Another fairly light month for movies. True Detective and Breaking Bad took precedence, although BB was put on hold while we worked through as many of the Oscars movies as we could.
As always, in reverse order (copied and pasted from my Letterboxd diary, and I can't be bothered reversing it) so it's a bit weird with all of the sequels listed this month, but oh well.
Mood Indigo - The newest Michel Gondry. The movie is bonkers - Very Gondry. Fantastic special effects. We watched the extended edition, and maybe it was a little on the long side, but we are big Gondry fans, loving most, and liking the rest of his work, even the stuff that's not that well received.
The Edge of the World - An incredible film about a small, very isolated island off of Scotland. Incredibly remote, it was owned by a lord (laird) who had a community live and work there for him, with the agreement that the then lord would later relocate them to the mainland once the land becomes unworkable. The population of the island is aging out, and the younger generations are leaving the island and going out into the world. I love every Michael Powell film I've seen, and this one is no different. Highly recommended.
Men in Black 3 - Much better than I anticipated. Not the heights of the first one, but much better than the second.
Iron Man 3 - I still love it. I get some of the complaints against this movie, and yet everything works for me.
Men in Black II - Muddled, average sequel. Not a complete mess, but not nearly as well thought out as the first. Two many aliens with only one quirk to pad out the rouges gallery.
Men in Black - Holds up as a solid, fun movie. Glad I finally revisited it.
Muppets From Space - I love The Muppets, and really enjoyed this film when it first came out, but... it hasn't aged well. There are some bits I like a lot though. It didn't hold my son's attention the way The Muppets Take Manhattan or Follow That Bird did.
Nebraska - Hated it. Looked beautiful, and Bruce Dern was really great in it, and that's about all of the nice things I have to say about it. The script was clunky as hell, a lot of the acting was really terrible. I am sad to say that I don't think Will Forte (who I like a lot) pulled it off at all, though there were plenty of worse cases too. Also, (minor spoiler) when a character is reveal to have committed a rape, it is treated as a joke. Gross.
The Muppets Take Manhattan - Was pretty impressed that this one held my sons attention as much as it did. As far as Muppet movies go, this one is very talk-y and doesn't have a lot of zany action. He loves Kermit though. He has a stuffed Kermit doll (OK, it might have been mine) that he loves to play with, especially when he sees him on screen.
Blue Jasmine - My wife refused to watch it, or any Woody Allen movie ever again. I thought Blanchett was quite good, though a little too 'big' and 'Oscarsy' for my taste. On the whole, though, the movie didn't do much for me.
Sesame Street Presents: Follow that Bird - Watched with my son who really loved it. I enjoy it too, though it's not as good as a Muppet movie. He also loves Big Bird, and cars even more, which this movie features a lot of.
The Wolf of Wall Street - Hmmm. Well, it had a lot of great stuff in it, but on the whole felt rather forgettable. It's the best of his last three movies. Hopefully this upward swing continues and we develop some kind of technology that wipes Shutter Island from history.
We abandoned 12 Years a Slave about 15 or 20 mins in because it was just too upsetting. We couldn't handle it.
We also abandoned Philomena at about the halfway point because my wife was finding it too upsetting.
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