20240422:
Netflix determined the movie for me as a 78% match. I decided to give the movie a thumbs up.
Rating: 4.0 / 5
Instant Comments:
I have no idea whether that's a lot or a little ($130 a month) [one movie review I came across suggested it was a lot: "How could they pass up $130 a month?"]
hehe. "No, Sir, I don't mind at all." (doesn't mind the asking, but doesn't answer the question)
Oh wow. Costner hovers over Harrelson a bit. [Costner is 6' 1" and Harrelson is 5' 10"]
The fact that they got this opportunity to be so close... if they were leading a bigger team it'd be done
What does he drink out of the flask?
450 miles. Assuming they could do 60 miles an hour in those vehicles, that'd take 5 hours.
"Clyde might be king, but I'm a Texas Ranger, you little shit."
Huh. He just said sometimes Clyde wears a wig. Could that be the person Maney passed by and greeted [I went back and it's possible; the scene is dark]
Wow. What a price to pay. Either he tipped off his friends and got killed for it or they beat it out of him
"Manos arribas" story.
Yikes. That's a lot of bullets. They were not taking any chances with leaving these two alive.
They're practically kids. Were they in their 20s? [yes, Bonnie was 23 and Clyde was 25 at the time of their death]
Oh wow. When the camera pulls out, Bonnie really was so small.
Yikes. Grabbing at a dead body. Why pull the car into town that way?
Smile. They pull over to let Maney drive
Watched 20240422 (Netflix, Instant)
The Highwaymen (2019) John Lee Hancock. 132 min
Relevant Links:
The Highwaymen (IMDb.com)
The Highwaymen (RottenTomatoes.com)
The Highwaymen (Wikipedia.org)
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Monday, April 22, 2024
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Suzume (2022)
20240421:
I loved the animation, the music, and the emotions in this movie. I did, however, get lost a few times with the plot and it wasn't until I did some external reading that I understood the earthquake theme.
Netflix determined the movie for me as a 98% match. I decided to give the movie a thumbs up.
Rating: 4.6 / 5
Instant Comments:
Hmm... I guess her hesitation to help makes sense as there is perceived danger; plus I guess it helps build tension
hehe "You're in the way"
hehe. is chasing a cat as a three-legged chair reasonable?
hehe. delusional. He could hardly close the door by himself as a human and now he wants to close it as a small child's chair...
hmm... how could this cat simply pass being a Keystone to Souta; why not someone else? or how could a normal human be a Keystone? seems illogical
Souta's grandfather knows the cat, and speaks to him kindheartedly
that's a real nice track (after she visits Souta's grandfather) [It's titled "Suzume" and has the most plays on Spotify (139M) on the Motion Picture Soundtrack (first single); the second most played track "KANATA HALUKA" has 46M plays (and is the album's second single), followed by a track with 7M, then 6M, then 3.5M and the rest have no more than 2M plays per track.
ah... Suzume asks Daijin if anyone can be a Keystone or just closers.
Sadaijin. Creepy
Hahaha. The roof to the convertible is fixed after the accident
Hmm. 20 km is about 12 miles. I guess it's not so bad
oh right, the other side of that door [Ever-After] was explained to span across time [interestingly, for the passing of the chair to work, it would have to magically never age and have no origin; apparently this particular time travel paradox of self-causality is called "The Bootstrap Paradox"][a comment on Reddit had a better explanation: the chair got lost in the Ever-After during the tsunami, and also lost a leg during that time, old Suzume on the way to approaching young Suzume spots the broken chair and hands it to young Suzume]
It's not explicitly stated, but the earthquake is mentioned throughout the movie, and so it is implied that her mother died from the earthquake
Watched 20240421 (Netflix, Instant)
Suzume (2022) Makoto Shinkai. 122 min
Relevant Links:
Suzume (IMDb.com)
Suzume (RottenTomatoes.com)
Suzume (Wikipedia.org)
I loved the animation, the music, and the emotions in this movie. I did, however, get lost a few times with the plot and it wasn't until I did some external reading that I understood the earthquake theme.
Netflix determined the movie for me as a 98% match. I decided to give the movie a thumbs up.
