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From: "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
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Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-05-31 (Friday)
Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2024 12:49:24 -0700
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On 6/1/24 12:32 PM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:

> On 6/1/2024 10:21 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
> snip
>>
>>> What did you watch?
>>
>> Yesterday, I was finally 100% done for the year. I had a couple of 
>> errands to run in the afternoon, but once I was done with that, it was 
>> movie time!
>>
>> The Squad (Tubi!) - This is all Anim's fault!!  :p
>>     Actually, in Anim''s defense, I've been wanting to see this 2023 
>> (seemingly filmed in 2022, in Oklahoma City!!) direct-to-video flick 
>> for a while, because it co-stars Lifetime's Meghan Carrasquillo) - 
>> long before he mentioned it yesterday.
>>     It's just his mentioning it made me realize that this flick had 
>> finally come to Tubi.
>>     Result: This flick is a mess.
>>
>> Next up: "Spare Parts" from 2020!!  :)
>>
>> Dune: Part Two (Max) - With my tier of Max, this was not in 4k, but it 
>> actually doesn't matter because this flick looks so good, being in 
>> actual "4k" likely wouldn't have made it look any better.
>>     This is more convoluted, and I think also longer, and thus not as 
>> enjoyable as "Part 1". Though I guess things actually happen (at the 
>> end) of this one.
>>     I also gather this one departs more from the books more (IIRC, the 
>> Emperor is not actually a character in the original Dune novel).
> 
> I did not know that.

I'm not exact sure how true this is. The Emperor may be a "bit part" 
character. But I think I read that the film definitely expands his role. 
Like, I don't think the Emperor is one of the hostages in the book 
(maybe just the daughter?).

>>     But this one introduces some new character/actors (Austin Butler, 
>> Florence Pugh, and an uncredited cameo from Anya Taylor-Joy), so it's 
>> got some freshness, at least.
>>     Overall, I did enjoy this one, and it does *look great*. But it's 
>> also a bit of a slog, and does suffer from a "who do you root for?" 
>> problem (though not a "who do you root against?" problem!).
>>
>> And thus ushers in my "weekend of movies"! I plan to do little else 
>> this weekend but watch movies and/or streaming series, and maybe some 
>> golf.

I am likely to get to Blumhouse's "Fantasy Island" this week, as it's 
turned up on, I think, Hulu now. (Hopefully, Lucifer Hale gets hers!!)