Perhaps not, but it was certainly more movies than I'd thought I'd have this weekend for my SciFi Fantasy Film Festival!
That's what I told Carolyn I was having when she sent a text to query my movie selections for the cinema on Friday.
"Voyagers" was having its first screening that preevening and I was right there.
(I will have to ask Sheldon Cooper if 5 PM qualifies for that term or not - no joke!
Not a 'bazinga'!)
The movie was basically a remake of "Lord of the Flies", with the rocket ship as their island in the great, dark, silent, sea of space. It was pretty good, too, until that tacked-on ending.
Still, it reflected a basic truth for all animals: 10% are evil, 10% are good, and 80% are willing to allow that minority to be in charge, preferentially following the evil ones until the good ones are able to gain the lead.
Why follow the evil ones? Fear, plain and simple. The evil ones will steamroll over anyone who gets in their path, as the majority is well aware. The good ones will just work around any hold outs, but won't do them harm. That's why the good ones have to triumph decisively over the evil ones for the majority to follow them.
So, let's get this train back on track, shall we?
Hoooooo, hooooo! HoooooOOOoooo!
On Friday, I actually began my personal SF F FF with a doubleheader! Way to get a jump on it, right?
The second film was "Godzilla Vs. Kong", seen in BigD, as it should be for my first time! And, oh! What a grand spectacle it was, too! Lots of seat-shaking sound as the two giants did battle on the huge screen!!! RAWRRRRR!!!!
Oh, yeah... I'll be back for another hit of that!
Pretty good flick, actually, and I loved the aliens. They were so much like the one in "The Shape Of Water" and I so loved that exquisite movie!
Saturday afternoon found me chasing around behind Ethan Hawke in "Predestination", a 2014 science fiction flick about time travel that I had somehow never seen. The country song "I'm My Own Grandpa" appeared several times in the movie, I guess to make sure we got the punchline of the joke. Hey, hard to miss it, as that was the central theme - plus an extra twist - of the plot!
Ready for some lighter fare, I wandered off Crackle over to Comet to partake of a favorite that was just coming off the grill poolside. Yes, I'm talkin' 'bout "Earth Girls Are Easy", of course! How de-light-ful to see this one again... and to be able to include it in this film festival curated by me!
Then it was time to bop off for the third film on my AMC A*List! And, as I may recall, this was my third time viewing "Raya And The Last Dragon"! However, as I'd seen the fantasy story on the BigD for my first experience, my mind graciously allowed me to enjoy it as if those bells and whistles were again in play. I so love my brain!
(smile!)
How better to finish that Saturday than Bounce-ing with a Jheri curled Eddie Murphy as the "Vampire In Brooklyn"? What a fun film featuring that 34-year-old! He also wrote the script and produced it, putting his own money into this special project. Good job!
Plus, sweet dreams for my night!
Today, I finished up with a duo from Crackle, one of which did, the other... not so much.
Let me deal with the dud, first.
"Young Ones" promised a futuristic look into a future world in need of water, with my favorite zombie, Nicholas Hoult, making deals and turning wheels. I don't know how I missed this one, either, back in 2014, but I did. I must admit to much preferring him in the very similar 2012 flick, "Mad Max: Fury Road".
Chris Messina is a man on a mission in the 2012 film, clad as a robot to bring spiritual peace to people feeling out of place.
What a sweet romance, reminding me not only of Tanith Lee's book, but also of that group of metal men who sing of bees... specifically, who sing of honeybees.
What a perfect ending to my first SF F FF!
Right place, right time.
i thank You, God.
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One more thing: a line in that last movie that was said three times, no doubt to make sure I got it.
(smile)
"It just takes one person, just one person to make you feel like you belong, to make you feel special."
One of the robot's friends said it to her husband during her birthday party, when she was thanking folks for being there.
Then, the woman who had felt lost, who had been at the birthday party with him when the line was uttered, said it to him, thinking he was a robot... then said it again to him, to make sure he understood that he made her feel special.
Wonderful.
I just may have to watch this little movie again...
soon.
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