Category: Movies (Page 1 of 4)

Dumb blondes in bed with popcorn.

A few weeks ago, I started watching the Popcorn In Bed Youtube channel.  It’s a reaction channel featuring two cute blondes watching movies.  The movies are chosen by member surveys and are generally very good.  The channel is an easy way to watch a familiar movie in a half-hour rather than a couple of hours.

The two women are charming, and started the channel with virtually no knowledge of movies.  Initially, they weren’t familiar with actors such as Sigourney Weaver and Bruce Willis.  They don’t know much about history or other topics that might be considered “common knowledge”.  It’s usually cute, but occasionally astounding.

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Die Hard for Christmas.

Sparky and I watched another Christmas movie.  Die Hard is so good, that we also watched the corresponding episode of  The Movies That Made Us.   It was a leap of faith to take Bruce Willis from Moonlighting and turn him into John McClane, but not such a big leap since everyone else turned down the role.  Frank Sinatra had right of first refusal, but he was too old and rich to do it.  Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Clint Eastwood, and a bunch of other actors wouldn’t go for it.

For the science deniers who can’t accept that Die Hard is a Christmas movie, here is definitive proof.

The Die Hard soundtrack is all Christmas music.

The “Isle of Dogs” movie is an 8/10.

Sparky and I are watching Isle of Dogs from 2018We are enjoying it, but it may not be for everyone.  Being directed by Wes Anderson would be quirky enough, but it’s filmed in stop motion animation.  It looks like an indie film, but has loads of voice talent.  The dogs are voiced by Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Scarlett Johansson, Bill Murray , Yoko Ono, and others.

A corrupt government wants to get rid of all the dogs in the city.  To get citizen support, a government bio lab spreads snout fever and dog flu.  All dogs are confiscated and transferred to Trash Island.  A 12 year-old boy won’t stand for it, and flies to Trash Island to rescue his dog.  He faces danger and struggle, but won’t stop until he finds Spot.

It’s a poignant movie about loyalty and friendship.  Sparky and I were having a moment when I told him that I would always come looking for him, no matter what.  Sparky wanted to hear more about Trash Island.  He wanted to know if dogs could eat garbage whenever they wanted, and did I think there were raccoons there. 

I don’t know how I’d rate Isle of Dogs since it’s so stylized.  I liked it, so 8/10, but many people wouldn’t enjoy it. 

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