Watched December, 2025.
The story is classic, though the first half is tough to endure due to Emma's heartless insults which, I suppose, are necessary to inspire the ultimately soaring romance. However, that's probably what it takes to set this apart from uninspired 21st-century romance stories. The settings and music are constantly magnificent, in contrast to the social ugliness.
Watched November, 2025.
There are no redeeming qualities to this movie. I would have turned it off, but my wife insisted we watch to the end, assuming a movie about Santa had to have a pleasant ending. Mel Gibson should be ashamed of himself.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Watched November, 2025.
The story just seemed slow, and the acting was boring. Ben Grimm should not be boring. I didn't like the use of the baby and it was ultimately unclear why the baby is more important other than any other baby. I liked Silver Surfer. The twist at the end made sense because no other character in the movie was going to pull it off. The movie looks like the comics of the 1960s, but it's now 2025, and 60 year old sci-fi doesn't work for me. This is a rare movie of the last few years that doesn't replace traditionally Caucasian characters with other races. Hamilton this ain't.
Watched September, 2025.
I have seen reviews that faulted the dog for this movie's mediocrity. The dog was fine. The plot was simply a sequence of plot complications with fantasy tech solutions that no one on earth for a hundred years could possibly understand. The Krypton message thing was nonsensical. The final outtake was meaningless. The studio must have known long before the release that this movie was lousy. Why release it?
Watched August, 2025.
Very impressive how this movie was not about obesity, really. Obesity is a factor, but the character was a person, not just fat. The missionary kid was just annoying and cost this movie a couple stars.
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