Rating: 4.6 / 5
Instant Comments:
Hmm... I guess her hesitation to help makes sense as there is perceived danger; plus I guess it helps build tension
hehe "You're in the way"
hehe. is chasing a cat as a three-legged chair reasonable?
hehe. delusional. He could hardly close the door by himself as a human and now he wants to close it as a small child's chair...
hmm... how could this cat simply pass being a Keystone to Souta; why not someone else? or how could a normal human be a Keystone? seems illogical
Souta's grandfather knows the cat, and speaks to him kindheartedly
that's a real nice track (after she visits Souta's grandfather) [It's titled "Suzume" and has the most plays on Spotify (139M) on the Motion Picture Soundtrack (first single); the second most played track "KANATA HALUKA" has 46M plays (and is the album's second single), followed by a track with 7M, then 6M, then 3.5M and the rest have no more than 2M plays per track.
ah... Suzume asks Daijin if anyone can be a Keystone or just closers.
Sadaijin. Creepy
Hahaha. The roof to the convertible is fixed after the accident
Hmm. 20 km is about 12 miles. I guess it's not so bad
oh right, the other side of that door [Ever-After] was explained to span across time [
It's not explicitly stated, but the earthquake is mentioned throughout the movie, and so it is implied that her mother died from the earthquake
Watched 20240421 (Netflix, Instant)
Suzume (2022) Makoto Shinkai. 122 min
Relevant Links:
Suzume (IMDb.com)
Suzume (RottenTomatoes.com)
Suzume (Wikipedia.org)
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Yesterday (2019)
20240824 Comment:
Rating: 5.2/5
Instant Comments:
I'd imagine they'll make love by the end of the movie
he's quite talented to rebuild all the songs which he did not mostly memorize
hehe the frustration that his parents don't know "Let it Be" and he says it's akin to da Vinci painting the Mona Lisa in front of their eyes. I think as a consequence that part of The Beatles craze has to be the singers themselves, and their popularity which helps propogate the popularity of their songs
of course it's good that he's a good singer
hmm will this Gavin be a third wheel / create a love triangle, I hope not
that's a prolonged punchline "you look like Ed Sheeran, you know? " "I am Ed Sheeran"
hahahaha. only kidding about the rapping.
huh it panned to a guy who looked a little confused (during "Back in the USSR"). maybe it's just a coincidence or maybe some other people have lingering memories... though perhaps still early in the movie... I just feel... maybe later in the movie things return to normal or be wakes from a coma but also learns something. maybe being a star isn't what he wants. maybe what he wants is Elle. also, he knows it isn't his music (he tried to tell Elle earlier) and he must be passionate about his own songs as well
oh ok, after he leaves it pans back to the man...
hehe that man is still just standing there
haha. he tried to sneak in "Summer Song"; I knew it. if he was just in it for fame he wouldn't care about his own songs. but he wants to have his cake and eat it too. perhaps he figured he can use Beatles songs to get famous and then share his own songs along the way... but it just doesn't mesh
I think... it seems like all the things he loved got erased, so that goes to my theory that this is all in his head. though oddly a random russian guy wouldn't be in his head.... but it wasn't just The Beatles, it was Oasis (wonderwall), then Coca-Cola, and now cigarettes. items which otherwise don't seem connected in anyway.
weird the woman from the airport followed him
this conversation between him and Elle before he has to catch the plane aligns with my thoughts on the direction of the film. perhaps it's a cookie cutter romance.
hehe "Hey Dude" altering a classic because it isn't a classic yet... (same as the album names). and he tries to wake himself up
Ah! ok the foreshadowing was there. I called it. Gavin
interesting twist on the sentiment of the two persons (which is neat cause for sure earlier I thought, if it were me I'd be screwed. I would remember thr beatles but likely it'd take me forever to even figure out a decent version of even a single song)
hehe so he didn't wake up from a coma and that ending was a different resolution... good, happy end
hehe Harry Potter
Watched 20240417 (Netflix, Instant)
Yesterday (2019) Danny Boyle. 116 min
Relevant Links:
Yesterday (IMDb.com)
Yesterday (RottenTomatoes.com)
Yesterday (2019 film) (Wikipedia.org)
Rating: 5.2/5
Instant Comments:
I'd imagine they'll make love by the end of the movie
he's quite talented to rebuild all the songs which he did not mostly memorize
hehe the frustration that his parents don't know "Let it Be" and he says it's akin to da Vinci painting the Mona Lisa in front of their eyes. I think as a consequence that part of The Beatles craze has to be the singers themselves, and their popularity which helps propogate the popularity of their songs
of course it's good that he's a good singer
hmm will this Gavin be a third wheel / create a love triangle, I hope not
that's a prolonged punchline "you look like Ed Sheeran, you know? " "I am Ed Sheeran"
hahahaha. only kidding about the rapping.
