Movie Review: Happy Death Day 2U

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening...whenever it is you have come across this entry.  Today, 2/16/19, I am going to review the newest (I think) horror flick from Blumhouse, Happy Death Day 2U.  It stars Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard and Phi Vu.  "Tree Gelbman discovers that dying over and over was surprisingly easier than the dangers that lie ahead."  This is the following up to Happy Death Day.  Currently on IMDB it is rated 6.8/10 with 2,552 votes. 

Because this is a new flick I cannot give you my "blow by blow" review as I usually do and I will warn you spoilers are ahead!

Okay you have been warned!  I give the writer and director (they are one in the same) for going in a direction I did not see....multiple dimensions!  I was wondering how they were going to get around the fact that the loop was broken and they found a creative and interesting way to do it.

Also I was nice to see a few of the other characters a little more fleshed out in this flick.  I would have liked to have seen the roommate, Ryan, die a few more times before the dimension flip, but it was nice to learn a little more about him and it introduced two new nerdy folks that were good for a few laughs.

Overall the story was similar to the first flick in that Tree (yes her name is Tree) finds herself stuck in a time loop where she dies over and over again trying to get out.  This time she is actually killing herself, in a few very funny ways, each time to try a new formula to get her back to her own dimension. 

Along the way she mends fences from the first film and learns valuable life lessons blah blah blah.  My one real criticism of film is that they put more heart into it.  I do NOT (personally) want to see that kind of stuff in my horror comedies.  To paraphrase A League of Their Own "There is no crying in horror movies" 

Okay no heartfelt crying

I do not want to spoil much else but lots of deaths, a few explosions and a few laughs!  I agree with the rating currently on IMDB and give it a 7/10.  I am not sure if it is worth full price theater experience but matinee or early bird special price is worth it.  Totally worth seeing ondemand or DVD!

Bottom 100: #36: Race 3

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening....whenever it is you have found this entry.  Today, 10/10/18, I am checking out the foreign flick Race 3.  It is currently #36 on the bottom 100 on IMDB.  It is sitting at a solid 2.1 currently.  "Relationships and loyalties of a criminal family planning its next big heist are tested when some shocking revelations strike them."  It stars  Anil Kapoor, Salman Khan and Bobby Deol.  This is an Indian (possibly Bollywood) flick so I may be off on my judgement, since the dialog will be subtitles.  Plus I have not seen Race 1 or 2 (if there is one) so I am sure the plot will be hard to follow (like if you tried to jump in at 2 Fast 2 Furious).  

• Hell yes that quick music sting got me excited!
• That might be the most interesting man alive
• Why is the helicopter still going?  I thought they usually shut those doen
• Oh god grief this is 2.5 hours long!
• A pen worth 20k?  YES PLEASE!
• Weird that there are random English words
• I changed my mind, I do not want that pen
• This is almost like a James Bond intro!
• Oh good grief did this director go to the Michael Bay school of directing?  I just watched someone set up a magic mouse!
• Next I am going to here "GO GO GO"
• ah yeah, "Let the race begin"
• Only a few minutes in but the action is pretty damn good thus far
• THAT BULLET LIT THAT MAN ON FIRE!!!
• They have signals like a ball team!
• I know I made a joke about previous movies but I am kind of lost on characters but that could be normal
• Well the car chase was good, this factory fight scene not so much
• How are they missing them?
• Now I now why it is 2.5 hours long, they have constant slow mo in the fights!
• Is that guy the Terminator?
• Sexy uncle?
• He married his dead brothers wife?
• What the fuck is happening right now?
• Ah yes the random music video within the movie
• I really have no idea what is happening in this flick
• A check worth 1 billion dollars?  REALLY!
• Aside from the plot this flick is good.  The acting seems decent, the action good, the actually filming of the flick.  I just struggle to follow the plot as at times the dialog is quick and I feel like I am missing things with the subtitles
• Ah yes the internal drama!
• THIS DANCING IS AWESOME!
• More US flicks need random dance numbers!
• In all seriousness I do not understand the language but this tune and beat is really catchy...I just caught myself tapping my foot to the beat
• Seriously the random English is messing with my mind!
• Nice job of keeping the clock in the background close to right
• Was that Sheamus?!?!
• Of course, never trust a pretty face
• INTERMISSION!!!
• Okay the plot is starting to clear up, I blame my co-watcher Sailor Jerry
• What is with this Sexy Uncle stuff?
• MORE DANCE NUMBERS!
• Well that did not go as planned...or did it?
• Double crosses abound!
• That explosion looked awful!
• This flick is too long, honestly I have lost interest at this point and still have about an hour
• Sikku looks a little bit like a really buff Zach Levi (Chuck)
• I feel like I need a score card to figure out who is on whose side
• And the shirts come off!

This flick probably does not belong in the bottom 100.  I can only give one real bad point to the flick.  It is LONG.  I mean had two birthdays during this flick long.  It really is about 45 minutes too long.  Its like Race 3 and Race 4 were forced into one film.  

Overall I feel like with some editing this could have been a decent flick.  With that said I give it a 5/10 mostly because of the length.  If they shaved some time off I think I would give it a better rating.

