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Mickey 17 [movie]

 Mickey 17 [movie] I LIKE THIS MOVIE QUITE A LOT. IT'S A GOOD MOVIE AND ENJOYED IT. I DO GOTTA SAY IT DID MY LEAST FAVORITE THING IT FEELS LIKE BAD SCI-FI AND FANTASY DOES: COME UP WITH A REALLY HIGH CONCEPT PREMISE FOR A SETTING THEN HAVE THE INCITING INCIDENT OF THE PLOT BE 'WHAT IF IT STOPPED BEING LIKE THAT' AND I GET IT, A STORY NEEDS A CHANGE IN STATUS QUO TO BE A STORY BUT IT ALWAYS SEEMS WORSE THAN IF IT GOES THE OTHER WAY.  PS. THIS MOVIE WAS HIGH LEVELS OF TRUMP PARODY AND THAT ALWAYS SUCKS. THIS ONE DID A GOOD JOB WITH IT MOSTLY, BUT IT ALSO SHOWS WHY YOU CAN'T MAKE A GOOD TRUMP PARODY. IT HAS A WHOLE "WOULDN'T IT BE SO WACKY AND OVER THE TOP IF THE RED HAT FOLLOWERS DID A THING THAT WAS ALMOST BUT NOT QUITE A NAZI SALUTE???" BUT THIS MOVIE TOOK LONGER THAN A MONTH TO FILM AND COME OUT SO LIKE, THE PARODY THING IS WATERED DOWN COMPARED TO THE REAL THINGS THAT HAPPENED SINCE THE SCENE WAS FILMED. AND 'WHAT IF A THING THAT HAPPENED IN REAL LIF...

Dragon Ball: Daima [anime, television]

Dragon Ball: Daima [anime, television] I REALLY TRULY GENUINELY LOVE THAT EVERY SINGLE NEW CHARACTER IS STUPID AND ANNOYING. I FEEL LIKE DRAGON BALL GOT TOO OBSESSED FOR TOO LONG WITH BEING 'BADASS' AND LOST SOMETHING. THEN THIS IS TORYIAMA'S LAST THING AND IT'S GOT A THEMESONG TELLING YOU HOW MANY JOKES THERE IS GOING TO BE THEN EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER IS VERY STUPID AND VERY ANNOYING. IT RULES. A LOT OF STUFF SUFFERS A LITTLE BY NEVER GOING ANYWHERE (OH NO, MY BODY IS LITTLE, I CAN'T FLY, YES I CAN, OH NO THE AIR IS HEAVY, NEVER MIND) BUT IT BEING DRAGON QUEST DRAGON BALL IS PERFECT 'FINAL' DRAGON BALL.  PS. I WATCHED THE FIRST HALF OF THIS IN AN AIRPORT IN BRAZIL THEN THE SECOND HALF RIGHT NOW AND THAT FEELS MORE CORRECT THAN EVEN WATCHING IT IN JAPAN WOULD HAVE BEEN. 

Everybody Rides the Carousel [movie]

 Everybody Rides the Carousel [movie] I THINK INSTAGRAM DECIDED TO SHOW EVERYONE CLIPS OF THIS SUDDENLY. THE CLIPS ARE LEGITIMATELY FAIRLY CHARMING, AND THE WHOLE THING IS JUST ON YOUTUBE SO I WATCHED IT.  IT'S FINE.  THE CLIPPED PARTS ARE THE MOST CHARMING PARTS. PS. THE WHOLE THING HAS A WEIRD TONE OF BEING LIKE, CULT PROPOGANDA BUT IS ABOUT THE MOST MUNDANE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL THEORY OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT YOU CAN IMAGINE. 

Here [movie]

 Here [movie] THIS IS SPIRTUALLY FOREST GUMP TWO WHERE INSTEAD OF TOM HANKS GOING OUT INTO THE WORLD HE JUST STAYED HOME AND HAD A CGI HEAD. IT'S 2 HOURS OF A CAMERA THAT NEVER MOVES THAT JUMPS BETWEEN EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED IN ONE SPOT, WHICH APPARENTLY INCLUDES BEING THE SPOT THE DINOSAURS DIED, THE SPOT BEN FRANKLIN HUNG OUT, THE SPOT LA-Z-BOY CHAIRS WERE INVENTED, ALSO THIS MOVIE WAS JUST BAD, BUT I KINDA DON'T FEEL LIKE I *GOT* IT, TOM HANKS MOSTLY JUST HAD A DISAPPOINTING LIFE AND I FEEL LIKE "BUT HIS FAMILY LOVED HIM' IS HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE BUT HIS FAMILY MOSTLY DIDN'T LIKE HIM.  PS. THE BEST PART WAS THE WEIRD BUILD UP FORESHADOWING WHERE A GUY'S WHOLE STORY IS JUST CUTTING TO HIM BEING OBSESSED WITH 1900S AIRPLANES AND EVERY SINGLE SCENE BEING SOME FORESHADOWING OF HIM DYING IN A PLANE CRASH THEN IT CUTTING TO HIS FUNERAL AND HAVING A TWILIGHT ZONE TWIST WHERE YOU CAN'T SEE ANYONE'S FACE THEN THEY ARE LIKE "PLANE CRASH? OH NO, HE...

Captain America: Brave New World [movie]

 Captain America: Brave New World [movie] VERY BOLD TO PUT OUT A MOVIE ABOUT AN EVIL PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW. HONESTLY, IT'S NOT EVEN LIKE SECTION 31 WHERE IT WAS JUST TOO DUMB A MOVIE TO EVEN HAVE A MESSAGE. THIS FEEL LIKE A MOVIE I NEED TO WATCH A VIDEO ESSAY IN 5 YEARS TO EVEN FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WAS TRYING TO SAY, BECAUSE IT FELT LIKE IT WAS TRYING TO SAY *SOMETHING* PS. GETTING STABBED WITH A KNIFE BUT JUST A LITTLE BIT AND A CELL PHONE ON SILENT RINGING A FEW TIMES: THE MOTION PICTURE. 

Landscape with Invisible Hand [movie]

 Landscape with Invisible Hand [movie] I REALLY LIKED THIS. IT RUSHES THROUGH WAY WAY WAY TOO MANY STORYLINES WAY TOO COMPRESSED AND QUICKLY BUT IT'S REALLY GOOD.  PS. ALSO THE ALIEN DESIGN IS EXTREMELY GREAT. 

Alice [movie]

 Alice [movie] IT'S A WEIRD AND UPSETTING 1988 CZECH LIVE ACTION AND STOP MOTION ADAPTATION OF ALICE IN WONDERLAND DONE WITH ALL THE CHARACTERS VOICED BY ALICE AND MADE OF TAXIDERMIED ANIMALS, DEAD BUGS, WEIRD SKELETONS, RAW MEAT OR A TUBE SOCK WITH DENTURES AND IT RULES.  PS. IF YOU HAVE YOUNG KIDS WAKE THEM UP AT LIKE 2AM THEN MAKE THEM WATCH THIS THEN NEVER MENTION IT EVER AGAIN. THIS FEELS LIKE A PRIME MOVIE TO HAVE SEEN ONE WEIRD NIGHT WHEN YOU WERE 10 THAT YOU SPEND THE REST OF YOUR LIFE WONDERING IF IT WAS EVEN REAL.