huh it panned to a guy who looked a little confused (during "Back in the USSR"). maybe it's just a coincidence or maybe some other people have lingering memories... though perhaps still early in the movie... I just feel... maybe later in the movie things return to normal or be wakes from a coma but also learns something. maybe being a star isn't what he wants. maybe what he wants is Elle. also, he knows it isn't his music (he tried to tell Elle earlier) and he must be passionate about his own songs as well
oh ok, after he leaves it pans back to the man...
hehe that man is still just standing there
haha. he tried to sneak in "Summer Song"; I knew it. if he was just in it for fame he wouldn't care about his own songs. but he wants to have his cake and eat it too. perhaps he figured he can use Beatles songs to get famous and then share his own songs along the way... but it just doesn't mesh
I think... it seems like all the things he loved got erased, so that goes to my theory that this is all in his head. though oddly a random russian guy wouldn't be in his head.... but it wasn't just The Beatles, it was Oasis (wonderwall), then Coca-Cola, and now cigarettes. items which otherwise don't seem connected in anyway.
weird the woman from the airport followed him
this conversation between him and Elle before he has to catch the plane aligns with my thoughts on the direction of the film. perhaps it's a cookie cutter romance.
hehe "Hey Dude" altering a classic because it isn't a classic yet... (same as the album names). and he tries to wake himself up
Ah! ok the foreshadowing was there. I called it. Gavin
interesting twist on the sentiment of the two persons (which is neat cause for sure earlier I thought, if it were me I'd be screwed. I would remember thr beatles but likely it'd take me forever to even figure out a decent version of even a single song)
hehe so he didn't wake up from a coma and that ending was a different resolution... good, happy end
hehe Harry Potter
Watched 20240417 (Netflix, Instant)
Yesterday (2019) Danny Boyle. 116 min
Relevant Links:
Yesterday (IMDb.com)
Yesterday (RottenTomatoes.com)
Yesterday (2019 film) (Wikipedia.org)
Saturday, April 13, 2024
Looper (2012)
20240413:
I foun the movie had great action, pacing, and thematically pleasing to watch. I had two main thoughts about the movie, but Rian Johnson has an interview which answers one of them well and the other to some satisfaction.
The first thought is in regards to the premise of the movie, laid out in the initial part of the movie. The protagonist narrates that the future has some sort of tagging method and the only way to get rid of someone is to first send them back in time. Apparently, this isn't explained further because Rian Johnson thought it'd be an unnecessary spend of time - a decision one has to make sparingly in sci-fi (e.g., exposition on hyperdrive, exposition on communication across space). However, Johnson says that essentially everyone has a device that would trigger an alert when they died or which can be signaled by the authorities. Killing the person in any way would trigger the signal, but sending them back in time is a loophole. Of course once they get sent back in time, they need to be eliminated otherwise the person sent back would affect the future.
The second thought is in regards to the ending, and how it relates to the Rainmaker. It is implied that the Rainmaker was caused to come into existence by Joe. But when I was watching the movie, I thought of it more like Old Joe's actions were a result of the Rainmaker. However, after watching the interview, in which Rian Johnson makes some indication about it being hard to tell and the interviewer using the term "chicken-and-egg," I realized that perhaps it is perhaps more or less of a loop which Joe felt he could break by removing himself.
As an aside, I think there's a critical scene in the film that captures the essence of all that follows it. In the diner, Old Joe explains he wants to save his wife. Joe then says to then just show him the picture and he'll never have to meet her, which would save her, but Old Joe refuses. This is the first indication that Old Joe is being selfish.
