{"id":6029,"date":"2020-12-23T22:19:12","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T03:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/?p=6029"},"modified":"2020-12-23T22:19:18","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T03:19:18","slug":"december-movie-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/read-watched-tapped\/recently-watched\/december-movie-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"December Movie Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"md-end-block md-p md-focus\"><span class=\"md-plain md-expand\">I would make a terrible movie critic because I enjoy most movies. I&#8217;m very forgiving in my ratings. If it&#8217;s a movie my wife hated, I&#8217;ll give it 3 stars because it is the movie it promised. Maybe it wasn&#8217;t good, but it was exactly what I had expected so I give it credit for that. There&#8217;s always more credit awarded for offering something beyond expectation. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">I&#8217;m on <\/span><span class=\"md-meta-i-c  md-link\"><a spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/letterboxd.com\/peroty\/films\/diary\/\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Letterboxd as peroty<\/span><\/a><span class=\"md-plain\">. Let&#8217;s be friends! I&#8217;m enjoying the &#8220;what your friends are watching&#8221; list to see what other people are watching. There&#8217;s so many places to watch movies and TV these days. My wife and I joke our favorite thing to watch is &#8220;trying to decide what to watch.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Since the pandemic started, I have time off work so it&#8217;s time to light a fire, break out the whiskey and settle into a movie marathon. Over the past two days we&#8217;ve watched a pile of movies. I enjoy movies. My motto for 2020 has been &#8220;I miss going to the movies.&#8221; There is nothing better than getting a treat and escaping the world into the land someone else has created for me.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"md-end-block md-heading\"><span class=\"md-meta-i-c  md-link\"><a spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/letterboxd.com\/film\/snow-white-and-the-huntsman\/\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Snow White and the Huntsman<\/span><\/a><span class=\"md-plain\"> &#x2b50;&#x2b50;<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Synopsis: After the Evil Queen marries the King, she performs a violent coup in which the King is murdered and his daughter, Snow White, is taken captive. Almost a decade later, a grown Snow White is still in the clutches of the Queen. In order to obtain immortality, The Evil Queen needs the heart of Snow White. After Snow escapes the castle, the Queen sends the Huntsman to find her in the Dark Forest.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">This was a beautiful movie. The cinematography was breath-taking and the sets were gorgeous. The acting and story left much to be desired. Before we started it, I looked it up on Letterboxd to see what the overall rating was. It was a 2.5 and this bit of information paid off.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-pair-s\"><em><span class=\"md-plain\">white horse shows up at the perfect time<\/span><\/em> \u00a0<span class=\"md-plain\">&#8220;Oh. Right. 2.5&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-pair-s\"><em><span class=\"md-plain\">girl screams at troll and stops it from attacking another charaters<\/span><\/em> <span class=\"md-plain\">&#8220;2.5&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">&#8220;I guess the 2.5 is for the cinematography. It is a beautiful movie.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"md-end-block md-heading\"><span class=\"md-meta-i-c  md-link\"><a spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/letterboxd.com\/film\/a-nasty-piece-of-work\/\"><span class=\"md-plain\">A Nasty Piece of Work<\/span><\/a><span class=\"md-plain\"> &#x2b50;&#x2b50;&#x2b50;<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Synopsis: A mid-level corporate employee finds out he\u2019s not getting the Christmas bonus he was expecting, but his boss invites him to earn a promotion by beating his professional rival in a violent competition.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">This movie was a Blumhouse film. Their general movie theory is &#8220;make a lot of films. They won&#8217;t all be hits, but enough of them will do well to pay for the others.&#8221; And this one is a lot of fun. It&#8217;s been awhile since I saw a good use of title cards between scenes. I enjoyed them and this film.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"md-end-block md-heading\"><span class=\"md-meta-i-c  md-link\"><a spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/letterboxd.com\/film\/anna-and-the-apocalypse\/\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Anna and the Apocalypse<\/span><\/a><span class=\"md-plain\"> &#x2b50;&#x2b50;&#x2b50;&#x2b50;<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Synopsis: A zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven \u2013 at Christmas \u2013 forcing Anna and her friends to fight, slash and sing their way to survival, facing the undead in a desperate race to reach their loved ones. But they soon discover that no one is safe in this new world, and with civilization falling apart around them, the only people they can truly rely on are each other.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Move over Elf! Out of the way Kevin! There&#8217;s a new queen of Christmas movies. Ella Hunt sings and smashes her way through this film. This movie had:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul-list\" data-mark=\"-\">\n<li class=\"md-list-item\">\n<p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Unecessarily sexy Christmas school song<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"md-list-item\">\n<p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Rap song about fish<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"md-list-item\">\n<p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Zombies<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"md-list-item\">\n<p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">The saddest &#8220;Merry Christmas&#8221; ever captured.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"md-list-item\">\n<p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Candy cane melee weapon<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">I absolutely loved it and would rewatch it every year. The film feels authentic. Each one of the characters were an archetype I could place from my high school. They&#8217;re making decisions I would make. They&#8217;re not heroes. They&#8217;re impulsive and live the day one moment at a time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">The songs are fun and catchy. This one has been stuck in my head.