Till We Meet Again《月老》(2021)

I generally like this even tho there's much I didn't go for - in particular, the logic of the story world and the depiction of the female characters which I felt were kind of standard social expectations of the female species.

That aside, this film does seem to know who its audience is. In the right moments, Kai Ko is cute, Gingle Wang is pretty when she's not hyping up the bad girl image and Vivian Sung is the standard pretty good girl.

IMHO, this film clicks when it comes to pulling the heart strings for the most parts.   
 

Don't Look Up (2021)

I actually quite enjoy this. Mark Rylance is really good. There are also some moments that resonated with me, such as the dependence on data to forecast, and what motivates those in positions of authority, power and privilege.
 

The Matrix Resurrections (2021) - IMAX

A bit too talky for my liking. Didn't really take to the story or any of the characters either.

Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) - IMAX

Not too bad. There were moments I teared up. There were moments that I felt were a bit draggy. Two bits I just could not buy - as they veered into the same territory as when Clark Kent will not save his father from death in order to hide his identity in Zack Snyder's The Man of Steel (2013). But the pluses mostly outweighed the few negatives. And the epic-ness that this film delivers is something fans haven't really seen before on the big screen.

The French Dispatch (2021)

A visual treat. I think I dozed off somewhere during the second story,  and woke up during the animated car chase scene bit in the third. I liked the story with Benicio del Toro, Lea Seydoux and Adrien Brody.
 

Jungle Cruise (2021)

Adequately entertaining although (like most mainstream films of this nature), there is also quite a but of violence and destruction of property with little regard for consequences. The talents are fun to watch and I saw them more as their characters of Frank and Lily rather than as The Rock and Emily Blunt. Love the bits of corny dialogue.   

Eternals (2021) - IMAX

Went in with low expectations cos of all the negative reviews. The first ten minutes made me think that perhaps the reviews were right. Bits and pieces of dialogues that I felt were clunky. I couldn't get into Gemma Chan's casting.

I came out thinking this is one of the best from the MCEU. I like the levels of intelligence, even if it aims high but don't always stick. It asks questions like, if you enforce peace through mind control, is that good? It had moments where I went: Superman vs. WW! Superman vs. Flash! Amazo! Civil War! Love the Superman, Clark Kent and Alfred bits in the dialogues. The word "humanity" pop up in my mind - the same word that popped up when I watched Nomadland.

There's lots I like about this film. I probably like almost all the Eternals except I wasn't totally sold on Salma Hayek and Gemma Chan. Lauren Ridloff looks cool but that's about it (her character got the shortest end of the stick in terms of development, IMHO). But the other Eternals had me going... I'll like to see more. Love the "Indian butler". The sex scene was brief and pretty much in PG13 territory. The gay family unit bits were pretty PG (and nicely included) - so it was sad this got slapped with a M18 rating here in SG. Kudos to Disney for not chopping it off for a lower rating.