I subsequently read an article which also did a great job interpreting the time travel in Looper: Time travel in Looper.
Netflix determined the movie for me as a 95% match. I decided to give the movie neither a thumbs up nor a thumbs down.
Rating: 3.8/5
20240414 Comment:
I was wondering today about "Joe 3" in my comment in the Instant Comments section below. I came about in my mind to believe that the matter of sending a person back in time creates a ripple into the future. To make it easier in my mind, I imagine there's a forefront of time, where the future has not yet been created. As such there's a first Joe that reaches 2024, before the future invention of time travel circa 2074. When that forefront hits 2074, persons are sent back to 2024 to create this special assassination system, which will affect the lives of persons in 2024 in a strange circular fashion. As such, there exists a Joe that never became a looper until that moment when the assassination system was created. In dealing with time in Loki, I had created extra time dimensions and that might be possible here. Actually speaking of Loki, there must be infinite branches that we're not observing. We're following a specific Joe that has removed himself from the loop with a special connection to Old Joe. However, think about a past iteration of Joe. What happens to that Joe's future? Will he not have an Old Joe appearing to close the loop?
Note someone linked a cool diagram with a loop that does a pretty good job of intertwining what I named Joe 1, Joe 2, and Joe 3: https://imgur.com/4uMpD. However, such a diagram would not be in line with the rules of Looper - since JGL_2 placing the message on his arm should only affect BW_2 and yet it appears on the arm of BW_1 (using the notation of the diagram). With that being said, the diagram aligns with my thinking that the movie would be better with multiple timelines, scrapping the idea of transmitting changes, and rewriting the story where needed to not depend on transmitting changes (e.g., Joe meeting with Old Joe in the diner). Perhaps this is a difficult task, but it would make for a more compelling story.
Instant Comments:
Holy moly. Guy just blinks in and gets shot
Huh. So just dumping bodies in the past
Huh. "Closing the loop" is explained... The shot happens so quickly it'd be near impossible not to kill yourself. In any case signing up for the gig means you likely set a cap on your life at 30 years...
"Letting your loop run"
"no law against it" (he's allowed to stash his bars)
oh... that's interesting... they can't kill him because... well in a closed-loop timeline they couldn't have killed him cause he made it to the future
lol. I'm from the future you should go to China
twirling your gun seems so stupid (as stupid as sticking your gun in the front of your pants; the last place I'd want to stick a gun is near my penis)
yikes. a scar showing up on his arm
hehe missing fingers (so it's more like a Back-to-the-Future type timeline)
interesting that he chose to go to the address indicated
hmm... all that silver he had stashed... he won't be able to get to it now, right? he should have placed it in different locations
huh... he was bold enough to come back to his place
didn't even retrieve any of his bars; I guess he was just waiting to run
huh. what's this...
thinking about earlier, knowing now that he turns into Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt definitely threw some mannerisms throughout that resembled Bruce Willis which makes the transition more believable.
yeah so with multiple timelines... we're tracking two version of Joe, or maybe three. Let's say Joe 1, Joe 2, Joe 3. We start out watching Joe 1 which eventually waits on a Joe 2 to appear and Joe 2 appears and stuns Joe 1. Joe 1 goes back to his apartment. Time rewinds and we actually see Joe 2 in Joe 1's spot who does close the loop by killing Joe 3, which is strange since we're to believe that Joe 3 should be Joe 2, but Joe 2 clearly has a different fate than Joe 3... The weird thing is how this contrasts with Seth who's future self was directly connected to what was done to his present self. Though I guess if your future self is killed, then your future self can have a chance to live... though not vice versa
hahaha less letters. I was gonna say that's a lot of real estate on an arm to send a message
huh. he's just gonna kill three kids to save his wife?
interseting comment: "she's not my mom. she's a liar"
hmm... that seemed supernaturally intense
ah okay... wow. what a twist. (kid fell down the stairs)
hehe. "I'm not such a fuck-up now" (followed by a surprise and "Motherfuckers!")
