My Week in Movies: July 19 - 25
Jul. 26th, 2020 06:29 pmHello friends. I am currently alternately playing Until Dawn and Kingdom Hearts III. Kingdom Hearts III is... something. It's a series of interminable cutscenes where people either spout nonsense about hearts and bodies or recap Disney movies, with some fight sequences interspersed in. Those fight scenes, in turn, are largely ads for Disney World attractions. And yet I keep playing. I also tried out Pillars of Eternity on PS4, but found it didn't do a very good job as a console game. I'm playing it on my Mac now. We'll see if I keep up with it.
Movies I've watched before are in italics.
Barbarella (1968)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Spirited Away (2001)
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007)
Psycho (1960)
The Exorcist (1973)
Psycho II (1983)
Watching Barbarella was slightly bittersweet. I had it lined up as the movie for Movie Night back in March, but that fell through owing to (flails) everything. It showed up on Criterion Channel, so![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
sol_se and I gave it a watch. Such a trippy film made by people on many drugs. Lots of fun!
Given a choice between the original Frankenstein (one of my favorites) and Bride of Frankenstein, I decided to initiate sol_se into the Universal Frankenstein series with Bride. It's probably the more accessible of the two (and doesn't have the entirely unnecessary third wheel character Victor Moritz).
It was sol_se's birthday on Wednesday, so I took the day off and we stayed in. We watched a lot of Korra, but we also fit in two favorites of hers: Spirited Away and Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium. Of the two, I really liked Spirited Away. It had a real Alice in Wonderland vibe by way of Japan (or just Miyazaki). Very imaginative and cool.
sol_se wanted to catch up on some classic horror, so we watched Psycho and The Exorcist. Psycho remains Very Good, a masterwork of cinematography and editing. The Exorcist remains... fine. It's fine. I've never really understood the whole "Scariest Movie Ever" reputation and I honestly find some of the "scarier" sequences laughable.
Psycho II is a film I have a soft spot for because it really shouldn't work, but it does. A lot of that is thanks to the choice of centering Norman Bates as protagonist, fighting for a chance to stay sane. It makes some small concessions to the slasher genre that don't work, but otherwise it's a solid little thriller.
Movies I've watched before are in italics.
Barbarella (1968)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Spirited Away (2001)
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007)
Psycho (1960)
The Exorcist (1973)
Psycho II (1983)
Watching Barbarella was slightly bittersweet. I had it lined up as the movie for Movie Night back in March, but that fell through owing to (flails) everything. It showed up on Criterion Channel, so
sol_se and I gave it a watch. Such a trippy film made by people on many drugs. Lots of fun!Given a choice between the original Frankenstein (one of my favorites) and Bride of Frankenstein, I decided to initiate sol_se into the Universal Frankenstein series with Bride. It's probably the more accessible of the two (and doesn't have the entirely unnecessary third wheel character Victor Moritz).
It was sol_se's birthday on Wednesday, so I took the day off and we stayed in. We watched a lot of Korra, but we also fit in two favorites of hers: Spirited Away and Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium. Of the two, I really liked Spirited Away. It had a real Alice in Wonderland vibe by way of Japan (or just Miyazaki). Very imaginative and cool.
sol_se wanted to catch up on some classic horror, so we watched Psycho and The Exorcist. Psycho remains Very Good, a masterwork of cinematography and editing. The Exorcist remains... fine. It's fine. I've never really understood the whole "Scariest Movie Ever" reputation and I honestly find some of the "scarier" sequences laughable.
Psycho II is a film I have a soft spot for because it really shouldn't work, but it does. A lot of that is thanks to the choice of centering Norman Bates as protagonist, fighting for a chance to stay sane. It makes some small concessions to the slasher genre that don't work, but otherwise it's a solid little thriller.
