My Week in Movies: May 3 - May 9
May. 10th, 2020 12:48 pmFewer movies again this week, as I was finishing up Uncharted: Lost Legacy and starting my (probably ultimately failed) run on Control (it's a very hard game).
Movies I've seen before are in italics.
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
The Black Sleep (1956) w/![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
sol_se
Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary (2019)
I had the dentist song from Little Shop stuck in my head, so I went and rewatched the movie. For some reason, I got really emotional whenever Ellen Greene sang. Something something power of nostalgia? No idea. Still a great movie and those Audrey II effects are ridiculously good.
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World is a drama director's idea of the ultimate comedy movie. What makes it the ultimate comedy movie? Well, it's three hours long and squeezes in cameos from nearly every living major comedian. And for the most part, they are just that, cameos. One moment has a trio of firemen run up and they're the Three Stooges. They don't do anything but stand there. That's the whole joke, that they showed up. Overall, it's not very good, but it does have its moments.
The Black Sleep is momentous. It may be the last Saturday night virtual movie date thatsol_se and I ever do. Her Internet is getting cut off next week. Why is it getting cut off? Because she won't need it soon. She has a plane to catch on May 27th to fly to Los Angeles to live! Permanently! With me! OMGYAY! (also the movie itself is fine, mostly notably for the abundance of classic horror actors like Basil Rathbone, John Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr., and Bela Lugosi, although the last two don't have any lines).
The Galaxy Quest documentary was impressive, largely because they managed to gather everybody still alive (we miss you Alan). I had no idea there were Galaxy Quest cosplayers. I mean, it makes sense, I just never thought of it before. I also had no idea the film was supposed to be PG-13 until the studio said, "Nope, this one goes out to the kids!" Which honestly worked out for the best. As David Mamet said, it's one of those few perfect movies.
Movies I've seen before are in italics.
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
The Black Sleep (1956) w/
sol_se Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary (2019)
I had the dentist song from Little Shop stuck in my head, so I went and rewatched the movie. For some reason, I got really emotional whenever Ellen Greene sang. Something something power of nostalgia? No idea. Still a great movie and those Audrey II effects are ridiculously good.
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World is a drama director's idea of the ultimate comedy movie. What makes it the ultimate comedy movie? Well, it's three hours long and squeezes in cameos from nearly every living major comedian. And for the most part, they are just that, cameos. One moment has a trio of firemen run up and they're the Three Stooges. They don't do anything but stand there. That's the whole joke, that they showed up. Overall, it's not very good, but it does have its moments.
The Black Sleep is momentous. It may be the last Saturday night virtual movie date that
sol_se and I ever do. Her Internet is getting cut off next week. Why is it getting cut off? Because she won't need it soon. She has a plane to catch on May 27th to fly to Los Angeles to live! Permanently! With me! OMGYAY! (also the movie itself is fine, mostly notably for the abundance of classic horror actors like Basil Rathbone, John Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr., and Bela Lugosi, although the last two don't have any lines). The Galaxy Quest documentary was impressive, largely because they managed to gather everybody still alive (we miss you Alan). I had no idea there were Galaxy Quest cosplayers. I mean, it makes sense, I just never thought of it before. I also had no idea the film was supposed to be PG-13 until the studio said, "Nope, this one goes out to the kids!" Which honestly worked out for the best. As David Mamet said, it's one of those few perfect movies.
