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I’ve seen two movies that I’d previously never seen since we last convened for MOVIE MONDAY.
Tomorrow on the Cigars & Cinema Podcast we’re discussing Out of Sight - https://www.youtube.com/@ogtcigars-oakglentobacconi8932/streams
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Fifth Dimension - I think I wanted to like this movie more than I did, because it does have kind of an earnest energy to it and a quirky premise. However, despite its attempts to make Buckaroo and his entourage seem super-cool and like the ultimate heroes, I never quite bought it. It’s just too thin, and as much as I like Peter Weller, his performance never feels charismatic enough for me to buy what they’re selling. But, the movie does wholeheartedly embrace its nature as a parody and isn’t afraid of being absolutely silly, which provides some amusing ideas and I did chuckle throughout the film. Empty calories, but kinda tasty.
Libeled Lady - This is a screwball comedy from 1936 starring Myrna Loy, William Powell, Spencer Tracy, and Jean Harlow. It’s about a newspaper man whose newspaper prints a libelous story about a wealthy socialite, so they hire a libel expert to try and manufacture a situation with the socialite that will clear the newspaper. 30’s/40’s screwball comedies has to be one of my favorite genres and this one delivers. The dialog is well-written and everything moves along at a brisk pace, and the movie is full of so many double-crosses and changes of fortune that it’ll make your head spin. Good fun.
And, the usual MOVIE MONDAY thing:
1. Name a movie. Any movie. If I've seen it, I'll briefly tell you what I think about it. I'm sure you're dying to know.
2. If you want, we can then dig deeper into our agreement/disagreement about said movie.
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Hands down the worst Sony has done with their Spider-Man license. My understanding is that Sony needs to make a movie every so often to keep this license.
Origin stories often spend time world building and developing characters before we get to the juicy superhero part, but that’s all we get here. There’s like 5 minutes of the fully powered heroes at the very end. They spend the majority of the movie fleeing from the villain.
Everyone phoned in their performance. Dakota Johnson is not good enough an actress to pull off the lead here even if she was trying. Adam Scott as Ben Parker (a young Uncle Ben) and Emma Roberts as Mary Parker (pregnant with Peter!) look like they want no part of this movie, as the filmmakers throw away a chance to world build. Box office draw Sydney Sweeney is hidden behind glasses, bad hair, and nerdy schoolgirl clothes.
Bad movies can be somewhat forgiven if they are fun and entertaining. Watching this was a chore.
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