Movies

Creed 3

Not bad.  Jonathan Majors has this amazing ability to be completely off-putting.  He might be a little too good at it for his performance to be entirely enjoyable to watch.  I think that this series has diminishing returns; While not bad, this is the third best of the Creed movies.

Regret watching: No

Would watch again: Yes

Would buy on DVD: No

Rating: Nice

Air

Matt Damon nails the speech he gives to Michael Jordan.  Dude can act.  The rest of it is pretty sweet as well.  Justin Bateman, Ben Affleck, Viola Davis…It’s a stacked cast that delivers the goods.  The story is engaging for something where the ending’s been known for forty years.  (Kind of like Miracle.)  The quintessential Dad movie.

Regret watching: No

Would watch again: Yes

Would buy on DVD: No

Rating: Good

Made You Look

Documentary about a massive art scam.  Entertaining as heck, but the real lesson I get from this is to never buy art.  

Regret watching: No

Would watch again: Yes

Would buy on DVD: No

Rating: Pretty good

Prom Pact

A very by the numbers teenage high school rom com.  Which isn’t a bad thing if it’s done well.  This one comes in on the better side of the ledger, but what elevates it for me are three scenes: Mandy and Graham’s first kiss, Mandy’s salutatorian speech, and their last kiss.  Peyton Elizabeth Lee really sells the romance; there’s something about the way she moves her hands during the kisses that totally works for me.  And her nose crinkle when she says “good different.”  I may not watch the whole movie ever again, but I’ve already revisited those scenes multiple times.

Regret watching: No

Would watch again: Yes

Would buy on DVD: No

Rating: Pretty good