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Feeling better - so decided to do laundry, I managed to duck in between people.
12:30 pm turns out to be a good time for laundry, regardless of the day of the week.
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Saw some stuff...
1. US by Jordan Peele - this is the psychological thriller that came out last year and I skipped in the movie theater because the trailer freaked me out. The movie is more of a psychological sci-fi thriller than horror. Reminds me a little bit of "Get-Out" or similar concept, except "Get-Out" was better and the metaphors a bit more deft and understandable. I'm not quite sure where Peele was going with "US" nor apparently were 90% of the critics and audience.
Wales got me curious about it -- when she said it was more of a puzzle than a horror movie.
I'd agree. Although I figured it out more or less before the ending. And it has some interesting echoes towards "slavery" or how people take their lives for granted, while others are living forgotten beneath the surface.
It's quite violent, and satirical in places, although unlike "Get-Out" the satire is a bit muddled in execution. I felt the director was being a tad overly self-indulgent with his metaphorical symbolism and lost me as a result.
I wouldn't call it "scary" so much creepy "jump-scares".
( major plot spoilers )
2. Chris Claremount's X-men - a documentary on Amazon Prime. I rather enjoyed this because it basically examined the history of the X-men comics that I fell in love with in the 1980s. Chris Claremount (the writer and creator of the 1970s-1990s comics), Jim Shooter, Louise Simonson, Anna Nociente, Marc Silverstri, Rob Liefield, and various others are interviewed. Although the focus was on the first four mentioned. It also explained a lot of the politics involved.
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It's late, I'll write the rest up in another post tomorrow.
12:30 pm turns out to be a good time for laundry, regardless of the day of the week.
( Read more... )
Saw some stuff...
1. US by Jordan Peele - this is the psychological thriller that came out last year and I skipped in the movie theater because the trailer freaked me out. The movie is more of a psychological sci-fi thriller than horror. Reminds me a little bit of "Get-Out" or similar concept, except "Get-Out" was better and the metaphors a bit more deft and understandable. I'm not quite sure where Peele was going with "US" nor apparently were 90% of the critics and audience.
Wales got me curious about it -- when she said it was more of a puzzle than a horror movie.
I'd agree. Although I figured it out more or less before the ending. And it has some interesting echoes towards "slavery" or how people take their lives for granted, while others are living forgotten beneath the surface.
It's quite violent, and satirical in places, although unlike "Get-Out" the satire is a bit muddled in execution. I felt the director was being a tad overly self-indulgent with his metaphorical symbolism and lost me as a result.
I wouldn't call it "scary" so much creepy "jump-scares".
( major plot spoilers )
2. Chris Claremount's X-men - a documentary on Amazon Prime. I rather enjoyed this because it basically examined the history of the X-men comics that I fell in love with in the 1980s. Chris Claremount (the writer and creator of the 1970s-1990s comics), Jim Shooter, Louise Simonson, Anna Nociente, Marc Silverstri, Rob Liefield, and various others are interviewed. Although the focus was on the first four mentioned. It also explained a lot of the politics involved.
( Read more... )
It's late, I'll write the rest up in another post tomorrow.