My movie watching has increased lately and I think starting a movie diary is a good idea. I have quite a backlog that I’ll detail in one or more posts and after than perhaps monthly summarise the movies I’ve seen during that period.
I welcome any and all movie recommendations, all I ask is to think of me when recommending the movies. As I detail the movies I watch my taste should become apparent. Through these posts I’ll recommend movies but hopefully put some grounding on these recommendations - if you liked x you might like y sort of thing.
Anyway, onto the movies!
Generally meh. This is the first movie of three? in a series providing closure to the Stargate SG-1 story arc. What a ride it’s been. I’m a longtime fan of the Stargate series. Individual episode quality differs wildly but if you enjoy science fiction, futuristic weaponry, and galactic struggle you’ll enjoy the Stargate universe.
In particular this movie feels more like the first of a miniseries, it has more in common with one of the many two part episodes. The timeline of events is faster but that’s generally it. I would suggest getting into Stargate through the episodes themselves.
I think I read in Freakonomics where the economist is talking about seeing a group of three similar, seemingly unrelated events as an oddity but that he’s always seeing groups of two and trying to say that they are an oddity. I think the same way - A Bugs Life and Antz, Finding Nemo and A Sharks Tale, The Illusionist and The Prestige. All these are movies relased at similar times with very similar subjects.
Anyway, I have stumbled upon two Beowulf & Grendel movies at the same time; this one and Beowulf: The IMAX Experience. I couldn’t recommend either, although I’ve only skipped through the second movie.
The monster Grendel, in the second movie, is fantastic.
An interesting note is the second movie is animated and done suprisingly well but seems to descend into Uncanny Valley.
If you want to watch a movie for-the-sake of watching a movie these movies aren’t bad.
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