Re: What Did You Watch? 2025-03-22 (Saturday)

On 3/23/2025 2:39 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
 

Reacher (Amazon) - "ATM" - Season 2, episode 1.  I know better than to
start watching a new streaming show when I have others I haven't
finished yet, but I keep seeing "Reacher" this and "Reacher" that, so I
broke down and started season 2.  First up, Reacher is brought in by an
old friend and they discover their team is being hunted.  So far the
show is off to a good start.  At least now when I finish season 2, I
won't have to wait a year to watch season 3.

 Hey! Make the connection to your snarky comment in the next review!
 

That took me a minute!  I kept thinking to myself, I don't get, I don't get.  "I don't care who Sarah Connor is."  :-)

Snow White (theatrical) - New live action version of Disney's 1937
animated classic.  Rachel Zegler stars as Snow White, a young princess
who is raised under the thumb of her evil stepmother, "Gal Gadot."  When
Zegler's beauty overshadows the Evil Queen, the Queen orders her
huntsman to take Snow White into the forest and rip out her heart.  The
huntsman has a change of heart and with the help of some CGI friends,
Snow White returns to reclaim her kingdom and save the day.  This felt
closer to the 2012 Kristen Stewart version than the 1937 animated
version.  The only thing missing was Gal Gadot never turned into a
T-1000 Terminator, although she did come very close at one point in the
movie.  Going in I saw some complaints about Gal Gadot's performance,
but I didn't notice anything particularly bad about it.  She was just
speaking in her natural Israeli accent, which I think, is the same
accent she used for Wonder Woman, so I really don't see the problem.
Otherwise, the movie was just OK.  Then again, I've never been a
particular fan of Disney's Snow White anyway.  As far as the classic
Disney animated films go, I prefer "Pinocchio."