Kid you better run now... cause you've fucked up
Hmm... This Kid is an idiot... he could have just left
holy fuck... I thought he would just simply transmit those thoughts to his old self... but his action was much more drastic. perhaps the fitting end [though he could have just shot off his firing hand? maybe he figured that would just be a temporary solution]
Watched 20240413 (Netflix, Instant)
Looper (2012) Rian Johnson. 119 min
Relevant Links:
Looper (IMDb.com)
Looper (RottenTomatoes.com)
Looper (Wikipedia.org)
I foun the movie had great action, pacing, and thematically pleasing to watch. I had two main thoughts about the movie, but Rian Johnson has an interview which answers one of them well and the other to some satisfaction.
The first thought is in regards to the premise of the movie, laid out in the initial part of the movie. The protagonist narrates that the future has some sort of tagging method and the only way to get rid of someone is to first send them back in time. Apparently, this isn't explained further because Rian Johnson thought it'd be an unnecessary spend of time - a decision one has to make sparingly in sci-fi (e.g., exposition on hyperdrive, exposition on communication across space). However, Johnson says that essentially everyone has a device that would trigger an alert when they died or which can be signaled by the authorities. Killing the person in any way would trigger the signal, but sending them back in time is a loophole. Of course once they get sent back in time, they need to be eliminated otherwise the person sent back would affect the future.
The second thought is in regards to the ending, and how it relates to the Rainmaker. It is implied that the Rainmaker was caused to come into existence by Joe. But when I was watching the movie, I thought of it more like Old Joe's actions were a result of the Rainmaker. However, after watching the interview, in which Rian Johnson makes some indication about it being hard to tell and the interviewer using the term "chicken-and-egg," I realized that perhaps it is perhaps more or less of a loop which Joe felt he could break by removing himself.
As an aside, I think there's a critical scene in the film that captures the essence of all that follows it. In the diner, Old Joe explains he wants to save his wife. Joe then says to then just show him the picture and he'll never have to meet her, which would save her, but Old Joe refuses. This is the first indication that Old Joe is being selfish.
I subsequently read an article which also did a great job interpreting the time travel in Looper: Time travel in Looper.
Netflix determined the movie for me as a 95% match. I decided to give the movie neither a thumbs up nor a thumbs down.
Rating: 3.8/5
20240414 Comment:
I was wondering today about "Joe 3" in my comment in the Instant Comments section below. I came about in my mind to believe that the matter of sending a person back in time creates a ripple into the future. To make it easier in my mind, I imagine there's a forefront of time, where the future has not yet been created. As such there's a first Joe that reaches 2024, before the future invention of time travel circa 2074. When that forefront hits 2074, persons are sent back to 2024 to create this special assassination system, which will affect the lives of persons in 2024 in a strange circular fashion. As such, there exists a Joe that never became a looper until that moment when the assassination system was created. In dealing with time in Loki, I had created extra time dimensions and that might be possible here. Actually speaking of Loki, there must be infinite branches that we're not observing. We're following a specific Joe that has removed himself from the loop with a special connection to Old Joe. However, think about a past iteration of Joe. What happens to that Joe's future? Will he not have an Old Joe appearing to close the loop?
Note someone linked a cool diagram with a loop that does a pretty good job of intertwining what I named Joe 1, Joe 2, and Joe 3: https://imgur.com/4uMpD. However, such a diagram would not be in line with the rules of Looper - since JGL_2 placing the message on his arm should only affect BW_2 and yet it appears on the arm of BW_1 (using the notation of the diagram). With that being said, the diagram aligns with my thinking that the movie would be better with multiple timelines, scrapping the idea of transmitting changes, and rewriting the story where needed to not depend on transmitting changes (e.g., Joe meeting with Old Joe in the diner). Perhaps this is a difficult task, but it would make for a more compelling story.
Instant Comments:
Holy moly. Guy just blinks in and gets shot
Huh. So just dumping bodies in the past
Huh. "Closing the loop" is explained... The shot happens so quickly it'd be near impossible not to kill yourself. In any case signing up for the gig means you likely set a cap on your life at 30 years...
