{"id":13642,"date":"2024-06-02T17:12:55","date_gmt":"2024-06-02T21:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=13642"},"modified":"2024-06-02T17:14:50","modified_gmt":"2024-06-02T21:14:50","slug":"weekly-movie-roundup-77","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=13642","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Movie Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, I watched 10 movies:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0084522\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"Porky&#039;s\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1.jpg 528w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt26347358\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"Our Body\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2-704x1024.jpg 704w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2-768x1117.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2-1056x1536.jpg 1056w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2-1408x2048.jpg 1408w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2-scaled.jpg 1760w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0172493\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/3-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"Girl, Interrupted\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/3-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/3.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt13892558\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/4-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"Our Father, the Devil\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/4-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/4-693x1024.jpg 693w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/4-768x1134.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/4-1040x1536.jpg 1040w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/4-1387x2048.jpg 1387w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/4.jpg 1693w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt15358498\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"Butterfly in the Sky\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5-1037x1536.jpg 1037w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5.jpg 1350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;I see that I have neglected to summarize the plot of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0084522\/\">Porky&#8217;s<\/a>,&#8221; Roger Ebert <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/porkys-1981\">wrote at the end of his original review<\/a>. &#8220;And I don&#8217;t think I will. I don&#8217;t feel like writing one more sentence (which is, to be sure, all it would take).&#8221; Its plot <em>is<\/em> very thin, desperately crude, misogynistic, and more than a little creepy since these characters are supposed to be <em>high school<\/em> students. The movie probably benefits from the fact that there are <em>worse<\/em> versions of this kind of teen comedy, many of them inspired by <em>Porky&#8217;s<\/em>, but that doesn&#8217;t make it worth seeking out.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt26347358\/\">Our Body<\/a> is remarkably intimate, patient, and empathetic. It quietly observes these women, often in their most vulnerable moments with their doctors, and we understand that we are seeing them on their best, worst, and sometimes last days.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li>There are good performances in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0172493\/\">Girl, Interrupted<\/a>, but they often feel like performances in search of a character, and the movie feels episodic in a way that never quite adds up to anything.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li>Babetida Sadjo is fantastic in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt13892558\/\">Our Father, the Devil<\/a>, an &#8220;eloquently composed&#8221; and &#8220;bleak, slow-burn character study&#8221; (in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/our-father-the-devil-movie-review-2023\">words of critic Robert Daniels<\/a>).<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li>There are no shocking revelations in wait in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt15358498\/\">Butterfly in the Sky<\/a>, but that doesn&#8217;t make it a less lovely or insightful stroll through the history of <em>Reading Rainbow<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt4178092\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/6-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Gift\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/6-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/6-693x1024.jpg 693w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/6-768x1134.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/6-1040x1536.jpg 1040w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/6.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt30180830\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/7-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sasquatch Sunset\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/7-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/7-693x1024.jpg 693w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/7-768x1134.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/7-1040x1536.jpg 1040w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/7-1387x2048.jpg 1387w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/7.jpg 1693w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt19308034\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/8-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"Jim Henson: Idea Man\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/8-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/8-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/8-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/8-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/8-1639x2048.jpg 1639w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/8-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0079219\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/9-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Going in Style\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/9-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/9.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt23289160\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/10-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"Godzilla Minus One\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/10-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/10-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/10-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/10-1036x1536.jpg 1036w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/10.jpg 1168w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li>If <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt4178092\/\">The Gift<\/a> doesn&#8217;t entirely work, it does have some moments of real tension, and some good performances. I think Bateman, in particular, weaves a really interesting character by the movie&#8217;s end.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt30180830\/\">Sasquatch Sunset<\/a> is just too deeply weird and novel to write off completely. It&#8217;s not particularly successful as a narrative\u2014it veers wildly into absurdity and never really develops these creatures into <em>characters<\/em>\u2014and yet the film is strangely kind of moving.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt19308034\/\">Jim Henson: Idea Man<\/a> is genuinely enjoyable. It&#8217;s full of interesting history and fond reminiscences by those who knew and worked with him. It&#8217;s also not entirely uncritical of the man, although it does feel like there&#8217;s a fuller picture than what Ron Howard&#8217;s talking-heads documentary provides.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0079219\/\">Going in Style<\/a> is never what I would call <em>funny<\/em>\u2014indeed, there are scenes, like a late trip the characters take to Las Vegas, that feel interminable\u2014but there are moments of bittersweet amusement.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt23289160\/\">Godzilla Minus One<\/a> is a lot of fun. Who would have thought that marrying a wartime melodrama to a giant monster movie could be this effective?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I also rewatched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0243017\/\">Waking Life<\/a>, for what I think was the second time, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0029583\/\">Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs<\/a>, for the first time in many decades. <em>Waking Life<\/em> is, as always, interesting, full of compelling visuals and ideas. <em>Snow White<\/em>, meanwhile, succeeds largely on the strength of its storybook animation, mostly in the scenes involving the wicked stepmother.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, I watched 10 movies: &#8220;I see that I have neglected to summarize the plot of Porky&#8217;s,&#8221; Roger Ebert wrote at the end of his original review. &#8220;And I don&#8217;t think I will. I don&#8217;t feel like writing one more sentence (which is, to be sure, all it would take).&#8221; Its plot is very &#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=13642\">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-13642","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\/13642"}],"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=13642"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13663,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13642\/revisions\/13663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}