This blog will be updated for the coming week. For now, reviews of RP One and Last Jedi Blu-ray.
Another repeat on MNN this Saturday at 5pm. We will be back in May for a new season.
Update:
Black Panther is ready to take out Titanic as the 3rd biggest film of all time at the U.S. box office, with only Avatar and SW Force Awakens leading the pack. How the hell did that happened? WTF!?
Now Avengers IW has to beat this record to be the third biggest. Guaranteed top 10 but if there's no repeats they got a problem.
PS It did hit the top 10 World Wide. At least it beat Frozen for the top 10 spot.
Mini-reviews:
Radio Player One: 3 out of 5.
King Kong, Batmobile chase and a Speed Racer Mach cameo at the beginning? Check.
Iron Giant vs. Mechegodzilla and a don't Fck with Chuck cameo at the end? Check.
And the middle? Boring as hell. And that camera was all over the place to the point I couldn't even tell what was going on in the first place. And this needs $400M to break even? Article below.
Last Jedi BR: 3 for the film, 5 for the documentary and features.
As I said on the show, I liked the film for what it was. A big fking mess. It did have its moments aka Yoda scene while ignoring all the beats from Force Awakens. Rey parents were drunks? That's it?
For me I never liked the story arc to begin with. Lets kill Han in the first. Lets knock off Luke in the second. Oops no Liea for the third. Just get this trilogy over with and be done with it.
While fans hated what Director Rian did with the story line, who gave him approval in the first place? Exe. Producer Kennedy and company. Like they didn't know this was going to piss off the fans and give the next director, JJ, a headache to fix these problems in the narrative. While it's obvious Rain can't direct his own script, they should have brought in Lawrence Kasden for a re-write or at least have JJ supervise it. They should have listened to Hamill. He was right in the first place.
Great documentary. Can't believe all those sets were built to give the film a more realistic look. More practical effects than CGI even tho you couldn't even tell with some scenes. Good to see Andy Serkis doing his thing without the CG. Why they give him more credit as an actor is beyond me. And why did some of those scenes got cut? That elevator scene was funny and you got to see more creatures at the gambling casinos. And what was wrong with the caretakers village scene, too much aka Ewoks?
So this needs to break $400M to break even to cover the $175M plus marketing costs. Yep desperation from the studios like the article states.
http://deadline.com/2018/03/steven-spielberg-netflix-oscars-tv-clear-and-present-danger-to-filmgoers-1202353123/
So he gave them the summer blockbuster with Jaws at Universal Studios. In returned they turn him down for Close Encounters 3K which he made at Columbia studios. Flash forward 30 years later they didn't want to release "Lincoln" in the theatres. So why is he still defending an old system that's on the way out anyways?
http://www.darkhorizons.com/rey-finn-team-again-in-episode-9/
Well this makes sense considering Princess Leia is out of the picture. And that idea of Meryl Streep being made as a replacement for Leia? Worst idea ever. But why was her name mentioned to begin with? Streep made a film called "Postcards from the Edge" based on a book written by Carrie Fisher based on her life. So that's the connection. They should leave it alone and have the opening scroll to SW9 mentioning her passing. Why not. They didn't even mention Han Solo's funeral in Jedi.
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