"Letting your loop run"
"no law against it" (he's allowed to stash his bars)
oh... that's interesting... they can't kill him because... well in a closed-loop timeline they couldn't have killed him cause he made it to the future
lol. I'm from the future you should go to China
twirling your gun seems so stupid (as stupid as sticking your gun in the front of your pants; the last place I'd want to stick a gun is near my penis)
yikes. a scar showing up on his arm
hehe missing fingers (so it's more like a Back-to-the-Future type timeline)
interesting that he chose to go to the address indicated
hmm... all that silver he had stashed... he won't be able to get to it now, right? he should have placed it in different locations
huh... he was bold enough to come back to his place
didn't even retrieve any of his bars; I guess he was just waiting to run
huh. what's this...
thinking about earlier, knowing now that he turns into Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt definitely threw some mannerisms throughout that resembled Bruce Willis which makes the transition more believable.
yeah so with multiple timelines... we're tracking two version of Joe, or maybe three. Let's say Joe 1, Joe 2, Joe 3. We start out watching Joe 1 which eventually waits on a Joe 2 to appear and Joe 2 appears and stuns Joe 1. Joe 1 goes back to his apartment. Time rewinds and we actually see Joe 2 in Joe 1's spot who does close the loop by killing Joe 3, which is strange since we're to believe that Joe 3 should be Joe 2, but Joe 2 clearly has a different fate than Joe 3... The weird thing is how this contrasts with Seth who's future self was directly connected to what was done to his present self. Though I guess if your future self is killed, then your future self can have a chance to live... though not vice versa
hahaha less letters. I was gonna say that's a lot of real estate on an arm to send a message
huh. he's just gonna kill three kids to save his wife?
interseting comment: "she's not my mom. she's a liar"
hmm... that seemed supernaturally intense
ah okay... wow. what a twist. (kid fell down the stairs)
hehe. "I'm not such a fuck-up now" (followed by a surprise and "Motherfuckers!")
Kid you better run now... cause you've fucked up
Hmm... This Kid is an idiot... he could have just left
holy fuck... I thought he would just simply transmit those thoughts to his old self... but his action was much more drastic. perhaps the fitting end [though he could have just shot off his firing hand? maybe he figured that would just be a temporary solution]
Watched 20240413 (Netflix, Instant)
Looper (2012) Rian Johnson. 119 min
Relevant Links:
Looper (IMDb.com)
Looper (RottenTomatoes.com)
Looper (Wikipedia.org)
Ender's Game (2013)
20240413:
Overall, I remember a lot of the excitement of the book was in Ender's progressing in the Battle Room and moving up in the ranks with his unique strategy such as freezing his legs and going feet first. There was also a portion about his members getting their own toons and competing as well. In this movie, all that excitement is basically summarized in a couple of seconds that show Dragon Army moving up the ranks.
Rating: 3.6/5
Instant Comments:
hmm says doesn't hurt and it hurts, why no anesthetics
interesting... invited to the program and now father turns about face on feelings
escaping gravity with probably multiple gs and little change on their face. curiously no helmets either. I guess that's scifi...
hehe no sir to smartest but yes you will to command
oh Hailee Steinfeld is in this movie
I see he soaped himself up to make him slippery from a grapple
I vaguely remember that Ender killed someone, perhaps I thought earlier the kid he thought he beat up was killed and they didnt let him know. but this makes more sense I suppose as the earlier situation foreshadows this situation [it turns out I was right. Stilson did later die from his injuries, but this was not detailed in the movie]
the Colonel mentions Ansible in passing without first informing Ender and the audience what that means (I looked it up and its an instant communication method)
Mazer Rackham huh I didnt remember him whether this is a fake or not. but he allowed Ender the info on the vid without question
I recall in the book that his commanders knew [I can't find this to be the case so it seems I misremembered]
quite a scene... his monologue about genoicde and such
ah this end scene with him saying the formic queen was trying to communicate with him, I must have missed that in the book
Watched 20240413 (Netflix, Instant)
Ender's Game (2013) Gavin Hood. 114 min
Relevant Links:
Ender's Game (IMDb.com)
Ender's Game (RottenTomatoes.com)
Ender's Game (Wikipedia.org)
Overall, I remember a lot of the excitement of the book was in Ender's progressing in the Battle Room and moving up in the ranks with his unique strategy such as freezing his legs and going feet first. There was also a portion about his members getting their own toons and competing as well. In this movie, all that excitement is basically summarized in a couple of seconds that show Dragon Army moving up the ranks.
