schneefink (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
schneefink) wrote2020-07-25 12:48 pm
schneefink) wrote2020-07-25 12:48 pm
Entry tags:
Movies I recently watched
Finally starting to catch up on canons recently consumed.
Fatal Journey, The Untamed spin-off:
This wasn't really a movie for thinking, but I enjoyed it anyway. It increased my Nie brother feelings, so it did its job. During the final battle I couldn't stop thinking of Uchiha Madara's Susanoo, which made it even harder to take it seriously.
The Old Guard:
That was a very fun action movie :) I'm glad that so many people loved it, I really enjoy reading the many squee/discussion/meta/etc. posts.
I did wonder why Merrick's people left Booker behind, and yet I did not see the betrayal coming. I loved it, and how Andy reacts and also how Booker reacts when he finds out that Andy lost her immortality. And I was very glad that Booker didn't die, I find atonement storylines much more interesting.
Joe and Nicky were sweet.
Andy and Quynh's story is so tragic, ow. When Quynh gets dragged away to the coffin ;_; Speaking of though, Andy giving up searching for Quynh is odd. Apparently in the comics Booker didn't dream of her for some reason, which is easy to say happened in the movie as well because otherwise the others wouldn't have been surprised that Nile dreamed of her. So that would have made them think Quynh finally died, and then stopping the search makes sense. And/or maybe they thought that since an iron coffin would have rusted/corroded and eventually allowed Quynh to escape, the fact that she didn't also meant that she'd died; and they didn't know that the priest had been extra paranoid and there was an extra bronze layer, or something like that.
But as soon as Nile dreamed of her again they should have resumed. There's better technology for searches now! What's their excuse? (I really want the fic where Nile and Quynh slowly get to know each other via their dreams.)
Obviously capturing people against their will and torturing them is evil, but the idea of doing medical research on immortals itself is only logical. I don't know why Copley didn't just ask them? I could see Andy and the others having historical hang-ups about medical research, but still; and I'd expect at the very least Nile, who grew up in the era of modern medicine, to be open to the idea. Copley isn't wrong that it could help a lot of people. (Of course now it'll be much harder to convince them.)
(Sidenote, I realize that Copley's wall was meant to point out how every rescue by Andy and her team rippled outwards etc., but it almost came across a little as "saving these people was (especially) worth it because of their descendants' accomplishments" and that's gross.)
The vast majority of the fics already on AO3 are Joe/Nicky, but for me the movie pretty much already gave me what I wanted for that pairing, and it's everything else I want more of. Andy/Quynh, Andy&Booker, Andy&/Nile, Nile&Quynh, Nile&Booker, Booker&[Joe/Nicky]…
Knives Out:
A fun murder mystery with family drama elements. The only thing I was spoiled for was who the bad guy was, that still left plenty to wonder about. I liked Marta, and I liked the house – the house was pretty much a character, too. I think my favorite part was Marta's phone call with Meg, and how they each said the same thing and Meg suddenly realized that being on the other side feels less good.
On short notice (because I would have completely missed that it was happening if not for DD) I registered for con.txt yesterday, so I plan to watch three panels today and look forward to it. (Hopefully it won't be like yesterday evening, when the internet stopped working every two minutes.)
Fatal Journey, The Untamed spin-off:
This wasn't really a movie for thinking, but I enjoyed it anyway. It increased my Nie brother feelings, so it did its job. During the final battle I couldn't stop thinking of Uchiha Madara's Susanoo, which made it even harder to take it seriously.
The Old Guard:
That was a very fun action movie :) I'm glad that so many people loved it, I really enjoy reading the many squee/discussion/meta/etc. posts.
I did wonder why Merrick's people left Booker behind, and yet I did not see the betrayal coming. I loved it, and how Andy reacts and also how Booker reacts when he finds out that Andy lost her immortality. And I was very glad that Booker didn't die, I find atonement storylines much more interesting.
Joe and Nicky were sweet.
Andy and Quynh's story is so tragic, ow. When Quynh gets dragged away to the coffin ;_; Speaking of though, Andy giving up searching for Quynh is odd. Apparently in the comics Booker didn't dream of her for some reason, which is easy to say happened in the movie as well because otherwise the others wouldn't have been surprised that Nile dreamed of her. So that would have made them think Quynh finally died, and then stopping the search makes sense. And/or maybe they thought that since an iron coffin would have rusted/corroded and eventually allowed Quynh to escape, the fact that she didn't also meant that she'd died; and they didn't know that the priest had been extra paranoid and there was an extra bronze layer, or something like that.
But as soon as Nile dreamed of her again they should have resumed. There's better technology for searches now! What's their excuse? (I really want the fic where Nile and Quynh slowly get to know each other via their dreams.)
Obviously capturing people against their will and torturing them is evil, but the idea of doing medical research on immortals itself is only logical. I don't know why Copley didn't just ask them? I could see Andy and the others having historical hang-ups about medical research, but still; and I'd expect at the very least Nile, who grew up in the era of modern medicine, to be open to the idea. Copley isn't wrong that it could help a lot of people. (Of course now it'll be much harder to convince them.)
(Sidenote, I realize that Copley's wall was meant to point out how every rescue by Andy and her team rippled outwards etc., but it almost came across a little as "saving these people was (especially) worth it because of their descendants' accomplishments" and that's gross.)
The vast majority of the fics already on AO3 are Joe/Nicky, but for me the movie pretty much already gave me what I wanted for that pairing, and it's everything else I want more of. Andy/Quynh, Andy&Booker, Andy&/Nile, Nile&Quynh, Nile&Booker, Booker&[Joe/Nicky]…
Knives Out:
A fun murder mystery with family drama elements. The only thing I was spoiled for was who the bad guy was, that still left plenty to wonder about. I liked Marta, and I liked the house – the house was pretty much a character, too. I think my favorite part was Marta's phone call with Meg, and how they each said the same thing and Meg suddenly realized that being on the other side feels less good.
On short notice (because I would have completely missed that it was happening if not for DD) I registered for con.txt yesterday, so I plan to watch three panels today and look forward to it. (Hopefully it won't be like yesterday evening, when the internet stopped working every two minutes.)