Hello everyone, The Vern here and today I am communicating
with you through the wonderful world of the written word. I usually talk to you on the podcast but
today I'm going to speak to you in this article.
There are a bunch of movies that I saw last month, and here are my quick
thoughts on them. Majority of them are available on Hulu
The Batman
Director Matt Reeves took a page from David Fincher’s
thrillers from earlier and has adapted them into a Batman story. Gotham city looks very close to the setting
of
Seven and the costume of The Riddler
is almost identical to what the killer wears in
Zodiac. Even though this is
a new story, it feels like a continuation from the trilogy that Christopher
Nolan made in the early 2000’s. It does
away with the elaborate costumes and make up(except Colin Farrell who in
unrecognizable as The Penguin) to bring viewers a more gritty, realistic
version of the caped crusader. The
result is a very fun and engaging movie.
The three hour long runtime flew by quick and I never wanted to leave my
seat. Robert Pattinson as the lead was very good and probably the best Batman
since Michael Keaton. Paul Dano was
freaking creepy as The Riddler and even though he doesn’t have much screen
time. Colin Ferrell does great as The
Penguin. The only downside was Zoe
Kravitz as Catwoman(in the credits she is called Selina Kyle but she is clearly
Catwoman). She is not a bad actor and I
liked her performance. It’s just that I
never once bought her as the character. This
character is suppose to be a con artist.
A woman that uses her sexuality and intelligence to dupe and destroy most
male egos. Here she trades in her skin
tight leather for a homemade knit mask and while I understand that some take
issue with the over sexualizing women in media.
With Catwoman, sexuality is her power.
While I did enjoy this very much, It just didn’t feel like
Batman to me. I’m fully aware that this is a generational thing and I accept
that. In another 15 years, we will have
another version that will discuss the topics of that time. You
could have an original story with all new characters but if you did than no one
would watch it. People want to see
something familiar when it comes to spending money at the movies.
**** out of Five Stars
Fresh.
Do not read any plot descriptions about this movie and just
go into it cold. Even the trailer reveals too much in my honest
opinion. Honestly I think A24 should
have been the studio to release this because they could get away with having a vague
trailer. This is a tricky movie to
market and even trickier to describe without any spoilers so Im going to do my
best. A single women(Daisy Edgar Jones)
is just sick and tired of dating has met an incredible man(Sebastian Stan) who
has invited her up for the weekend at his place up north in the
wilderness. When they get there things don’t
turn up like they have planned. That’s all
Im gonna say, watch it
*****’s out of 5
The Dropout
I’m only 3 episodes in but I found this series to be very
captivating. It’s all about Elizabeth
Holmes who was charged with criminal fraud for creating this system that would
check your vitals from a single drop of blood.
The catch is that the machine never worked and yet this woman got
funding from everywhere. Even the very
top people in politics were on the board.
This woman was seen as a hero to many young women and at the end she
turned out to be nothing more than a crook.
Amanda Seyfried does a stellar portrayal of Elizabeth Holmes in the
show. Based on the true crime podcast of the same name
Spencer
Kristen Stewart is really good as Princess Diana in this
film from the same director of Jackie (Pablo Larrain) but for me it didn’t pack
as much punch as that movie did. It is a
beautiful movie with stunning cinematography by Claire Mathon and great music
by Johnny Greenwood. I was just never
fully invested in the story. At times it
took on the tones of Stanley Kubrick’s
The Shining with it’s use of tracking
shots and being set in this huge house.
I would watch again but maybe just to watch the visuals.
*** out of Five
No Exit
This thriller is about a young woman in rehab who
gets news that her mother may be dying. Despite
disagreements from the other family members and a freaking blizzard. She pushes on only to be turned away to a
rest stop because the roads have closed.
At the location she comes across something chilling as there is a young
girl tied up in a van. Now she has to
discover the kidnapper and make an escape with the child. This wasn’t bad but I feel a book could do so
much more with this story than a movie can.
A book can go into more details with the characters that you will never
get with any other movie
*** out of Five
Pam and Tommy
This truth is stranger than fiction is all about the
infamous sex tape between Pamela Anderson and her husband Tommy Lee. The series
was created by Robert Sigel(
The Wrestler) and the fist few episodes where
directed by Craig Gillespie who has done another great biopic with I, Tonya
back in 2017. Lilly James as Pamela
Anderson is phenomenal. I didn’t even
recognize that this was the same love interest in Baby Driver. Sebastian Stan as Tommy Lee may not look exactly
like the Motley Crue drummer but he as the voice and the mannerisms down
flat. Add in Seth Rogen , Nick Offerman,
Andrew “Dice” Clay to the cast, some fun needle drops, excessive nudity from
both male and female and you have a very good show
***** out of Five
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