Life After Beth

GENERAL INFORMATION

Release Info:  15 July 2014
     Watched on Netflix 1 Nov 2018

Genre: Comedy, Horror, Fantasy
Writer and Director: Jeff Baena
Running Time:  1 Hour and 29 Minutes

Staring: Chock full of recognizable people that I had to use the names of the people they had played in other movies to guess who they were... Aubrey Plaza, Dane DeHaan, John C. Reilly, Molly Shannon, Cheryl Hines, Paul Reiser, Matthew Gray Gubler and Anna Kendrick

Rating? R

SPOILERS? YES

REVIEWS

IMDB: 5.6 of 10

MY RATING: 6 of 10

STORYLINE

A young man's recently deceased girlfriend mysteriously returns from the dead, but he slowly realizes she is not the way he remembered her.

MY REVIEW

I wasn't hopeful after I realized that the plot was achingly similar to Burying the Ex. But I gave it a shot and I was pleasantly surprised. There was just enough humor to keep me interested and the story was actually pretty unique.

So, it is a little overreaching at a few different genres but overall it kinda worked, hence the 6 and not a 2! The humor alone was enough to keep me interested.  The best way I can describe this movie is a Zombie filled romantic comedy!

SPOILERS START HERE!!!
The premise is pretty generic. The dead begin coming back to life but have no idea that they are dead and go about their lives like nothing happened, at first. After a few days, they begin to get aggressive, decompose and well, eat people. Beth (Aubrey Plaza) had apparently went hiking and was bitten by a snake and died. Her distraught boyfriend Zach (Dane DeHaan) and parents (Molly Shannon and John C. Reilly) begin an odd friendship that ends abruptly for Zach. Determined to find out what has happened, he eventually finds out that Beth has returned from the dead along with a few other local folks.

What I DID LIKE about this movie:

• My favorite part was new the end when Beths mom, Geenie (Molly Shannon) has Beth (Aubrey Plaza) chained to the stove and Zach (Dane DeHaan) asks where Beth's dad Maury (John C. Reilly) is and her response is "Well, Beth kind of ate his face."
• Aubrey Plaza dumps her typical snarkishness for this witty overdramatic character of Beth.
• Molly Shannon and John C. Reilly PURE GOLD! They were amazing!

What I DID NOT LIKE about this movie:

• Paul Reiser and Cheryl Hines are wasted. Not enough really for them. But in reality, it think the ensemble cast was just too big.
• Plot and story were predictable, funny, but predictable.
• And then Anna Kendrick shows up for pretty much no reason.....
• The end is really ridiculous. Just ends with the lights coming on and the news saying that the "thing" is over? What the literal hell was that?

Thoroughbreds

GENERAL INFORMATION

Release Info:  9 March 2018
    Watched 30 Oct 2018

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Writer and Director: Cory Finley
Running Time: 92 Minutes

Staring: Olivia Cooke, Anya Taylor-Joy and Anton Yelchin

Rating? R

SPOILERS? Yes but there is a warning when they start

REVIEWS

IMDB: 6.8 of 10

MY RATING: 9 of 10

STORYLINE

Two upper-class teenage girls in suburban Connecticut rekindle their unlikely friendship after years of growing apart. Together, they hatch a plan to solve both of their problems, no matter what the cost.

MY REVIEW

First, let me say that this was Anton Yelchin's final movie before his passing in 2016. He's always been on my list of highly underrated actors and in many of my reviews over the years. Odd Thomas, Fright Night, Burying the Ex, Star Trek Beyond and Green Room. You will be remembered.

What a movie! For Cory Finley's directorial debut, this was a solid win. Anya Taylor-Joy and Olivia Cooke were dark and deadly. The combination of dry humor mixed with the perfect slow pace and morose tones was MADE for these two. Cory Finley dropped, what felt to me, like a deliberate filming style that sent a little wink and a nod to Kubrik.

Don't let the genre of comedy fool you, this is NOT a typical comedy. I saw the tagline of "Heathers meets American Psycho" and smiled. Those are two of my favorite irreverent and darkly sadistic movies. This did not fail me. There's something compelling about these emotionally stunted girls who live a bored privileged life, just bored enough to do anything.

