Be Excellent To Each Other

Look, The Blackening is supposed to be a comedy horror parody but it just ain’t ‘funny’ enough. There’s a couple of genuine chuckles to be had (like, literally 2) but it just ain’t as funny as it thinks it is. Also the cast is largely unlikeable. It reminded me a lot of that other horror with Pete Davis in it, that came out fairrrrly recently, I think. If you thought that was the best thing since sliced bread then you’ll enjoy this, but I thought it was a bag of wank.

Also the direction is shit. There’s zero atmosphere and shaky cams for static shots of people just standing still or pulling a face? Fuck outta here. Makes the cameraman look drunk for no reason.

If you want comedy horror parody then I’ll stick with Scary Movie 1. Or A Haunted House 1. And 2. Man alive, I’m just remembering that these are actually my guilty pleasure films.

I’ve watched 45 minutes of No Hard Feelings with Jennifer Lawrence and I think it’s the best film I’ve ever seen. A stark bollock naked JL full on scrapping with teens was hilarious. I don’t even care that they CG’ed some saggy tits onto her.

THIS is how you do a comedy!

I'm interested in A Quiet Place: Day One. Not sure why though as A Quiet Place 2 was unbelievably rubbish.

I watched it last night (MAXX screen with powered recliner chairs, awesome sound) having missed the first too films and it was very good. Nice and tense, and I didn’t feel like I was missing anything.

Blue Beatle is … mid, but surprisingly enjoyable for 30-40% of it. The endless droning of “I don’t kill. I don’t want to be a murderer” despite people literally trying to murder you and your family was annoying though. Just fuck someone up and stop moaning about it for christ’s sake.

That's the issue with all super hero stories I guess. Daredevil was the worst offender. Organised criminal ninjas and all he can do is punch them.

Anyway, I just watched Bad Boys 2, for the first time, and it was a ton of fun. Dumb entertainment but I'm happy with that.

Y’know, during my catch up on superhero films, I then watched Black Adam and was pleasantly surprised how much The Rock didn’t give a flying fuck about killing folks. And, well, I quite enjoyed myself too. Until the final act which is as piss poor as it gets. The list of superhero cliches was outstanding: sky beam, CG swarm of enemies, entirely CG villain etc. It literally falls apart before your eyes. Oh and it has token “child” that is fucking annoying throughout.

Blue Beatle and Black Adam: 5/10 apiece

The best thing about both of those was that they weren't too long. For a while superhero movies were over two and a half hours long.

Ghost Rider and Blade 2 are still the best modern-ish ones.