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Some recent films I watched either on-plane or on-boat were…
MEGAN 2.0…I quite enjoyed the first one (even if it was a bit of a riff/re-tread on ORPHAN) but this was just dire! Cringe in every way (I actually felt embarrassed while watching the bit where the bot sings the Kate Bush song). Avoid at all costs.
FINAL DESTINATION BLOODLINES…Again, I have enjoyed some of the previous efforts (with the 1st one still the best by miles) but it’s just such a tired formula now and nobody cares about the characters and since the deaths are largely CGI, there’s not even the fun of watching any clever mechanical gore FX.
WICKED (2) FOR GOOD…HOW did these two things make so much $$$. We watched Part 1 on our last cruise in October, so followed up that torture with a bit more masochism for a laugh. Even worse than Part 1. The songs (sung sentences??) are awful and when it’s all stacked up, it’s been about 5 hours spent telling the most inane/threadbare plot in years with the most hideous characters!! The resolution has to be seen (endured?) to be believed for its lack of effort or motivation.
DREAM SCENARIO…Offbeat Nic Cage film which starts out great (people all over the world suddenly start having dreams that feature dull/boring/unassuming Cage’s character showing up in their scary dreams but doing nothing to help them) but eventually dribbles out to nothing. It was a bit Being John Malkovich at times. Not the worst I’ve seen, but could have been so much better.
WARM SPRINGS…Nice little film about FD Roosevelt (as played by Kenneth Branagh) getting polio and going to a warm spring spa to help heal. Quiet, gentle little ‘period people’ movie with a lovely score by Bruce Broughton (recently released on CD by BSX/DDR). Probably the best of the bunch I saw.
They’re the ones I recall off the top of my head. There were others. If I can be bothered, I might return…