Rating: 3.6/5
Instant Comments:
hmm says doesn't hurt and it hurts, why no anesthetics
interesting... invited to the program and now father turns about face on feelings
escaping gravity with probably multiple gs and little change on their face. curiously no helmets either. I guess that's scifi...
hehe no sir to smartest but yes you will to command
oh Hailee Steinfeld is in this movie
I see he soaped himself up to make him slippery from a grapple
I vaguely remember that Ender killed someone, perhaps I thought earlier the kid he thought he beat up was killed and they didnt let him know. but this makes more sense I suppose as the earlier situation foreshadows this situation [it turns out I was right. Stilson did later die from his injuries, but this was not detailed in the movie]
the Colonel mentions Ansible in passing without first informing Ender and the audience what that means (I looked it up and its an instant communication method)
Mazer Rackham huh I didnt remember him whether this is a fake or not. but he allowed Ender the info on the vid without question
I recall in the book that his commanders knew [I can't find this to be the case so it seems I misremembered]
quite a scene... his monologue about genoicde and such
ah this end scene with him saying the formic queen was trying to communicate with him, I must have missed that in the book
Watched 20240413 (Netflix, Instant)
Ender's Game (2013) Gavin Hood. 114 min
Relevant Links:
Ender's Game (IMDb.com)
Ender's Game (RottenTomatoes.com)
Ender's Game (Wikipedia.org)
Thursday, April 11, 2024
Joker (2019)
20240411:
Rating: 4.8/5
Instant Comments:
this level of dark... the way he laughs, his psychotic nature, his journal, etc... all make for an appealing Joker (as opposed to the Joker in DCEU).
aww. his mom said "dont you have to be funny". I guess it makes sense to be realistic at times but it still must hurt to hear
hehe I had a feeling there'd be a bullet in the chamber. luckily he just shot the wall
with the flickering lights, I think they're going to be the first people he shots
wow. that first shot left a splatter
huh. his standup eventually goes well. I'm surprised
she looks dead in the chair, even though she could have fallen asleep while watching tv
wow. that's quite a twist (it's implied he's a basyard child of Thomas Wayne)
I think I figured sooner he'd probably kill Thomas Wayne but perhaps now more so (he tears out the photo in the newspaper, with Bruce in the photo)
huh. Alfred says Arthur's mother was delusional. I absolutelt did not consider that possibilty
huh. they got a clip of him and reveals that his show was a bomb but that means his date was being super supportive
i guess Thomas Wayne is a tad more trustworthy than Arthur's mother, but only tad becausw he's still rich and political.
oh wow. in her surprise here it seems perhaps all other situations were delusional? [ok they show scenes with and without her... but were they always that way even hinted to us?]
omg ambulence... did he kill her? poor little girl if so. I really hope not
if he killed his mom. the cops who were suspecting him in the crime would probably suspect him in murdering his mom. same for the neighbor
wow that's tense with Gary not being able to reach the lock
hmm how does he get away from that?
oh he got arrested
hmm what is this ending mean. is that the social worker? ("just thinking of a joke" "you wouldnt get it")
Watched 20240411 (Netflix, Instant) (Last day to watch 20240430)
Joker (2019) Todd Phillips. 122 min
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Rating: 4.8/5
Instant Comments:
this level of dark... the way he laughs, his psychotic nature, his journal, etc... all make for an appealing Joker (as opposed to the Joker in DCEU).
aww. his mom said "dont you have to be funny". I guess it makes sense to be realistic at times but it still must hurt to hear
hehe I had a feeling there'd be a bullet in the chamber. luckily he just shot the wall
with the flickering lights, I think they're going to be the first people he shots
wow. that first shot left a splatter
huh. his standup eventually goes well. I'm surprised
she looks dead in the chair, even though she could have fallen asleep while watching tv
wow. that's quite a twist (it's implied he's a basyard child of Thomas Wayne)
I think I figured sooner he'd probably kill Thomas Wayne but perhaps now more so (he tears out the photo in the newspaper, with Bruce in the photo)
huh. Alfred says Arthur's mother was delusional. I absolutelt did not consider that possibilty
huh. they got a clip of him and reveals that his show was a bomb but that means his date was being super supportive
i guess Thomas Wayne is a tad more trustworthy than Arthur's mother, but only tad becausw he's still rich and political.
