What is happening everybody? I hope all is good where ever you may be. So, another year in the bag and 2022 is now here. There’s a lot going on in the world right now. There’s been a lot of what they like to call extreme weather events. The tornadoes in the mid-west and just recently the wildfires in Colorado. I remember about a week after I moved into my new place in September there was the craziest electrical storm I’ve ever seen. When I went to bed that night there was so many flashes of light, I thought someone was in the backyard doing a photoshoot. I got up around 2:00 am to go to work. Over the years I’ve had a lot of overnight jobs where I’ve had to be outside but I’ve never seen anything like this in Sacramento before. There were literally hundreds lighting strikes like one every minute. Each lighting strike would light up the entire skyline it was a pretty spectacular thing to witness. It almost seemed supernatural. Its reminder of how powerful nature can be. It’s seeming like this is the new normal so this is something we’ll have to get used to.
It’s been 45 degrees outside so I’ve been home watching a ton of movies on the firestick. Mostly a lot of independent stuff. So, of them a few years old but still worth a watch if you got some time on your hands. If you haven’t seen them yet. Here’s my recommendations along with my personal opinion
Before I get started, I have to say (the Unforgivable) with Sandra Bullock has to be the movie of the year. What an outstanding performance a great story but very dark and heavy. Also (Bruised) with Haley Barry has to be in that conversation. I felt it touched on some really important subject matters especially the cycle of abuse. This was the best modern day rocky re-make I’ve ever seen.
(2149: the Aftermath) This is a low budget dystopian future sci fi film. I like sci fi although I admit most the films in the genre are pretty bad. This one was interesting it was kind of like a cross between the original Matrix movie and Oblivion. I thought it was cast well young never before seen actors which is refreshing. It was executed well the effects were low budget but not cheesy. It was written well the plot kept my attention for 90 minutes good characters I like this movie.
(Afternoon Delight) This movie is Drama Comedy from 2013 but I had never heard of it before. I thought Kathryn Hahn was really good in the lead. She has a lot of range as a comedic actress. This movie is funny but it gets pretty dark and touches on some real subject matters. This movie is provocative rated MA so its not for the kiddies. Even the title is play on when the lead character thinks is best time of day for some fun time. The story starts from a successful couple who love each other but there relationship has lost some of its passion for various reasons. The plot picks up when they visit a strip club and befriend a dancer. I enjoyed this movie a lot I’d watch it again if was in the right mood.
(Injustice) This is a DC animated film based on the comic. DC does so much better with animation then with their live action films. I think it’s because their characters are so much more out of the realm of reality then marvels. If you read the comic or played the video game this is a condensed version that. Harley Quinn and Plastic man were hilarious. Superman becomes the villain in this film after the Joker commits a horrible act of terrorism. Superman snaps and decides to hold the world to his standard of justice. What I like about this storyline is that Superman is obviously an analogy for God or at least the son of God. I’ve heard a lot people express their anger with God because he allows injustices to occur. So this story is like what if God did step in at this point and stopped every wrong doing from occurring. Not exactly superman has obviously gone insane in this Movie. Anyway, this is a really good adult animation movie.
(Venom 2: Let there be Carnage) This movie was a disappointment. I liked the first Venom movie it was pretty good for a storyline that is missing its main character spiderman. But that didn’t hold up when it came to the sequel. I knew it was going to bad when I saw that Woody Harrelson would play carnage not that he is a bad actor he’s just one those guys in hollywood that’s overused. This movie showed no character development and Venom half way through just becomes silly and uninteresting. Carnage was always a shallow character but, in this movie, he was written even worse. This franchise will always be limited without spiderman. The CGI was pretty bad to I didn’t like this movie at all.
(the Matrix Resurrections) This movie really surprised me. The first matrix movie was revolutionary at the time. What a captivating plot with a mind-blowing twist. The Animatrix was really good to, the sequels were okay but not as enthralling as the original film. The fourth installment of the franchise Resurrections was very entertaining. Especially for fans of the first film there was a lot of callbacks. They rebooted a few of the characters which I thought they did a great of job. Especially Morpheus great character progression. Neo had more of a regression which was smart because how much more could you do with him at that point. Even with the regression they didn’t just destroy the character. They told a really good story here I felt it could have even been stretched into two movies and still been good. Being that the story was good it made the action sequences better because I was vested in the story and what happens had consequence. I loved the relationship aspect of the eternal bond between Neo and Trinity. This movie like the first one draws a strong correlation between the matrix universe and the world we live in. Like when the maker tells Neo “These people don’t want to wake up there happy in their pods”. I’m a little unsure about the ending but I wont spoil it for you if you haven't seen it yet. This didn’t seem like the beginning of a new trilogy it seemed like a finale. At least for the Neo and Trinity characters. Or course they have a lot of room to make movies based in that universe. If that is it then it was a really good ending to a solid franchise.
So its almost Midnight 10:57 PST when I’m finishing up writing this, so Happy 2022 everybody I wish you all happiness, success and well-being in the new year. I hope to get back to my creative ways soon but who knows what life has in store for me next. Either way I will stay in touch hopefully you do the same. Feel free to say what’s up or give your own opinion on any of these movies.