What Olivia Cooke brings as Amanda is pure gold. While there were some obvious flaws with her "by the book" sociopath persona, it was a great performance. (She was also great in Ready Player One click the link to read my review!) She feels nothing, every emotion is a muscle memorization. We all have that little piece that makes us ambivalent, but she lives there permanently. Lily on the other hand played by Anya Taylor-Joy is overwrought with emotions. (She was also great in The Witch and Split, click the links to read my reviews!) She is the empirical opposite of Amanda in every way and their friendship seems doomed from the start.

What I DID LIKE about this movie:

• Writing and Direction. Cory Finley will be on my watch list for future movies.
• Cinematography- Well done  Lyle Vincent. After reviewing his credentials, I am not a bit surprised that I enjoyed his style.
• Soundtrack- Hauntingly beautiful

DO NOT READ PAST THIS POINT IF SPOILERS ARE A CONCERN

From the first minute when you realize that not only were Amanda and Lily friends who hadn't spoken in many years the reasons are forefront in your mind. As the clues are revealed throughout the film, it becomes clear that their paths were very different. Seems that Amanda had "put down" a thoroughbred horse after its leg was broken and was convicted of animal cruelty for the way that she did it.

There are subtle notes of foreshadowing as the girls go down their plan to rid Lily of her disturbingly overbearing step father. It's obvious that Lily would be the major beneficiary of the deed, but someone was going to have to take the fall. At first they had selected local drug dealer Tim (Anton Yelchin) was was a massive failure. Next was a do-it-yourself style that also fell apart. Finally, the true "bad guy" rears her head when Lily spikes Amanda's drink and kills her step-father and places the blood and knife in Amanda's hands on the couch. We zoom forward a little to learn that Amanda is now in mental hospital and Lily is interviewing for college. Feels like she may have set it up! Best last line of the movie is when she see Tim who asks about Amanda and Lily said she received a letter. She begins reading the letter to the audience...

Amanda: [Amanda's voice reading her letter to the audience] I had a dream.. I rise out of my body, and I'm staring down at our whole suburb, and time is speeding up. And I see generations of people coming, and going, and building bigger houses. And then eventually... the people start spending more and more of their time staring at their smartphones. And soon enough, they're forgetting to clean their houses, or mow their lawns, or eat. And eventually all the houses rot and collapse, and the people disappear, vanishing completely into the Internet. And then... and this is the really beautiful part, the horses take over. And the whole suburb is just beautiful thoroughbred stallions with no owners and no memory of owners and no way of knowing how expensive they are, just mating and galloping through the ruins. 

Tim: What did it say? 

Lily: I don't know. I just threw it away.

On a more personal note..... 

Had a lot of fun finishing my Halloween costume. Almost there!! 

Halloween 2018

GENERAL INFORMATION

Release Info: 19 October 2018
Watched at Lynnhaven Mall AMC Theaters 

Genre: Horror, Thriller
Director: David Gordon Green
Writer: David Gordon Green and Danny McBride
Running Time: 1 Hour and 46 Minutes

Staring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, James Jude Courtney, Nick Castle, Haluk Bilginer, Will Patton and breakout awesome tiny performer, Jibrail Nantambu.

Rating? R, a very hard R.

SPOILERS? NO

REVIEWS

IMDB: 7.3 of 10

MY RATING: 8 of 10

STORYLINE

Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the Shape, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.

MY REVIEW

I've been waiting for this movie be filmed for longer than the concept has been around. I had high hopes and I personally feel that it lived up to most of my preconceived notions. This, for me, was a perfect next step to the Halloween brand. Let's face it, some of those in the middle weren't even remotely good. Laurie Strode got her day. End of story. There is a sombre journey of reality that this movie takes the watches down a path to see what someone who is affected by such trauma would have to traverse. Haunting. Halloween 2018 does a great job delivering the goods. It's not perfect and I really had to convince myself that an 8 was right.

The writer had very few credits that I'd ever heard of and I could only hope that he was a Halloween fan and would stay true to the story to do us justice. It was obvious that he had a lot of EP credentials as the script was written in a way that seemed fit for this awesome task. The fact that he paired with Danny McBride who injected his fun sense of humor into some pivotal scenes was a great nod to his direction abilities.

What I DID LIKE about this movie:

• That music though! I hear that music and I get chills.
• Oh, Jamie Lee Curtis, all of those yogurt commercials made you amazing!
• Even the cliches worked for this movie. There were cliches, not gonna lie.
• Opening and closing credits were stylized to look like the original 1978 version.
• Have to note that I did enjoy the little dig at the non-fans who thought that Laurie was Michael's sister. They set that one straight pretty quickly.
• The perfection that was the Michael Myers 2018 mask. It's 40 years old and the set design folks who created this gem should all get an extra coupl'a dollars. This was fantastic. It's aged is all of the places it should have been and the hair is matted down like it was supposed to look after having been in an evidence locker for so long.

