Watched with my 2-year old son. Here are some of his observations:
- Darth Vader is "sick" (ill)
- Every planet was "Earth"
- The Death Star was "Moon" (that's no moon, son)
- Every spacecraft was a "rocket ship"
- "The robot (C3PO) walks on 2 legs!"
- Chewbacca is his favorite character
- Jawas are scary
I received a Stanley Kubrick box set for Christmas in 2015. I live in the US but found a great deal on a box set from the UK. The Shining is one of my favorite movies of all time and I just watched the Blu-ray from this box set for the first time. When the movie was finished after barely 2 hours, I thought to myself "I this being longer." A quick internet search led me to discover that…
They did it again.
Following up Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse seems like an impossible feat. How can you make the sequel as artistically creative and heartfelt as its predecessor? Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is how.
Across the Spider-Verse builds upon the theme of what it means to be Spider-Man while exploring the pain and trauma that defines the character. This is accomplished through the introduction of seemingly thousands of Spider-Mans, but never feels bloated.
Visually, Across the Spider-Verse is as…
Not worth all the summer hype, but not as bad as some people are saying either. Florence Pugh is great (duh) and the movie is beautiful, but the pacing is off. A better constructed movie could have given everything this story gave us as well explored some of the more interesting characters (like Olivia Wilde, Chris Pine, and Gemma Chan). Digging into these characters stories would have helped elevate Don’t Worry Darling's social commentary above the basics.
