Watched Obvious Child. Worth a rental if you like Jenny Slate in general. Small film, decent roles. [Stereo]typical Brooklyn millennial angst stuff. David Cross has a small part that was unnecessary, but humorous. Don't believe the hype that it's world shaking or amazing though.
If I had to summarize it in a sentence, it'd be 'a supersized episode of Girls where the lead is actually attractive.'
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Jenny is a standup who uses the stage as a confessional. Boyfriend dumps her for her 'best friend' who doesn't air their dirty laundry in public. Day after being dumped, she finds out the liberal [literally, the name of the store is a joke about how liberal a store it is] book store is closing. Makes the rounds to her divorced parents for comfort and advice. Has a standup confessional meltdown session. Meets a guy, fucks a guy, gets pregnant. Has an abortion. Guy is a boy scout, yet still a good guy. Then they start dating.
I watched Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. It was pretty damned good.
There were a couple parts where the CGI was wonky on the apes, but overall it was pretty fucking spectacular. The ape speech and transference of emotion was far better than any of the previous ones (RotPotA notwithstanding). The story seemed to fit pretty well too. It didn't feel forced and felt like they covered all the angles. And the ape fight scenes were pretty spectacular.
It was all I could do to hold back the tears at the ending of the Hurricane. Wow. Great film, can't believe I had never seen it. Very powerful. [Reply]
Just finished Dumb & Dumber To... was it as good as the first one, of course not and everyone expected that. But I still enjoyed every bit of it, they're still just as stupid as ever, it was two hours well spent as far as I'm concerned.
The only sad part is how old those guys are looking, a not so gentle reminder that I'm no spring chicken either. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Count Alex's Losses:
Finally saw Man of Steel.
Enjoyed the **** out of it, sorry haters. Dripping with style and fun characters.
bro, style and fun? I found it completely drab and exhausting, completely lifeless :-) even visually they shot it uber-desaturated for some reason [Reply]