What I DID NOT LIKE about this movie:

• Pretty slow to get started. It was definitely a slow burn that got you waiting for the "thing" to happen and when it did, it peaked a bit too early. The final act seems to peak too soon and left me wanting more at the end.
• There were a lot of themes that were packed into this movie. It was a film that deals with the psychosis of trauma, revenge, teen relationship drama, babysitter slasher and a little bit of a comedy. I think the story would have been furthered if they had let some of the side stories go.

What QUESTIONS do I now have?

• That ending though? Was that NOT a textbook setup for a sequel? 

On a more personal note..... 

So, apparently between now and the last time I was at Lynnhaven AMC< the finished the new theater with recliners and some really amazing Dolby Surround Sound! Also, working on my Halloween costume. Should be pretty obvious what I am planning on being!

Maniac

GENERAL INFORMATIONTwoRelease Info:  Netflix 2018

Genre:Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Creator: Cary Joji Fukunaga and Patrick Somerville
Running Time: 20-50 minutes per episode, 10 Episodes

Staring: Jonah Hill, Emma Stone, Justin Theroux and Sally Field

Rating? TV- MA

SPOILERS? NO

REVIEWS

IMDB: 8.1

MY RATING: 8 of 10

STORYLINE

Two strangers are drawn to a mysterious pharmaceutical trial that will, and they're assured, with no complications or side-effects whatsoever, solve all of their problems, permanently. Things do not go as planned.

MY REVIEW

After the first two episodes, I was hooked like my cat to catnip! The idea of an alternate reality in this show really did a little dance number that set very well with me. Yes, there were some things that I just let go for the greater good, but this was a solid 8. It's blending of 80's sci-fi and an offbeat quirky cast of just left of center people who are all endearing in their own way. This 10 episode story left me feeling strangely in need of hugging my mom. Well played, Netflix.

I'm not sure if I want to credit the director with the performances of Jonah Hill and Emma Stone, but they were amazing. It was truly a pleasure to watch.

What I DID LIKE about this movie:

• Like I said above, the director got exactly the performance that was needed for the roles of Owen Milgrim and Annie Landsberg. They were pivotal to making the story believable. Their chemistry was palpable. I loved how easily they worked together. It's always better if a team has the right chemistry.
• CINEMATOGRAPHY and SET DESIGN- Just amazing the level of detail that was provided for each location/time. My favorite was the seance episode.
• COSTUME DESIGN- The dichotomy between the locations of each episode were perfection! There is something special about an actor/s who can adapt to that fast change in situation with 
• SCORE/SOUNDTRACK- the music was unsettlingly calm at times but it really worked for the concept.

What I DID NOT LIKE about this movie:

• 80's Sci-Fi mixed with modern was good, but not really my favorite thing. Not a true "didn't like", but just didn't work for me.

What QUESTIONS do I now have?

• When will the story go on?

On a more personal note..... 

Had a little SnapChat fun with the cat ear filters. Pretty much, that is what makes this time of year tolerable! Then I gave the kitties some catnip! We all know how well that goes!

Don't Kill It

GENERAL INFORMATION

Release Info: 3 March 2017 (Netflix)

Genre:Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Director:Mike Mendez
Writer: Dan Berk and Robert Olsen
Running Time: 83 Minutes

Staring: Dolph Lundgren, Kristina Klebe and a cast of people that I've never heard of and I'm sure you haven't either!

Rating? UNRATED (For a reason)

SPOILERS? YES

REVIEWS

IMDB: 5.2 of 10

MY RATING: 4 of 10

STORYLINE

When an ancient demon is accidentally unleashed in the sparsely populated Mississippi town of Chickory Creek.

MY REVIEW

You know, when there is an UNRATED straight to Netflix movie and I tell myself, "Self, go ahead, they can't be all bad!" I should go ahead and kick myself in the face! I gave one point for Dolph Lundgren and his old ass attempting to be a sexy demon hunter and one additional point for it being JUST stupid enough to be amusing enough to watch until the end. To be honest, it wasn't THAT horrible. It was not pretending to be anything that it was not. It was corny and the dialogue was horrible.

