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I have an unlimited card for Cineworld and will see most things; definitely plan in seeing that Crawdaddy film tho have never read the book. 

Had no idea there was a movie thread, so here are my reviews of some films. 

‘Gru and the Minions’ – wrong title but who cares. The minions are cool but the film is dreadful.

’Jurassic Park Dominion’ – will please most fans of the series but its painting by numbers stuff. If you give it a minute’s thought you’d realise there are so many issues with it. 
‘Top Gun 2’ – Never seen the original but didn’t matter, it’s a fun enjoyable film. If you love the 80’s, the US and Tom Cruise almost being able to act then you’ll be in heaven. 
‘Elvis’ – Has issues but it’s a very worth watching film that leaves you feeling damn sorry for the guy. 
‘Dr Strange and the Multiverse’ – Far better on the second viewing, the first time I thought it was pretty average. I think this is a running theme for Marvel films where you spend the entirety of the first viewing wondering if they know how to wind in how much special effects to use. For this reason I will go and see ‘Thor’ again as I spent most of the screening being distracted by the fx. 
 
Best film I’ve seen in ages was ‘The Batman’; brilliant film that flies by. 

I saw ‘Where The Crawdad’s Sing’ last night as Cineworld do early screenings for Unlimited members. There have been some slightly negative reviews online, for differing reasons, but I enjoyed the film (I knew nothing going in, as I do for almost all films I go to see as it risks spoiling the viewing). The film is beautifully shot, Kya and a couple of other characters are very well played and it’s a decent enough story (as per standard the book is said to be better than the film); it’s especially good to have a film which isn’t a sequel, another franchise blockbuster filled with effects or a reinvention of an old film.

Back in Scotland from Saturday so have booked to see ‘The Living Daylights’ (all Bond films are being reshown in order every week in select Cineworlds) and ‘Thor’ (again) on Monday.

I love the cinema, especially in the winter when it’s freezing and cold outside. Book a few films and your day is done.

Hope your mum gets better soon, @sigh butterfly.

With Bond, Daniel Craig wanted to leave as his contract had ended and it also needed a fresh start due to society moving on from the general Bond traits, so killing that Bond off was the definitive way. Of course, they could say that 007 Bond is just a persona taken on by all the variations before (Connery, Moore etc) and here is the next one. We never did see him actually be dead tho so who knows if he is, could pop up on screen in 2025 at the beginning of the next film lying on a beach handing over a file; cannot remember the film but there was one in the last year which stated that until you see the dead body then do not accept the individual is dead – and even then they should have been double tapped at the bare minimum.

As for the film, I thought ‘NTTD’ had some damn good moments and was far better than Spectre, however overall the films have grown tired and very predicable. I saw it twice and the second time wasn’t any better or worse than the first.

Good as reading it back, @sigh butterfly, I have no idea what my point was.

‘Thor’ is slightly better second time around, however it also highlights it’s an average film more. I’m not sure how that works.

Also saw ‘The Living Daylights’, Timothy Dalton’s first of two Bond films. It’s actually a very decent enjoyable film which works far better on a big screen and Dalton is a very good Bond. I found it interesting that the first words directed to his Bond were to the effect of “I thought you were dead” which could be retconned into Moore’s Bond being dead but there was now a new one. Someone far better at such things could explain it better than my garbled attempts.

Saw ‘Avatar 2’ last night which is a film bloated by its smugness with technology. There is a decent plot in there but you’d need to trim 90 minutes to find it.

Before that i watched ‘Cocaine Bear’ which js exactly what you get and is fine for it. Doesn’t pretend it’s something that it’s not, a film content with itself. 
Last week I went to see ‘Antman 3’ (if that’s the number the series is on, the Wasp is in it but she may as well not be for all she does, or doesn’t do) and it’s a pile of garbage. The best thing I can say about it is that it reminded me of the Beatles films due to all the quick cuts – not that the reasons are all the same, far from it. ‘Antman’ is a really crap film badly edited, acted and written. The Beatles films are definitely not.

With an unlimited card I want to open up the type of film I see as they are free and you can be surprised by how films are. Unless its a musical, romantic comedy or that Magic Mike thing.

If I see 2 a week that’s 104 films a year meaning each film would cost about £1.63, which is great for a day out (not including other costs like travel and food). 

I found ‘Everything Everywhere…’ dreadful. Thought it looked awful in the trailers so avoided its first run but went when it came back in during Awards week and wasn’t surprised. Deliberately fell asleep in the cinema to pass the time before suffering the end. To be honest tho, I’m not a fan of multiverses. Best part was recognising Short Round from Indiana Jones early on.

As I am trying to see more different films I deliberately saw my first foreign film last night, a French-Belgian movie called ‘Close’. The idea of subtitles and a different language has always put me off (maybe that sounds daft) but was surprisingly not a problem to merge reading the subtitles whilst watching the film. Was really enjoyable so going to see ‘Broker’ on Thursday.