Spider-Man Custody Battle Resolved Whoopty Doo

So Marvel and Sony have reached an agreement: Spider-Man is back in the MCU. The details of the agreement are as of yet unknown, and will probably never be revealed if we're all being honest with ourselves. Regardless I do have some thoughts so I thought I'd do a followup on my previous editorial on the subject.

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

I've loved Stanley Kubrick's work pretty much ever since I first saw 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) when I was... about 10 I think. Yeah, I had a pretty kick ass attention span for a kid when it came to sci-fi movies at least. I even remember enjoying Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) (accurately nicknamed Star Trek: The Slowmotion Picture). Of course it wasn't until much later that I saw some of Kubrick's other movies like The Shining (1980) and today's film A Clockwork Orange. The film has very strong themes of sexual and state violence so inevitably I will be discussing such concepts. If these topics are especially distressing to you it might be a good idea to skip this post.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Anyone else notice that Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) is pretty similar to the later Fast and Furious movies? You got this pair of criminals who are also close friends doing death defying stunts usually involving some kind of mode of transportation while on the run from supernaturally capable and powerful law enforcement. No? Just me? Okay then.

The Pink Panther (1963)

Conventional wisdom tells me that it's generally not a good idea for a comedy film to be overlong. running gags can really only work well 2-3 times before they get stale, and with a single setup and set of characters there is typically only so much iteration you can do before you start to repeat your self. Imagine my surprise then that The Pink Panther (1963), a movie I've seen a few times and generally regard as a light quick comedy, is actually a nicely plump 2 hours. It certainly feels a lot quicker.

News/The Godfather (1972)

Sorry there will be no full length blog post today. Due to my own procrastination and an informal promise I made to my manager at work I spent the majority of today watching The Godfather which to be honest I don't have much to say about.

The Miracle Worker (1962)

We all had some good laughs last week with Some Like it Hot, (potentially problematic bi-representation aside), and to be honest I didn't really wanna let that fun go to get into another drama as The Miracle Worker (1962), being based on the early life of the famously blind and deaf woman Helen Keller, most obviously is. Especially since the past few dramas I've reviewed for the blog have been... well... awful for one reason or another. As The Miracle Worker opened with a mother and father literally screaming at their blind, deaf baby hoping to elicit some reaction I felt as though my fears would be made manifest. That feeling didn't last long.

Some Like it Hot (1959)

After Tuesday's overwrought and, quite frankly unpleasant, drama I needed a good laugh, but I must admit I had some concern over Some Like it Hot (1959). A comedy about men cross-dressing made 60 years ago? It's really tough to intuit if it could stand up to scrutiny in 2019 now that gender-fluid and non-conforming individuals are less of a target of mockery. I have to admit I was fairly charmed and impressed by the film.

IT (2017-2019)

I was originally going to do just a review of IT Chapter 2 which came out just a few days ago, but upon a re-watch of the 2017 film I realized that, more than any other similar part 1/part 2 movie, IT chapters 1&2 are intimately connected and support each other so well each makes the other better.

A Place in the Sun (1951)

First, some housekeeping. I've stepped away from this blog for a while due to getting my wisdom teeth pulled outta my head. It's pretty difficult to maintain motivation when you're in either in pain or on high dose pain killers. Regardless I've pretty much recovered and am getting back into this thing. So the movie reopening this blog is 1951's A Place in the Sun.