SPOILERS BELOW!!

Let's start with the idea that the main character, played with the devotion of an emotionless automaton by Dolph Lundgren was named JEBEDIAH! The premise is pretty simple. Demon is unleash on a small Mississippi town and when it is killed it takes the body of the one who killed it, hence the title "Don't Kill It." Seems like the writer just took some old myths from the 1500's and injected the plot of Fallen and added a sprinkle of Dolph and a few well endowed actresses and voila!

What I DID LIKE about this movie:

• Bloody violent. Yeah, you heard me. THAT is what I liked about this movie. Mainly because everything else was so mediocre.

What I DID NOT LIKE about this movie:

• Cheesy one-liners galore and most of them fell flat.
• What about that ending? Really
• Hire a technical consultant! I mean seriously, In the first act of the movie, one of the actors is submersed in boiling water and immediately is showing bubbles and boils. Yeah, that's not gonna happen at all!

On a more personal note..... 

Pretty cute pic of Dexter Morgan and Lord Oliver.... AND BRAVES win 2018 NL East!! 

Terrifier

GENERAL INFORMATION

Release Info: 15 March 2018

Genre: Horror, Thriller
Writer and Director: Damien Leone
Running Time: 82 minutes

Staring: Jenna Kanell, Samantha Scaffidi and David Howard Thornton

Rating? UNRATED

SPOILERS? NO 

REVIEWS

IMDB: 5 (almost 6) of 10

MY RATING: 5 of 10

STORYLINE

A maniacal clown terrorizes three young women on Halloween night and everyone else who stands in his way.

MY REVIEW

It's flawed, but it's not pretending to be something that it's not. It's a hack-'em-up blood-and-guts horror movie with At the Clown. We were introduced to Art in the 2013 movie All Hallows Eve from the same writer/director. He's a weird and creepy evil mime/clown. It's low budget, it's gruesome and it's pretty disturbing which all work for me. a few things that I didn't care for, hence the 5 of 10 rating. It's torture porn.

What I DID LIKE about this movie:

• COSTUME DESIGN- Michelle Gianchetti and Elisa Vecchio were the two responsible for Art the Clown as well as the rest of the make up and for such a small resume, they were responsible for what I thought was the best part of the movie.
• CINEMATOGRAPHY- Camera angles, wide shots of the gore and torture. Good show!
• SET DESIGN- Excellent!

What I DID NOT LIKE about this movie:

• DIRECTION- Yeah, it could have been better. I think some of the acting was sub-par and the scenes could have been more cohesive, but it's not supposed to win an Oscar.
• WRITING- This movie seriously needed some additional writing. There was not really a plot, but in this genre, you really don't NEED one. It's cliche. 
• SCORE/SOUNDTRACK- not memorable. 
• EDITING- So, there were some scenes that just didn't work, I think it could have just been the editing where the continuity was off.

On a more personal note..... 

Selfie with my "solar System" necklace. Rocket J. loves the new shower curtain in the hall bathroom. He just sits there and hides underneath. Strange kitten! AND I tried to wear some ridiculously tall platform wedges at work. I lasted most fo the day. Glad I brought my back up flats!

Predator

GENERAL INFORMATION

Release Info: 14 September 2018

Director: Shane Black
Writer: Fred Dekker and Shane Black
Running Time: 1 Hour and 47 Minutes

Staring: Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Jacob Tremblay, Keegan-Michael Key, Olivia Munn, Sterling K. Brown, Thomas Jane and Alfie Allen

Rating? R

SPOILERS? Not Really, hints, not Spoilers

REVIEWS

IMDB: 6 of 10

MY RATING: 5

STORYLINE

From the outer reaches of space to the small-town streets of suburbia, the hunt comes home. Now, the universe's most lethal hunters are stronger, smarter and deadlier than ever before, having genetically upgraded themselves with DNA from other species. When a young boy accidentally triggers their return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled science teacher can prevent the end of the human race.

MY REVIEW

You know what? This was a fun movie. When you take out the things that were not realistic and JUST look at the movie for what it is.. a Predator movie, it's okay. There were definitely some things that I just sat there and shook my head through and a few bits that as a prior military member, I absolutely could not get past. All in all, it was good.

Would I pay to see it in the theaters? Not really. Wait until it comes out on Netflix or HBO and watch there.