<\/span><\/p>\n<pre class=\"md-fences md-end-block ty-contain-cm modeLoaded\" lang=\"\" spellcheck=\"false\"><span role=\"presentation\">(\u2022_\u2022)<\/span>\n<span role=\"presentation\">&lt;) )\u256f WHEN IT COMES TO KILLING ZOMBIES<\/span>\n<span role=\"presentation\">\/ \\<\/span>\n<span role=\"presentation\">\u200b<\/span>\n<span role=\"presentation\">\\(\u2022_\u2022)<\/span>\n<span role=\"presentation\">( (&gt; I'M THE TOP OF MY CLASS <\/span>\n<span role=\"presentation\">\/ \\<\/span>\n<span role=\"presentation\">\u200b<\/span>\n<span role=\"presentation\">(\u2022_\u2022). \u00a0 WHILE YOU\u2019VE BEEN HIDING<\/span>\n<span role=\"presentation\">&lt;) )&gt; \u00a0 I\u2019VE BEEN KICKIN SOME ASS<\/span>\n<span role=\"presentation\">\/ \\<\/span><\/pre>\n<p class=\"md-end-block md-p\">\n<h3 class=\"md-end-block md-heading\"><span class=\"md-meta-i-c  md-link\"><a spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/letterboxd.com\/film\/happiest-season\/\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Happiest Season<\/span><\/a><span class=\"md-plain\"> &#x2b50;&#x2b50;&#x2b50;&#x2b50;<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Synopsis: A young woman\u2019s plans to propose to her girlfriend while at her family\u2019s annual holiday party are upended when she discovers her partner hasn\u2019t yet come out to her conservative parents.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie David (took my while to place her from Halt and Catch Fire) are the focus while Aubrey Plaza and Alison Brie are relegated to minor characters. It was a romantic comedy with an excellent cast. Dan Levy is the friend we all hope we have when we need them most. Maybe without the tracking.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">&#8220;Any luck on getting a man&#8217;s permission to take ownership of an adult female woman?&#8221; &#8211; John (Dan Levy)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"md-end-block md-p\">\n<h3 class=\"md-end-block md-heading\"><span class=\"md-meta-i-c  md-link\"><a spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/letterboxd.com\/film\/black-christmas\/\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Black Christmas (1974)<\/span><\/a><span class=\"md-plain\"> &#x2b50;&#x2b50;&#x2b50;&#x2b50;<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Synopsis: A sorority house is terrorized by a stranger who makes frightening phone calls and then murders the sorority sisters during Christmas break.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">The algorithm kept pushing the 2019 remake of this film that wasn&#8217;t well-reviewed. However, the 1974 film has excellent reviews and was the first(?) slasher movie. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">The plot partially centers around a series of obscene phone calls and boy are they. It also gives us the spectacular line:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">No, it&#8217;s the Mormon Tabernacle Choir calling with their annual obscene phone call.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">This fits the category of &#8220;horror movies that could have ended very quickly with competence.&#8221; Every character is unique. There&#8217;s no interchageable pieces. This entire film is a mood. It perfectly embodies the loneliness of being alone at Christmas (a theme that runs through every holiday film we watched.) I&#8217;m curious to watch the remake now to see how they handle certain parts and how sensibilities have changed between 1974 and 2019. Those are some obscene phone calls.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"md-end-block md-p\">\n<h3 class=\"md-end-block md-heading\"><span class=\"md-meta-i-c  md-link\"><a spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/letterboxd.com\/film\/surviving-christmas\/\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Surviving Christmas<\/span><\/a><span class=\"md-plain\"> &#x2b50;&#x2b50;<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Synopsis: Drew Latham is an executive leading an empty, shallow life with only wealth on his side. Facing another lonely Christmas ahead, he revisit his old childhood home in the hope of reliving some old holiday memories \u2013 but he finds that the house in which he was raised is no longer the home in which he grew up.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Ever been so lonely on Christmas you paid the family who lives in your childhood home a quarter of a million dollars to spend a few days with them?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">What about if that family was James Gandolfini and Catherine O&#8217;Hara? They amost make the film watchable. Almost.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Ben Affleck is so unhinged and manic throughout. I saw this review and thought about it. A lot. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">It was never quite clear if Affleck&#8217;s character was meant to be mentally challenged. &#8211; <\/span><span class=\"md-meta-i-c md-link\"><a spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/letterboxd.com\/fizzybenilyn\/film\/surviving-christmas\/\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Review by fizzybenilyn<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">It&#8217;s hard to know where being an absolute dick ends and mental issues may begin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"md-end-block md-p\">\n<h3 class=\"md-end-block md-heading\"><span class=\"md-meta-i-c  md-link\"><a spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/letterboxd.com\/film\/into-the-woods-2014\/\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Into the Woods (2014)<\/span><\/a><span class=\"md-plain\"> &#x2b50;&#x2b50;<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Synopsis: In a woods filled with magic and fairy tale characters, a baker and his wife set out to end the curse put on them by their neighbor, a spiteful witch.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">This movie may have had potential. But it just kept going&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">This is a pretty good 90 minute movie. Unfortunately it was 125 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain md-expand\">When Rapunzel and her prince leave, you should too. The first hour or so is solid and enjoyable. But then it just keeps going to the point we groaned at every new song. And when we thought it must be nearly over, there were 45 minutes left!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I would make a terrible movie critic because I enjoy most movies. I&#8217;m very forgiving in my ratings. If it&#8217;s a movie my wife hated, I&#8217;ll give it 3 stars because it is the movie it promised. 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