{"id":13051,"date":"2023-07-23T14:29:34","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T18:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=13051"},"modified":"2023-07-23T14:30:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T18:30:45","slug":"weekly-movie-roundup-37","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=13051","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Movie Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I watched only half as many movies last week as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=13034\">the week before<\/a>:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0048445\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1-3-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"Oklahoma!\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13047\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1-3-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1-3-673x1024.jpg 673w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1-3-768x1169.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1-3-1009x1536.jpg 1009w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1-3-1345x2048.jpg 1345w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1-3-scaled.jpg 1681w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt9873892\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2-3-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"They Cloned Tyrone\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2-3-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2-3.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0082497\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/3-3-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Hand\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13049\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/3-3-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/3-3.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li>The 1955 version of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0048445\/\">Oklahoma!<\/a> is the first I&#8217;ve ever seen, even if I was a little familiar with some of the songs. I enjoyed it, though it was a little darker than I&#8217;d expected, particularly with Jud Fry&#8217;s character\u2014a darkness that more recent stage revivals have apparently reinterpreted up a notch. (I do think I maybe made a mistake it watching the Todd-AO version on the Blu-ray instead of the CinemaScope version, however, since I couldn&#8217;t get my TV to stop making it look like I had motion-smoothing on, which was distracting.)<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li>I really enjoyed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt9873892\/\">They Cloned Tyrone<\/a>, which has a fun cast, a lot of cleverness, and a really interesting message. This might be a slight, roundabout spoiler, but I think it would make an interesting double-feature with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt5688932\/\">Sorry to Bother You<\/a>.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0082497\/\">The Hand<\/a> isn&#8217;t necessarily <em>good<\/em>, but it is better than it needs to be, and works as an interesting psychological thriller for almost all of its run-time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0079268\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/4-2-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"Hanover Street\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/4-2-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/4-2-679x1024.jpg 679w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/4-2-768x1159.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/4-2-1018x1536.jpg 1018w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/4-2-1357x2048.jpg 1357w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/4-2.jpg 1501w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0415306\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/5-2-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/5-2-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/5-2-689x1024.jpg 689w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/5-2-768x1141.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/5-2-1034x1536.jpg 1034w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/5-2-1378x2048.jpg 1378w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/5-2-scaled.jpg 1723w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0079268\/\">Hanover Street<\/a> is laughably bad, and I think for the reason <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=S7Po0kHjphM&#038;t=1340s\">Gene Siskel articulates here<\/a>: they tried to embrace sweeping, classic wartime romance cliches but instead tripped over themselves into unfunny parody.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0415306\/\">Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby<\/a> is good dumb fun.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I watched only half as many movies last week as the week before: The 1955 version of Oklahoma! is the first I&#8217;ve ever seen, even if I was a little familiar with some of the songs. I enjoyed it, though it was a little darker than I&#8217;d expected, particularly with Jud Fry&#8217;s character\u2014a darkness that &#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=13051\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13051"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13051"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13054,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13051\/revisions\/13054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}