Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-05-31 (Friday)

Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 6/1/24 12:32 PM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
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On 6/1/2024 10:21 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
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What did you watch?

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Yesterday, I was finally 100% done for the year. I had a couple of
errands to run in the afternoon, but once I was done with that, it was
movie time!
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The Squad (Tubi!) - This is all Anim's fault!!  :p
     Actually, in Anim''s defense, I've been wanting to see this 2023
(seemingly filmed in 2022, in Oklahoma City!!) direct-to-video flick
for a while, because it co-stars Lifetime's Meghan Carrasquillo) -
long before he mentioned it yesterday.
     It's just his mentioning it made me realize that this flick had
finally come to Tubi.
     Result: This flick is a mess.
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Next up: "Spare Parts" from 2020!!  :)
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Dune: Part Two (Max) - With my tier of Max, this was not in 4k, but it
actually doesn't matter because this flick looks so good, being in
actual "4k" likely wouldn't have made it look any better.
     This is more convoluted, and I think also longer, and thus not as
enjoyable as "Part 1". Though I guess things actually happen (at the
end) of this one.
     I also gather this one departs more from the books more (IIRC, the
Emperor is not actually a character in the original Dune novel).

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I did not know that.

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I'm not exact sure how true this is. The Emperor may be a "bit part"
character. But I think I read that the film definitely expands his role.
Like, I don't think the Emperor is one of the hostages in the book
(maybe just the daughter?).
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     But this one introduces some new character/actors (Austin Butler,
Florence Pugh, and an uncredited cameo from Anya Taylor-Joy), so it's
got some freshness, at least.
     Overall, I did enjoy this one, and it does *look great*. But it's
also a bit of a slog, and does suffer from a "who do you root for?"
problem (though not a "who do you root against?" problem!).
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And thus ushers in my "weekend of movies"! I plan to do little else
this weekend but watch movies and/or streaming series, and maybe some
golf.

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I am likely to get to Blumhouse's "Fantasy Island" this week, as it's
turned up on, I think, Hulu now. (Hopefully, Lucifer Hale gets hers!!)
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 She’s skinny and almost unrecognizably hot. But the movie is a mess.