Movies: Month in Review {August 2020}

-

(Yes, I changed my blog look; and yes, it's a recycled one.  I was missing it. 😁)

Comet (2014) ● R

Speaking out of the reliable authority of one who has seen a whole two of his movies, Justin Long seems . . . to play a certain type of character rather a lot.  And that type of character is basically a word-I-can't-print-on-this-blog-on-account-of-the-children.

So . . . there's that.

Aside from that:  this is a visually gorgeous film about an extremely dysfunctional relationship.  

Dumbo (2019) ● PG

I covered this in my last post.  I had a few quibbles with it, but I liked it. 

French Kiss (1995)  ● PG-13

French Kiss · Miss Moss

Okay but I'm actually very happy about this.  I greatly enjoy rom-coms when I find a really solid one, but I don't find them as often as I'd like to.  This one was Highly improbable (as are most), but I honestly loved it.  I've already watched it several times and I can't wait to watch it several more. 

Meg Ryan is The Actual Cutest and she had me in stitches over lines that objectively weren't that funny; her delivery just made them hilarious.   ("SpAsM!  Spasm!")  And Kevin Kline's character was surprisingly sweet and endearing.  They're both dorks and it's adorable. 

The Holiday (2006) ● PG-13

Best Romantic Comedies of All Time: Rom-Coms to Watch Right Now - Thrillist

Finally got around to watching this one.  Didn't really care for it, but there were some sweet moments.  It's always fun to see so many good actors together.

Toy Story 4 (2019) ● G

Toy Story 4 Woody and Buzz Lightyear

Don't have much to say about this one.  I enjoyed it the same way I've enjoyed the other Toy Story movies:  I liked it but didn't love it.  (I did think it was an improvement on the third one, but it's been a long time since I've seen that one.)

Have you watched anything new / fun this month?

Comments

  1. Livia RachelleAugust 31, 2020 at 8:35 PM

    Hmmm, I just watched my first movie with Justin Long (He's Just Not That Into You) and he, like all the other men and many of the women in this movie certainly fit into the unprintable category.

    I mostly rewatched a lot of movies, including Clueless, which I think I'm going to watch again. I started my first K-Drama, Oh My Venus.

    I feel like I need to see Holiday at least once, closer to Christmas since it makes all the list. As for Toy Story, I still haven't seen all of 3.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. OliviaSeptember 3, 2020 at 5:13 PM

      Hehe, yeahhhhhhh . . . I'm a little confused by his typecast.

      Neat! I'd like to rewatch Clueless one of these days. What's the premise of Oh My Venus?

      That makes sense. I'd been aware of The Holiday for a long time, and always figured I'd watch it eventually.

      Delete
    2. Livia RachelleSeptember 3, 2020 at 7:05 PM

      Oh, My Venus. Popular girl and boy meet in highschool and then fast forward 15 years, she's overweight they are still in a relationship but he isn't proposing, he dumps her for a skinny girl (a former overweight friend of hers), and she meets this trainer who she gets to help her lose weight, he's got a whole lot going on in his life too. And I'm not even that many episodes in. I was a bit confused even with the subtitles but there are some absolutely hysterical moments.

      Delete
    3. OliviaSeptember 14, 2020 at 2:31 PM

      Gotcha. Sounds interesting!

      Delete
  2. Hamlette (Rachel)August 31, 2020 at 9:20 PM

    I saw Justin Long in Live Free or Die Hard years ago, and I liked him a ton in it, and then he never made another movie I wanted to see.

    I don't want to see the new Dumbo because the animated one already makes me too sad.

    I adore French Kiss. Delightful.

    I also love The Holiday. A lot. Possibly my favorite Jude Law movie. I cannot get over the perfect adorableness that is the rascally, witty, charming Eli Wallach. Plus W-I-D-O-W-E-D makes me cry every time. I fell in love with the movie right there. It has flaws, but I can get past them.

    I am not sure what I watched this month because I have to tot all that up soon. I know I watched Saskatchewan (review coming for Alan's birthday on Thursday) and The Tin Star (review coming hopefully sooner than that). And I'm finishing the 1940 Pride & Prejudice tonight, which I totally dig. And I went to see The Greatest Showman in the theater with my girls last week, which was perfection as usual.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. OliviaSeptember 3, 2020 at 5:15 PM

      See, I keep liking the idea of his acting / roles, but then . . . I don't end up liking the reality. I've wanted to watch Comet for a long time, and I was hoping to like him in it. Ah, well.

      The new Dumbo is quite dissimilar to the original (to the best of my recollection), if that makes any difference. *shrugs*

      Delete
    2. OliviaSeptember 3, 2020 at 5:19 PM

      Whoops, hit 'Publish' too soon.

      French Kiss is so much fun! A new favorite, I think. :D

      Eli Wallach's character was great! And yes, that part when Amanda meets Graham's kids for the first time was one of those moments that took me aback, it was so sweet.

      Gotcha. Ahh, yes, I remember the Showman expedition! You've also made me wonder if I should try the 1940's P&P.

      Delete
    3. Hamlette (Rachel)September 3, 2020 at 7:06 PM

      Perhaps I should review P&P40?

