Friday, March 17, 2023

Review Day

There are no major spoilers in these reviews.

Top Gun (PG):
Would you believe that neither Rebecca or I had never seen this movie before? We figured that we should probably watch this before watching the new one and were generally underwhelmed. The action scenes are uniformly unnecessary and hard to follow and all of the characters are fairly interchangeable. At least the director got his money's worth out of reusing the song, "Danger Zone", in four different scenes.

Final Grade: C-

Bruises by Dia:
I bought this album hoping for more light pop songs like Isabella, but this is a more introspective "blanket of sound" album that wasn't very memorable after my first few listens.

Final Grade: C-

Kirby and the Forgotten Land:
I bought this game to play with Maia so she could practice navigating a video game with a 3D camera perspective. She's getting there slowly but it's still frustrating enough that she eventually gives up and lets the game automatically teleport her character to mine. (Thankfully, she will never have to learn 3D controls with Mario 64 like us old-timers did). Game-wise, it's very shallow with far too many weapon options, collectibles, and side goals as distractions. Controls are very imprecise, yet the game is littered with time trials that require precision to unlock extras. We only play it now when Maia remembers it, but I'm fine moving on to the next game.

Final Grade: C+

Everything Everywhere All at Once (R):
This multiverse movie is ridiculous in a good way and doesn't take itself too seriously. That said, the fact that the wild part of the story is grounded in a very simple familial relationship story helps give something to care about. Fun, but not necessarily the best picture of the year.

Final Grade: B

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