Took the whole family to see it in the theater!
Years ago, I saw some classic Bugs Bunny shorts at BAM, and it was really striking how beautifully they played on the big screen for which they were intended– little gags came through better, and the whole thing worked beautifully scaled up to size. This is, I’m afraid, not that glorious. But it was still a pretty good time!
The animation style isn’t trying to copy classic Chuck Jones– it’s…
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The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie 2024
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Transylvania 6-5000 1985
Family movie night, Papa’s choice.
Still barely a story and hardly a movie, but an awfully good time. The naughtiness of the jokes was just right for the kids, and the little one laughed a whole lot at/with Geena Davis’ boobs. Michael Richards, though is who really won them over– his childish ridiculousness. including “is good, ja” and the aggressive piggybacking, cracked them up. It was amusing to see how the littler kid also didn’t recognize spoofery, and got very…Translated from by
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Everything Everywhere All at Once 2022
I was so, so looking forward to this after seeing the trailer, and then I… I think I hated it?
I’ve waited two weeks to write this to see if my feelings changed, and maybe that was a mistake because it’s gotten enough into The Discourse that I’m starting to remember it more as a subject than an experience, which is unfair– the actual experience is the best part, with the groovy color and goofy wigs and a legit funny…Translated from by -
Knives Out 2019
This one-note, tediously simple minded ideological autofellatio is what Film Twitter thinks is a good movie?!?!?!? I kept thinking maybe Marta (or better yet, her mom) would be a criminal mastermind and that would at least be funny.
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