Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Ian J. Ball" Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-04-26 (Friday) Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2024 17:54:11 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 58 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2024 02:54:12 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="5d774527bf2abc7fab53221b934406f5"; logging-data="716239"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18CK6CYJVleLzM0+sEHz+SO" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:JZNw3NKg+ZobG3AbGefaHuOfjSA= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 4146 On 4/27/24 5:18 PM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote: > On 4/27/2024 8:22 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote: > >> Yesterday, I finished off Fallout, and watched a movie: >> >> >> What did you watch? > > I watched: > > > There were two movies that debuted this weekend.  "Boy Kills World" and > "Challengers."  "Boy Kills World" is a new action comedy starring Bill > Skarsgård as a deaf-mute young man who goes on a blood soaked revenge > spree to slaughter the people who killed his family.  The movie also > stars Jessica Rothe, Famke Janssen, Sharlto Copley, and "Mad Dog" from > the Raid movies.  How could you possibly go wrong?  "Challengers" on the > other hand is a 2 hour long drama starring Zendeya.  The plot involves > her being in a love triangle with tennis players.  So it was not a hard > decision picking which movie to see on Thursday night.  Except "Boy > Kills World" was not playing in IMAX or Dolby cinema.  All the high > quality theater screens had been taken over by "Challengers."  So I went > to the local theater and saw  "Boy Kills World" on a regular screen... > > "Boy Kills World" - I actually saw this on Thursday night, but didn't > feel like talking about it.  Given the cast and premise I went into this > with high expectations.  My expectations were crushed.  I though I was > going to get "Crank" and instead I got "Gamer."  :-(  It's just a mess > of a movie.  I'm trying to wrap my head around this is a hard "R" > revenge fueled blood fest (with "Mad Dog" from the Raid movies!), and > yet I was nodding off due to boredom. That is very disappointing - I was actually looking forward to this one. [sigh...] > So after the movie I headed over to Rogerebert.com and saw they gave > "Boy Kills World" 1 star.  I also noticed they gave "Challengers," the > movie that stole all the Dolby Cinema and IMAX screens, 3 1/2 half > stars.  So I went to see "Challengers" in Dolby Cinema Friday night. > > "Challengers" - The plot is actually kind of hard to describe without > getting into spoilers, and that's in spite of the fact the plot is very > basic.  Zendeya stars as a former tennis pro who is now married to a > famous tennis player and is his coach.  But there is a bit of a love > triangle (or hate triangle) with her husband's rival and former best > friend.  This movie was surprisingly really good.  Much better than the > blood soaked revenge fest.  Although "Challengers" is also very "R." The > vibe of this movie feels a *lot* like "Less Than Zero" or "Rules of > Attraction," and could easily be set in that universe (there are several > movies set in that universe).  I checked the credits to make sure it > wasn't actually based on a Bret Easton Ellis book, because it felt like > it was.  The movie also borrows a page from "Memento" and tells the > story in somewhat reverse order.  It's not always going in reverse, but > there are a lot of jumping around in time, usually backwards. I doubt I am going to like this movie at all. [shrug]