{"id":13086,"date":"2023-08-13T10:26:10","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T14:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=13086"},"modified":"2023-08-13T10:27:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T14:27:48","slug":"weekly-movie-roundup-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=13086","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Movie Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I watched another 6 movies last week. It got off to a very rough start, but I think the week ended well:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0089308\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1-1-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"Howling II\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13087\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1-1-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1-1-673x1024.jpg 673w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1-1-768x1168.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0085811\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2-1-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"Krull\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2-1-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2-1-675x1024.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2-1-768x1166.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0099611\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/3-1-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"Frankenhooker\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13089\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/3-1-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/3-1-690x1024.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/3-1-768x1140.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/3-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li>I probably expected too much from a movie called <em>Your Sister Is a Werewolf<\/em>, but holy hell is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0089308\/\">Howling II<\/a> bad.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0085811\">Krull<\/a> is dull. There&#8217;s probably a version of this material that could appear hokey but charming, dumb and derivative but silly and fun. But this version of it is just so very boring.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0099611\/\">Frankenhooker<\/a> plays more than a little like &#8220;<em>Re-Animator<\/em>, but if it was bad.&#8221; The movie is at its best when it fully embraces its cheap and gag-like absurdity, but its best is still no better than hit or miss. Having now seen three of Frank Henenlotter&#8217;s movies, they&#8217;ve all impressed me in the same way: never exactly very good, but too weird and occasionally imaginative to be completely terrible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0059465\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/4-1-191x300.jpg\" alt=\"Die, Monster, Die!\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/4-1-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/4-1-653x1024.jpg 653w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/4-1-768x1205.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/4-1-979x1536.jpg 979w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/4-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt6791350\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/5-1-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13091\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/5-1-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/5-1-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/5-1-768x1137.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/5-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt9362722\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/6-1-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/6-1-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/6-1-690x1024.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/6-1-768x1140.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/6-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0059465\">Die, Monster, Die!<\/a> has a little bit of gothic atmosphere, a fun if goofy title, and a pretty good performance by Boris Karloff. Sadly, it doesn&#8217;t have a lot more than that, and doesn&#8217;t do enough with what it does have.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li>It&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve seen the previous two movies, but I think I can safely say, at least in this moment, that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt6791350\/\">Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3<\/a> is my favorite of the three. It&#8217;s an incredibly effective send-off for these characters\u2014some of whom I&#8217;m sure Marvel will force to return\u2014and a genuinely affecting story of found family and kindness. It&#8217;s often also really funny and easily the best movie that Marvel has made in quite a while.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt9362722\/\">Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse<\/a> is less focused than <em>Into the Spider-Verse<\/em>. But even if it feels sprawling and even a little too loose at times, it never once feels padded, and it&#8217;s endlessly inventive and visually astounding.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I also re-watched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0365748\/\">Shaun of the Dead<\/a>, which I haven&#8217;t seen for close to twenty years. It still really holds up, remarkably effective as both a comedy and a horror movie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I watched another 6 movies last week. It got off to a very rough start, but I think the week ended well: I probably expected too much from a movie called Your Sister Is a Werewolf, but holy hell is Howling II bad. Krull is dull. There&#8217;s probably a version of this material that could &#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=13086\">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-13086","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\/13086"}],"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=13086"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13096,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13086\/revisions\/13096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}