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From: Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org>
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Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-05-31 (Friday)
Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2024 18:16:10 -0700
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On 6/1/2024 5:52 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
>> 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!!)
>>
> 
> She’s skinny and almost unrecognizably hot. But the movie is a mess.
> 
> 
> 


But it's a fun mess.  :-)