Movie Review: The Green Book

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening....whenever it is you have come to find this entry.  It has been a while but hopefully I can get back to a regular blogging.  Today, 2/9/19, I am watching the flick The Green Book which is up for 5 Oscars this year including best picture, actor and supporting actor.  I am not going to do a blow by blow as I was working on other things as I started the flick. 

Overall I have enjoyed the flick.  I am in the final act and we shall see if my guess is correct or not.  The acting is amazing!  I hope that both men win for the their performances.  While I didn't see the flick in 2018 it is quickly become one of my favorites.  While it is not the type of flick that I usually enjoy it was so well done and performed. 

If there is anything that I can complain about is that it is a little long.  Nearly any flick over two hours I feel like needs to be cut down.  There is not much I would cut here and ten minutes is not a huge deal but it did drag on occasion. 

I agree with the 8.3 that it currently has on IMDB. 

Again not something I usually enjoy and I know there were some bad things that came out of the flick.  I do not care about.  I am watching a movie about two people who should not have been friends or even know each other become friends and respect each other. 

I do not want to get preachy but the world can learn from this story now more then ever!  We do not need to have division, we need to have love. 

I know this is brief but it is what it is.  I have to get back into the swing of this blogging thing!

Movie Review: Exorist III

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening...whenever it is you have found this entry.  Today, 8/5/18, I am checking out the Exorcist III.  It stars George C. Scott, Ed Flanders and Brad Dourif.  "A police lieutenant uncovers more than he bargained for as his investigation of a series of murders, which have all the hallmarks of the deceased Gemini serial killer, leads him to question the patients of a psychiatric ward."

• Since they do not make anymore of these flicks the Locus market must have dropped big time!
• That is weird, just a random guy standing there....oh its a dream
• I like that the priest in these flicks are mostly flipped
• What the hell was the point of this scene
• What in the hell?  Who buys lemon drops at the movies!
• Carp?  I did not know people ate carp 
• George C. Scott was a great actor!  Only he could do that carp scene and not make it horrible
• Wow, Scott just basically said what I say about God. 
• That lady sounds ancient...and fake
• That was a weird cut and trying to figure out what happened, good thing my wife was here it explain it!
• Jesus!  That killer is sick
• That hospital is horrible!  I sure would NOT want to be there
• I like that the corner was wearing sunglasses to start with, then take it off all dramatic like
• Who takes dance classes at 10p?
• How many drugs was the writer on during this dream scene?
• Nice to see Fabio in a flick, he needs more work
• So many weird camera shots in this flick
• I do NOT think it was such a wonderful life
• Well the flashing scene did nothing really
• Why does the doctor need to rehearse the speech?
• Brad Dourif is SO weird looking
• Good grief these flicks are LONG

Well that was a trainwreck of a movie!  I can only guess the inclusion of George C. Scott keeps it at such a high rating.  It was...well all over the place.

The crime aspect of the flick was well done and the idea that they thought they had the killer dead yet he is back is not a new concept but one that can be done well.  

Everyone performances are good to very good.  I cannot fault them, it is just the exorcism and the inclusion of it seemed very forced.  Hinting that this was a demonic possession would have been better if you ask me.

Overall I cannot give this more than a 4.  The craziness of the script and the forced feeling of several aspects kind of ruined it for me! 

Top 250: #16: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening...whenever it is you have found this entry.  Today, 10/7/18, I am checking out One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.  It stars Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher and Will Sampson.  "A criminal pleads insanity after getting into trouble again and once in the mental institution rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients."

• I can say my brief visit to the ward was not like this...I would have liked some classical music however during medication time
• THAT IS WORMTONGUE!
• Look how young DeVito is!  I know it is 1975 but wow!
• Dear lord that Scanlon guy looks like I will in a few years!
• Dear lord I hate group therapy even in movies
• This cast is full of stars
• So this is the 16th best movie ever huh?  I am not seeing it thus far
• I am actually kind of bored with this flick
• BORED!
• Wish I had more to say but honestly I feel like NOTHING of importance is happening.  Just random scenes barely connected
• How long is this movie?  I think I have had a birthday watching this flick
• Another 52 minutes?  Seriously?
• Shock therapy huh?  Interesting enough it is still used in extreme cases today; glad I'm not "extreme"
• Okay I will say a few of Jack's "one liners" are funny
• Is that Sloth?  Fucking Sloth from Goonies?
• Wait...So Sloth did NOT really look like that?  But other movies had a Sloth character did they not?  Mad Max?  This one?
• Did they not have an editor for this flick?
• Oh Billy
• Wait...what?  I don't understand what I just saw

Well once again I realize that I like bad movies better then "good ones".  I was BORED throughout this flick.  It had moments but overall I did not feel that this flick had any flow.  It seemed like it was random scenes.  I realize that it was all about RP but overall I felt it lacked cohesion.  It lacked a narrator or a storyteller I guess.  

Overall I would argue against its current 8.7.  I give it a 6/10 mostly because the cast was good.  They did a wonderful job of making me believe.  However the storyline was missing.  I cannot say to run out and watch this but if you have over two hours to spend watching an "okay" flick check this out.