oh wow. in her surprise here it seems perhaps all other situations were delusional? [ok they show scenes with and without her... but were they always that way even hinted to us?]
omg ambulence... did he kill her? poor little girl if so. I really hope not
if he killed his mom. the cops who were suspecting him in the crime would probably suspect him in murdering his mom. same for the neighbor
wow that's tense with Gary not being able to reach the lock
hmm how does he get away from that?
oh he got arrested
hmm what is this ending mean. is that the social worker? ("just thinking of a joke" "you wouldnt get it")
Watched 20240411 (Netflix, Instant) (Last day to watch 20240430)
Joker (2019) Todd Phillips. 122 min
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Saturday, April 6, 2024
The Hateful Eight (2015)
20240409:
Rating: 5.0/5
Instant Comments:
1a: she winked at him, but it could mean many things. like hey Im working with you or just hey buddy you see how crazy I am? but logically it wouldn't make sense for her to be worning with him because what would she be giving to him. she's only valuBle if dead 1a: ah Michael Madsen was both in Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill (other films by Tarantino)
1a: steam blowing from rim of his hat is a cool effect
1a: hmm OB could have reconstructed a gun from the basket, so while John semi trusts him, this could be a window of opportunity to turn around
1b: resuming at around 1:19:00 (OB coming in from the cold); I think the Hangman checked John's paperwork but there's no paper work to check of the Hangman
1b: that's quite a monologue (Warren's story about how he killed the man's boy); whether it was real or not, he succeeded in goading Smithers to shoot
1b: that was a beautiful moment (Domergue singing and playing guitar); perhaps cause it contrasts with her crazy personality
1b: hehe "she started letting in dogs"
1b: whoa. the head practically exploded
1b: that's quite a twist (below)
1b: hehe "I ain't got no gun, Sheriff"
1b: hehe. blasted her brother's head
1b: I figure after all this talking they're all dead (typical of a Tarantino movie for most if not all persons to die)
1b: Huh. That's a surprise. Chris didn't take the deal. It's not clear to me why [he gives a reason]
1b: hehe Mannix faints
1b: huh. Warren says they'll both die (Chris and Warren)
1b: hanging
1a=20240406, 1b=20240409
Watched first half 20240406, second half 20240409 (Netflix, Instant) (Last day to watch 20240424)
The Hateful Eight (2015) Quentin Tarantino. 168 min
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Instant Comments:
1a: she winked at him, but it could mean many things. like hey Im working with you or just hey buddy you see how crazy I am? but logically it wouldn't make sense for her to be worning with him because what would she be giving to him. she's only valuBle if dead 1a: ah Michael Madsen was both in Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill (other films by Tarantino)
1a: steam blowing from rim of his hat is a cool effect
1a: hmm OB could have reconstructed a gun from the basket, so while John semi trusts him, this could be a window of opportunity to turn around
1b: resuming at around 1:19:00 (OB coming in from the cold); I think the Hangman checked John's paperwork but there's no paper work to check of the Hangman
1b: that's quite a monologue (Warren's story about how he killed the man's boy); whether it was real or not, he succeeded in goading Smithers to shoot
1b: that was a beautiful moment (Domergue singing and playing guitar); perhaps cause it contrasts with her crazy personality
1b: hehe "she started letting in dogs"
1b: whoa. the head practically exploded
1b: that's quite a twist (below)
1b: hehe "I ain't got no gun, Sheriff"
1b: hehe. blasted her brother's head
1b: I figure after all this talking they're all dead (typical of a Tarantino movie for most if not all persons to die)
1b: Huh. That's a surprise. Chris didn't take the deal. It's not clear to me why [he gives a reason]
1b: hehe Mannix faints
1b: huh. Warren says they'll both die (Chris and Warren)
1b: hanging
1a=20240406, 1b=20240409
Watched first half 20240406, second half 20240409 (Netflix, Instant) (Last day to watch 20240424)
The Hateful Eight (2015) Quentin Tarantino. 168 min
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The Hateful Eight (Wikipedia.org)