's the Horrible Histories team doing a Shakespeare biopic and it's very, very funny in an inclusive way, kids will love it, accompanying adults will love it and so will people who know their Shakespeare. Not always for different reasons, either, because doesn't everyone laugh at silly voices? It left me smiling and shipping Will/Anne!?!?
The thing is, I probably laughed just the same amount when I saw the trailers for both films, but one stuffed most of the film's best jokes into the trailer, while the other had more to choose from...
Right, some links:
A hilarious Age of Ultron recap from skygiants.
Have you seen this fake trailer for the fake film The Greenlighter that mocks studios’ inability to give us our superheroine movies?
Here's a feature about the science of Inside Out specifically with regard to emotions.
Foz Meadows argues convincingly that Jupiter Ascending is The Matrix regendered (I made that point glancingly after I saw it) and compares the reactions to the films, while being really acute about geeky love for The Matrix (I would caveat that The Matrix did introduce some special effects and you need to bear in mind that the Wachowskis made Speed Racer and parts of Cloud Atlas between movies.)
11 things you may not know about Firefly
(Ha!, thought I, I will know most of these things. I didn’t. The thing that could lead to epic Mal/Inara angst has been fascinating me since).