      Delete
    4. Hamlette (Rachel)September 6, 2020 at 5:27 PM

      BTW, I nominated you for the Sunshine Blogger Award. Play if you want to!

      Delete
    5. OliviaSeptember 14, 2020 at 2:37 PM

      A review would be cool!

      And thanks again for the tag! :)

      Delete
  3. Katie HannaSeptember 1, 2020 at 10:36 AM

    "... a word-I-can't-print-on-this-blog-on-account-of-the-children."

    tHINK OF THE CHILDRENNNNNNNNNNN xD

    All kidding aside, I felt your point, my dear, I felt it deep within my soul. There's a rather lot of those characters about, aren't there? *shakes head at them*

    I love the Toy Story franchise with a blinding and overwhelming passion, partly because Nostalgia due to the fact that #1 was one of the very few movies I actually watched as a child. So those characters are my old friends. Movie #3 and #4 in particular make me cryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. OliviaSeptember 3, 2020 at 5:20 PM

      ONE MUST THINK OF THE CHILDREN. xD

      There . . . there are indeed, sometimes.

      Awwwww! I love that! Toy Story wasn't one of those franchises for me, but I can definitely see why it's so important to so many people.

      Delete
  4. Ivy MirandaSeptember 1, 2020 at 4:14 PM

    I love that header! The New World is such a beautiful film. French Kiss sounds like a cute movie and I'm always up for a good romantic comedy.

    The Holiday! That movie is one of my favorites! (I may or may not have gotten it for Jude Law..)

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. OliviaSeptember 3, 2020 at 5:21 PM

      Ahh, thanks! YES, isn't it?? I love it so much.

      I think you'd enjoy French Kiss!

      Haha, I understand. The cast is Quite Satisfactory. ;)

      Delete
  5. Chloe the MovieCriticSeptember 6, 2020 at 4:05 PM

    Lately I haven't liked Rom-Coms, but this month I saw Letters to Juliet and really liked it!! Now I'm in the mood for trying French Kiss and The Holiday!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. OliviaSeptember 14, 2020 at 2:40 PM

      Ahhh, you watched Letters to Juliet?! Was that your first time? I love that movie SOOO much. :D <3 <3 So glad you enjoyed it, too!

      Definitely, go for it!

      Delete
  6. EvaSeptember 9, 2020 at 12:43 AM

    Just popping in to let you know that I tagged you for the Sunshine Blogger Award - https://classicsandcraziness.wordpress.com/2020/09/08/another-sunshine-blogger-award/. Only play if you want. ;)

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Comments make my day. Seriously. I'd be so happy if you commented. :)

I've gotten really bad about replying in a timely manner, but it's always my intention to do so eventually. (Even though it doesn't always happen. ;))

Popular posts from this blog

Movies: Month in Review {February 2018}

-
Image
First things first: I changed my blog look!  March 1st is the first day of spring to me, and "I will brook no argument."  So that means, for me, that SPRING HAS BEGUN!!! Obviously, I can't keep a winter blog look if I think it's spring , now, can I? ;)  What do you all think of it?  I'm pretty happy with it, though I may change the sidebar back to the right-hand side, and I might change my profile picture. And now, the post. ///// Captain America: Civil War (2016) First of all, it probably would have been better if I had seen Avengers: Age of Ultron before watching this, but no matter.  My brother was able to fill in the gaps for me. This one excited many mixed feelings in me. basically I'm holding off on sharing my thoughts about most of the characters until I can get caught up on the rest of the Marvel movies (I've watched several but am quite behind on some others), but for now: I don't know whose "te
Read more

Ivanhoe (1997) movie review

-
Image
I think you all know this, but I am a rather big Ivanhoe fan.  I read the book for the first time a number of months ago and absolutely fell in love.  Well, now that I loved the book, I must needs try out the film adaptations, mustn't I? My first preference would have been for the 1982 version starring Anthony Andrews and Olivia Hussey, as I'd seen clips of that and they looked decent.  Unfortunately, however, my library system doesn't have it, and neither does YouTube or Netflix or other such commodities:(  Thus, I had to content myself with first seeing the 1997 miniseries version, which I just finished yesterday. Here are my thoughts;) Opening scene:   Why is it starting with Ivanhoe being flogged?  This makes little sense. *sigh*  Overall…I'm torn.  Certain things were done extremely well, and some were done…not so well.  The main problem, put succinctly, is that it kept making me have this reaction so many times: Seriously, though.  I mean, I loved t
Read more

BBC Robin Hood TV Series, Season 1 Review

-
Image
First off, this part was the CUTEST. THING. EVER. *takes deep, shuddery breath* Okay, peoples. I'm going to try my very best to get through this review.  It'll be hard.  Because what even is this. For starters, let me say that I have only watched the first season of the BBC Robin Hood .  This is because the show is going off Netflix on February 9th *sniffle*, so I knew there was no way I'd be able to squeeze watched 26 episodes of a very feelsy show into a mere couple of weeks.  So I've watched the first season and will leave it at that until I can find some other way to watch the rest.  It was also because I know That Which Happens At The End Of Season Two, and I was so not  about to put myself through that when there was a danger of not being able to watch the third season.  There is a possibility that I might just skip the second season and watch the third, even though that would mean missing so much of Djaq and Will and even though I've he
Read more