Saturday, January 29, 2022

Encanto (2021)

I'm not 100% sold, but it has its charms.
 

Tuesday, January 4, 2022

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.   
 

Saturday, January 1, 2022

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.
 

Sunday, December 26, 2021

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.

Thursday, December 16, 2021

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.

Sunday, December 12, 2021

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.
 

Sunday, November 14, 2021

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.