What I DID LIKE about this movie:

• GET TO THE CHOPPER! Oh my goodness, when you hear and see this in the movie, you will laugh at the homage to the original. It was pretty dumb, but it was awesome!
• LARGER PREDATOR- Yes please. I did quite enjoy the idea of a predator hierarchy in the world where they live. It was an interesting plot device. Quite possibly the only one that made sense.
• HUMAN DNA? It was pretty obvious in the story so it's not much of a spoiler. It makes sense since they are supposedly hunting here on earth for the last 30+ years. It's a good idea for a future story. I'd watch that movie.

What I DID NOT LIKE about this movie:

• HUMOR- I get it, the writer/director Shane Black was best known for Lethal Weapon, the Nice Guys, Iron Man 3 and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. It's Predator. It's not supposed to be that humorous.
• MILITARY CONSULTANT? Seriously, as a prior service member, I just lost it a few times with some of the ridiculous things. Please PLEASE hire a military specialist next time you want  to make a movie Mr. Black? The basics- (1) No hats inside buildings. (2) Military guys cannot have shaggy hair. (3) If a bunch of military guys are murdered by a supposed crazy person, there WILL be an investigation. (4) Who the hell was firing at the good guys? Storm Troopers? They missed every shot!
• THE BASICS- You could have spent the money you saved on a military consultant to hire an acting coach.
• STORY- The story was unrealistic and the plot seemed to be lacking any consistent thematic decision making. I think I've seen this movie before, but it was called RoboCop 3.
• THE PREDATOR- When did it become so easy to defeat a predator? I remember it took Arnie and like 8 others to beat one back in the day. Now he can be defeated in 2 hours by a mental patient and a few of his buddies?
• PREDATOR DOGS? Okay, please tell me that I am not the only one who thought this was going to be freaking awesome? I had good feels when I saw the  trailer. But what I ended up with was a really bad CGI morphed dog that was intensely overdone. All II could see while they were on screen were the stupid demon dogs from Ghostbusters, you know.. Zuul the Gatekeeper and Vinz Clortho the Keymaster, loyal minions of Gozer the Gozerian.  

What QUESTIONS do I now have?

• Why was the kid working for the Client/Space Force/Military? Isn't he like 10? Shouldn't he be in school instead of working?
• I don't understand Olivia Munn's character? So, she wrote a letter about aliens and now she's a biologist that they picked to help understand alien tech?  
• Why was the interior light on in the military bus while they were driving?
• Why were the crazies in the bus in civvies and not in uniform? I've got some inside information that YOU STILL HAVE TO WEAR a uniform while you are in psych hold.

On a more personal note..... 

Worked on a new piece of art, Finished Friday night after the movie. Rocket and Isabella were absolutely adorable!

The Nun

GENERAL INFORMATION

Release Info: 7 Sept 2018

Director: Corin Hardy
Writer:Gary Dauberman and James Wan
Running Time: 1 Hour and 36 Minutes

Staring:Demián Bichir, Taissa Farmiga and Jonas Bloquet

Rating? R

SPOILERS? NO- ish

REVIEWS

IMDB: 6.1 of 10

MY RATING: 3

STORYLINE

A priest with a haunted past and a novice on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate the death go a young nun in Romania and confront a malevolent force in the form of a demonic nun.

MY REVIEW

I think the Conjuring follow-on's are getting a little overboard. I mean, how many more can they really get in there with the ridiculous antics of Ed and Lorraine Warren. I'm all for a good scary movie, but when so meany people take the words that the filmmakers say in these as gospel and fail to research this duo of duplicity and know that they are frauds and have been debunked a number of times.

That being said, lets get back to the movie itself. It's not a great or even unique story. It's not great acting or cinematography. It's bland at best. It's lacking a certain joie de vivre that usually comes with a James Wan film.

What is it that makes a horror movie great.. we need to be gradually brought into the world and be given a well crafted tension that does not reveal too much that sets up a compelling dramatic conclusion. This film brings none of that to me life.

What I DID LIKE about this movie:

• Setting- It's sad when the best thing that I have to say about a movie is that the set decorations were pretty stellar. I loved the look of the Romanian castle. The oddly satisfying amount of crosses in some scenes was pretty unsettlingly perfect.
• Twist- There was a little twist, LITTLE. By no means enough to save this film.

