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Teen Titans Go to the Movies - Fun, goofy, containing nothing particularly original or surprising. I knew to look for my dad's name in the credits.
Isn't It Romantic - Rebel Wilson (along with Liam Hemsworth and Adam Devine) in a send-up of terrible romcoms that is, itself, a romcom. It's not fantastic, but has some funny moments and virtually no gross-out humor. (Jethrien and I did periodically quote a few bits to each other after, particularly regarding "yoga ambassadors".)
The Lego Movie 2 - Generally formulaic, moderately entertaining. They attempt to call out some of the sexism in the first movie, though I'm not sure how much they actually learned in the interim. Also, like the first movie, how much of this is in the imagination of the two kids versus it "really happening" could be the topic of a doctoral thesis. I feel like they dialed back the cameos, too-- except for Lego Batman, pretty much everyone who matters is an original character.
What Men Want - Could have been a good concept, but opts for a stereotypically cringe-worthy idiot plot. I gave up halfway through when she went for the stupid "pretend these people are my family" ploy without bothering to actually explain the plan to them.
Suicide Squad - I was expecting this to be terrible and was pleasantly surprised that it was merely mediocre. Harley Quinn was delightful and I look forward to seeing her without the Joker. I can't decide if this is helped or hurt by being part of the DC cinematic universe; I liked the cameos and was okay with the stuff you needed to have read the comics to really make sense of, but also suspect they could have made a better movie without the baggage of trying to connect to other stories.
Ghosts (BBC miniseries) - A couple inherits a house that happens to be extremely haunted. Fortunately, everyone involved is British, so this mostly a lot of people being very socially awkward and some of them are incorporeal. Watched the first 4 episodes; it probably would have worked better as a 90-minute movie with tighter plotting and a firmer hand editing the best jokes.
Missing Link - A bunch of fun actor voice a Wallace and Grommet style tale of myopic British adventures and the evolutionary throwbacks who teach them the true meaning of friendship. 90% of the funniest things are asides by Mr. Link. “It was a nun. We mugged her.”
Isn't It Romantic - Rebel Wilson (along with Liam Hemsworth and Adam Devine) in a send-up of terrible romcoms that is, itself, a romcom. It's not fantastic, but has some funny moments and virtually no gross-out humor. (Jethrien and I did periodically quote a few bits to each other after, particularly regarding "yoga ambassadors".)
The Lego Movie 2 - Generally formulaic, moderately entertaining. They attempt to call out some of the sexism in the first movie, though I'm not sure how much they actually learned in the interim. Also, like the first movie, how much of this is in the imagination of the two kids versus it "really happening" could be the topic of a doctoral thesis. I feel like they dialed back the cameos, too-- except for Lego Batman, pretty much everyone who matters is an original character.
What Men Want - Could have been a good concept, but opts for a stereotypically cringe-worthy idiot plot. I gave up halfway through when she went for the stupid "pretend these people are my family" ploy without bothering to actually explain the plan to them.
Suicide Squad - I was expecting this to be terrible and was pleasantly surprised that it was merely mediocre. Harley Quinn was delightful and I look forward to seeing her without the Joker. I can't decide if this is helped or hurt by being part of the DC cinematic universe; I liked the cameos and was okay with the stuff you needed to have read the comics to really make sense of, but also suspect they could have made a better movie without the baggage of trying to connect to other stories.
Ghosts (BBC miniseries) - A couple inherits a house that happens to be extremely haunted. Fortunately, everyone involved is British, so this mostly a lot of people being very socially awkward and some of them are incorporeal. Watched the first 4 episodes; it probably would have worked better as a 90-minute movie with tighter plotting and a firmer hand editing the best jokes.
Missing Link - A bunch of fun actor voice a Wallace and Grommet style tale of myopic British adventures and the evolutionary throwbacks who teach them the true meaning of friendship. 90% of the funniest things are asides by Mr. Link. “It was a nun. We mugged her.”
