Movies

Some things I’ve seen:

Old Guard 2

I really liked the first movie, and was looking forward to this followup.  Unfortunately, this was ridiculously bad.  The action scenes don’t have the crisp efficiency of the original, the hokey mumbo jumbo about transferring immortality is insultingly stupid, Charlize has an epic-ly horrible haircut, and the film ends on a cliffhanger with zero resolution.  A complete disappointment.

Regret watching: Yes

Would watch again: No

Would buy on DVD: No

Rating: Stupid

The Storied Life of AJ Fikry

I watched this on Netflix because it looked like a light, breezy romance, which it mostly is.  I didn’t realize that it was based on a book by Gabrielle Zevin, who wrote Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow.  Apparently the book is better than the movie, which tracks.  This isn’t bad at all, but it could definitely use some fleshing out.  Kunal Nayyar (of Big Bang Theory fame) does okay as the protagonist, and his relationship with Lucy Hale is cute enough.  But he doesn’t quite pull off the transformative effect his adopted daughter is supposed to have elicited.  

There’s one scene that I really like, where Hale meets the real author of the book that brought her and Nayyar together.  There’s a sadness and quiet pride to the interaction that’s beautiful.  

Regret watching: No

Would watch again: No

Would buy on DVD: No

Rating: Fine