What I DID NOT LIKE about this movie:

• STOP SHOWING ME THE DEMON!! Come on, this is rule Number 1! The more you show the bad thing, the less power it has!
• Plot- What plot. It just feels like someone threw a bunch of plot ideas on the floor, gathered them and made a movie.
• Jump Scares- typically, I do love a good jump scare. This is just missing the whole point here. Yes, there are jump scares but my issue is that they are too obvious and not scary enough to hold their own. It felt like the jump scares were placed to keep the watcher from being g bored to death at times.
• Writing- The dialogue is a MESS!

On a more personal note..... 

I painted a set of Storm Trooper/Kiss pieces that will eventually go into the living room.  Rocket and Dexter were pretty amazingly adorable! I played on SnapChat and pretended to be a cat!!

Avengers: Infinity War

GENERAL INFORMATION

Release Info: 27 April 2018
    12 August 2018

Director:Anthony Russo and Joe Russo
Writer:Christopher Markus
Running Time:  2 Hours and 29 Min

Staring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Don Cheadle, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Holland and like 42K other people.

Rating? PG-13

SPOILERS? NO

REVIEWS

IMDB: 8.6 of 10

MY RATING: 6

STORYLINE

The Avengers and their allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.

MY REVIEW

I didn't hate it. I also didn't love it. I am not a big Marvel fan, except for IronMan and Captain America. The best way that I can describe this movie is chaotic. Its an overwhelming blend of many plots and stories that are all jammed up into one. It has elements that bind, but it's just soooo much to take in. I had a hard time with the plot the most.

What I DID LIKE about this movie:

• It was a fun movie. I liked the fight scenes.
• IronMan and Cap. :) Big hearts there!

What I DID NOT LIKE about this movie:

• Plot- Seriously? What the literal hell? This was the most strung out plot that was paper thin to relate the unhinged stories together.. Should really have been more than one movie.
• Thanos- Yes, he's a pretty bad dude, but his backstory and plan almost make him relatable for me. I mean, I kind of identify with him the most in the movie. Maybe I am a bad guy. I can get with that! The writers failed to consistently take the plot that was provided and extend to the movie. I mean at one point in Guardians of the Galaxy, they defined the strength of the Infinity Stones and in this one  when Thanos has 4 of the 5 he can be held down by IronMan and a few others? Seems unlikely.
• More Bad Guys- So there are like a lot of new bad guys that are on screen (Black Order, random boneless guy, Blue chick with horns, Rock dude with a goatee and a pointy-axe wielding guy who we are never really appropriately introduced to.  Like I said, I am not a huge Marvel fan so as a non comic reader, i have no idea who these people are!~

On a more personal note..... 

I added a new piece to the collection. I did a piece in chalk pastels and I have to say, I think it turned out pretty stellar! I just might hang this one up in the house! Took a selfie with curly hair! Rocket really wanted to try a banana.

Ant-Man and the Wasp

GENERAL INFORMATION

Release Info: 6 July 2018

Director: Peyton Reed
Writer:Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers
Running Time: 1 Hour and 58 Minutes

Staring: Paul Rudd,  Evangeline Lilly, Michael Peña, Walton Goggins, Bobby Cannavale, Judy Greer, Hannah John-Kamen, Michelle Pfeiffer, Laurence Fishburne and Michael Douglas

Rating? PG-13

SPOILERS? NO 

REVIEWS

IMDB: 7.7 of 10

MY RATING: 5

STORYLINE

As Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) balances being both a Super Hero and a father, Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly)  and Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) present an urgent new mission that finds Ant-Man fighting alongside the Wasp to uncover secrets from their past.

MY REVIEW

So, in all honesty, I was prepared for this to be a "sequel." you know, where the first one was decent and the second is passable...(Ant-Man, my review from July 2015). It wasn't bad. It was actually pretty funny in some spots. It just wan't THAT great. I never found myself rooting for the hero/heores. Ant-Man is a very typical anti-hero with him being an ex-con and just kind of passable in most areas.

What I DID LIKE about this movie:

• It was fun. Plenty of one-liners and moments that are pretty amusing, not enough to make me laugh out loud though.
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What I DID NOT LIKE about this movie:

• Could the writers have added a few more words? It's like they just re-used the word QUANTUM to further the plot. I mean it was like 46 times!
• Pacing could have been smoother.
• Maybe one too many jokes. It felt a little overwhelming with stuff that you were supposed to find funny.

On a more personal note..... 

Had a great time this week with my friend Missy and her little mini person, Ava. That kid is growing on he, but I would not trade my cats for anything. Also, F&%k Pollen!