What did you watch on this Christmas week? (22/12-28/12)
I hope you had a joyful week. Mine was very merry with the fam, the friends, the booze and the mary. I played hockey on ice, did some virtual golf, ate all sorts of good food and... I watched a bunch of movies!!! Check it out:
The Beach Bum (2019 Blu-ray): I get what they went for but it was done many times before and better too. This movie was beautiful but soulless. (A bit like my ex.) Even Surfer, Dude is a good example of a movie with more spirit. I loved the cinematography and there are just enough high points for me to enjoy the overall product but bottom line is, I’m slightly disappointed. My rating: 6/10
Love the Coopers (2015 TV): The critics were right and most of the audience agreed: a solid cast failed to save this stinker. It tries to be profound, dramatic and deep but we wanted light fun and a good laugh. Nope. 4/10
Home alone (1990 DVD): One of my favorite movies ever as a child. Strangers thought I was Macaulay Culkin so much I looked like him. I was 5 years old when this came out and this week I watched it with my 5 years old. It was a snowy afternoon, the wife and baby and little brother gone to Christmas shopping, we had popcorn, chips, candies and chocolate…it was magical. 8.5/10
Richie Rich (1994 TV) : Most movies I loved when I was a kid I still love as an adult but this one was not as great as it was. It was okay. A bit long, but okay. Sometimes it took itself a bit too seriously, as if they thought they were suddenly shooting the new Batman. With a touch of nostalgia, my rating: 5.5/10
The funhouse massacre (2015 Roku): I watched this late on the 25th and it was a random pick and a cool surprise. I needed something simple and simple it was. Low budget too but fairly entertaining. This movie is a little bit of everything. By this I mean it’s a little bit funny, scary, gory and fun. The actors are a little bit good, the story, script, directing and editing was a little bit good too. 6/10
A bad moms Christmas (2017 TV): The first hour had plenty of fun moments and the cast was good but then the cheesy-drama-overload was a bit much for me and too many characters felt like poor caricatures. Also, I think Gallagher was way under used, it was sad to see him just make the stupid face in the background of 90% his scenes. Otherwise, the love story between the stripper and the beautician was actually cool and overall, the film made me and my wife interested in watching the first one, especially since It has better reviews. My rating: 5.5/10
Chasse-Galerie: La légende (2016 TV): I had no expectations about this one and had never heard of it before but it was effective, convincing and powerful stuff. The first thing it does well is to display the hardship of the lumberjacks’ lives in the cold of Quebec’s winter. (There are many false clichés about us Canadians but yes, I am a descendant of lumberjacks as most of us Quebecers are.)The second thing it does best is creating characters, situations and dialogues that make the whole thing a true and resonant experience. Impressive work all around. I don’t know what they saw to call it a horror movie though. I suggest you watch at least the first minute of the trailer so you can get a feel of this fabulous film: https://www.imdb.com/video/vi54376985?playlistId=tt4896898&ref_=tt_ov_vi
My rating: 8/1 0
Mixed Nuts (1994 TV): A fun Christmas flick but I lost focus in a few spots and ended up wondering what was going on a little bit but still, an entertaining watch. 6/10