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four movies
Jun. 25th, 2019 09:32 pmJust got home recently from an overseas trip, and on the flight home I watched a bunch of movies because apparently that's the headspace I was in. So here's four very brief movie reviews!
Singin' in the Rain: This is a rewatch, and it's still super cute, and I still super ship the ot3.
Twenty Feet from Stardom: A documentary about backup singers. Really interesting, but I feel like the movie was trying to say that a lot of singers get great fulfillment from being backup singers and prefer that to being the stars, while simultaneously focusing on multiple examples of women who really wanted to make it as a solo artist and really tried but for whatever reasons didn't get there. So I think it could have used some more work determining what the footage they were capturing was actually saying and doing a better job of framing these singers' stories.
Three Thousand: A short, 15 minute documentary film by an Inuit film-maker which was interesting, but I feel like I don't adequately follow what it was trying to say. It's a mostly-visuals-only film experience (almost zero words were used throughout) and I'm not good at visual interpretation.
The Lego Batman Movie: So uh turns out this is actually kind of amazing? It's about family, and people you choose as family, and allowing yourself to be vulnerable with people you care about, and making the effort to become a more emotionally healthy person. Also, hello Kate Beaton's Nemesis Comics relationship style. Also it's funny and cute and seems to really understand Batman and makes a lot of jokes at his expense but from a place of love.
Singin' in the Rain: This is a rewatch, and it's still super cute, and I still super ship the ot3.
Twenty Feet from Stardom: A documentary about backup singers. Really interesting, but I feel like the movie was trying to say that a lot of singers get great fulfillment from being backup singers and prefer that to being the stars, while simultaneously focusing on multiple examples of women who really wanted to make it as a solo artist and really tried but for whatever reasons didn't get there. So I think it could have used some more work determining what the footage they were capturing was actually saying and doing a better job of framing these singers' stories.
Three Thousand: A short, 15 minute documentary film by an Inuit film-maker which was interesting, but I feel like I don't adequately follow what it was trying to say. It's a mostly-visuals-only film experience (almost zero words were used throughout) and I'm not good at visual interpretation.
The Lego Batman Movie: So uh turns out this is actually kind of amazing? It's about family, and people you choose as family, and allowing yourself to be vulnerable with people you care about, and making the effort to become a more emotionally healthy person. Also, hello Kate Beaton's Nemesis Comics relationship style. Also it's funny and cute and seems to really understand Batman and makes a lot of jokes at his expense but from a place of love.
