Godzilla x Kong 3.5/5: Overall pretty enjoyable, the intro conspiracy theory stuff is dumb but that largely drops off after the first half hour and there’s a lot of action. I was curious who they’d have to team up to fight and I wasn’t disappointed. The hollow earth stuff is goofy but I’m excited to see where it goes
The Monkey 3/5: It’s channeling Final Destination but not enough. It tries to walk the line between bonkers cursed monkey kills and trying to connect to your broken family and it really needs to pick a lane. Either one could have been good but together they give you tonal Whiplash
Nobody 2 2.5/5: My 200th movie of the year! It’s a John Wick knock off but Odenkirk isn’t as funny as he could be. They obviously try to lean into the humor violence in the final act but I don’t like that his family is running around the whole time, especially because they insert a surrogate family for him to care about. The villain feels out of place as well
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping 3.5/5: I like all of the Lonely Island movies and this is probably near the bottom of my list. Later they figured out that these don’t need to be feature length and that was a big improvement for them. Bin Laden is a super funny song and they get so many celebs to make cameos. It’s very nostalgic for me as The Lonely Island was huge for me in school
Godzilla x Kong 3.5/5: Overall pretty enjoyable, the intro conspiracy theory stuff is dumb but that largely drops off after the first half hour and there’s a lot of action. I was curious who they’d have to team up to fight and I wasn’t disappointed. The hollow earth stuff is goofy but I’m excited to see where it goes
The Monkey 3/5: It’s channeling Final Destination but not enough. It tries to walk the line between bonkers cursed monkey kills and trying to connect to your broken family and it really needs to pick a lane. Either one could have been good but together they give you tonal Whiplash
Nobody 2 2.5/5: My 200th movie of the year! It’s a John Wick knock off but Odenkirk isn’t as funny as he could be. They obviously try to lean into the humor violence in the final act but I don’t like that his family is running around the whole time, especially because they insert a surrogate family for him to care about. The villain feels out of place as well
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping 3.5/5: I like all of the Lonely Island movies and this is probably near the bottom of my list. Later they figured out that these don’t need to be feature length and that was a big improvement for them. Bin Laden is a super funny song and they get so many celebs to make cameos. It’s very nostalgic for me as The Lonely Island was huge for me in school