My tentative 2Q 2019 movie list. [UPDATED]

Let’s see what we got:

  • Captain Marvel (March 8). Definite. MCU.
  • Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (March 15). Possible. I’m not the target audience, but it might not suck.
  • The Highwaymen (March 15). Possible. I want to see it, but I have to ration my movies Definite. [UPDATE: looks like it’s effectively Netflix only, although I could have sworn that there was a showing closer to me than Charlottesville. Anyway, solves my problem, huh?]
  • Shazam! (April 5). Definite. Gonna be pissed if it sucks, though.
  • Hellboy (April 12). Possible. I gotta be wowed, here.
  • Avengers: Endgame (April 26). Definite. MCU.
  • Pokemon Detective Pikachu (May 10). Possible. I’m really there for Ryan Reynolds; I’ve never played Pokemon.
  • Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (May 15). Tentative. Well… it’s Shaun the Sheep. It’s Shaun the Sheep! He even mucks about with those who cannot bleat! Depends on what my kids want to do.
  • John Wick 3 – Parabellum (May 17). Definite. Maybe not opening night, but definite.
  • Godzilla: King of the Monsters (May 31). YES I WILL BE GOING TO SEE THE GORILLA-WHALE WHY IS THIS EVEN A QUESTION

And that gets us to June. There’s, like, five movies at least on that list that I’m just going to go see, no arguments, no caveats, I might as well order the tickets now. Of them, Endgame and KotM are the two I most want to see, the former because this is the payoff of over a decade’s worth of work and the latter because, well, Gorilla-Whale. All in all, my movie rewards card is going to get a workout this spring.

9 thoughts on “My tentative 2Q 2019 movie list. [UPDATED]”

  2. I’m passing on Hellboy because I got what I wanted from the first two movies, and I don’t want to see a version without Mr Perlman.
    I’m more interested in Shazam than I thought I’d be after the $Billon+ Aquaman that I liked and apparently others did too. (I also really enjoyed reading the Shazam comics growing up.)
    I’d add Rocketman in. It looks like it will be a bio/fantastical adaptation that’s enjoyable.

    1. I … did *not* get what I wanted .. out of the second Hellboy film.
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      “Golden Army” had a solid premise, but suffered greatly from the pacing. Not sure whether this is on the director or the screenwriter but .. it wasn’t good.
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      I’m holding out hope that a reboot, by a director and screenwriter who have, you know, seen what Marvel has done**, will be better.
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      Mew
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      ** only holding out hope because I’ve also seen what D.C. has done .. sorry, Moe.

  4. Eh, hard pass on Captain Marvel.
    I have become less interested nearly every time the director or main actress publicly opens their mouth about the movie.
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    My interest in one of Marvel’s least interesting intellectual properties was not high to begin with.
    Then the trailer dropped that to zero.
    Now we’ve had months of the main representatives of the movie telling us that white males are icky.
    At this point, I’m rooting for injuries.
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    But this is all old hat. I’m mainly posting to direct you to an Anthem review that I think is right up your alley. https://m.ign.com/articles/2019/02/28/opinion-anthem-may-have-its-problems-but-its-npcs-are-fantastic
    I will note that she doesn’t mention any of the NPCs that present you with tough moral dilemmas (presumably because of spoilers).
    There are some that are pretty wicked. (I admit there is one character I’m actively avoiding. I don’t want to finish the arc. And I feel guilty about it every time my character breezes past her.)
    I’m pretty certain that the percentage of players who have a working fountain in the courtyard is in the low single digits.
    The P____ T____ arc is one of the thorniest I’ve ever seen in a video game. (In the end, I went risk-avoidance utilitarian. The potential costs of being more idealistic were just too high for me to stomach. Doing so conceded the enemy’s primary objective, but I think I made the best possible choice. Of course, I could be wrong.) That it all takes place in dialogue emphasizes that there are some problems you can’t solve by shooting people in the face, and adds a tension that’s appropriate to the stakes involved. (I *think* I was shown a special cutscene at the end of the story because of my choices in that arc. There was major foreshadowing in it. No, I’m not sharing.)
    Most reviewers missed all this, BTW. In the beginning of the game, you’re viewed with suspicion, and the conversations you have reflect that. The interesting ones happen later. If you’re just grinding the gameplay, you’ll miss the nature of the game changing beneath you. It’s subtle and subversive, and those talking about the story being “meh” completely missed it. Bioware lived up to their history. Shutting down the Heart of Rage wasn’t the story, it was the framing device for the story. The knight errant slew the dragon. But the story does not stop there. Following the example of St. George is not an option for us, and if we’re to live “happily ever after”, we’re going to have to work very hard for it. There are after all, worse things than dragons.

    1. The Star Wars “Maltese falcon” knock-off known as “Solo” was ‘see in theaters’ because Mrs. Cat has a long-term soft spot for Han .. and agrees that he did shoot first.
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      With the absence of any reason for her to see this film .. I’ll wait until it hits On Demand .. and probably free on-demand at that.
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      Mew

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