Happytime Murders takes place in a world where puppets and humans live side by side. A group of puppet actors who starred in a sitcom are being murdered and a former-cop-turned-private-eye puppet detective and his former human partner team up to find out whodunit.
The potential for an awesome story is great, but the stupid and not funny comedy made it difficult to watch. Melissa McCarthy was not funny.
I'm pretty sure I heard a podcast story years ago about puppet murders and I thought it really entertaining and I wanted more. When I heard about this movie, I thought they finally expanded on that podcast and I got excited. This was not the same as the podcast. Nope. This sucked.
I did not like this movie and it was not fun. It gets one star*.
I checked this DVD out from my local library.
This 9 minute video is funnier than the entire Happytime Movie:
Monday, January 14, 2019
Movie: Isle of Dogs (2018)**
Isle of Dogs is a stop-motion animated movie by Wes Anderson that essentially comes down to the relationship of a boy searching for his best friend, his dog. This movie started off visually dull and slow in its story blooming, so much so that I started to lose interest, think about other things, and eventually I fell asleep. The next night I picked up where I left off, from what was labeled as part 3, and that to the end was more exciting, but only compared to first half.
I'm not huge on animation, and I find that Wes Anderson is sometimes too quirky for my taste. For that reason, Isle of Dogs gets two stars**. I don't really care if I see this, again, and in fact, if I want to see a touching relationship between a child and their pet, I'd watch Okja.
I'm not huge on animation, and I find that Wes Anderson is sometimes too quirky for my taste. For that reason, Isle of Dogs gets two stars**. I don't really care if I see this, again, and in fact, if I want to see a touching relationship between a child and their pet, I'd watch Okja.
Thursday, January 3, 2019
Movie: Colette (2018)***
Colette is a joli film about the real-life writing career of Colette, a famous turn-of-the-century multi-talented writer and stage artist. If you didn't know this was based on a true story, its about a young woman who marries a family friend and becomes his ghost writer and together they create a bestselling series of books, but alas, he does not want to give her credit. What a shame.
The production of this film is beautiful: Stunning locations! I gawked and drooled at all the wallpaper. I’m kind of a home and garden fanatic in my middle age. The costuming and styling was rich and detailed.
The story was interesting, but combined with the direction and action it lacked depth. I feel that way about a lot of biopics: they try to fit too much into the film, but I would much prefer they just dive in deep on a certain time period in the person's life.
The music was good, too: Listening to and then checking the stats afterwards, I'm glad to see that the majority of the soundtrack was mostly time period music with some original work and imaginative arrangements by Thomas Ades.
Although the characters were French, this film is acted by mostly British actors, and I love the British. I enjoyed the performances of Kiera Knightly and Dominic West. I have never seen any of the director, Wash Westmoreland's other films so I cannot compare.
I could watch this again because it was enjoyable and a feast for my eyes, but I don't see myself every buying it or seeking it out. It falls on the Cinematic Masterpiece end of the scale and gets a standard good, or three stars***.
I checked this DVD out from my local library.
The production of this film is beautiful: Stunning locations! I gawked and drooled at all the wallpaper. I’m kind of a home and garden fanatic in my middle age. The costuming and styling was rich and detailed.
The story was interesting, but combined with the direction and action it lacked depth. I feel that way about a lot of biopics: they try to fit too much into the film, but I would much prefer they just dive in deep on a certain time period in the person's life.
The music was good, too: Listening to and then checking the stats afterwards, I'm glad to see that the majority of the soundtrack was mostly time period music with some original work and imaginative arrangements by Thomas Ades.
Although the characters were French, this film is acted by mostly British actors, and I love the British. I enjoyed the performances of Kiera Knightly and Dominic West. I have never seen any of the director, Wash Westmoreland's other films so I cannot compare.
I could watch this again because it was enjoyable and a feast for my eyes, but I don't see myself every buying it or seeking it out. It falls on the Cinematic Masterpiece end of the scale and gets a standard good, or three stars***.
I checked this DVD out from my local library.
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