My GRIS review is posted, so I can finally share the link:
Check it out and tell me what you think. I'm actually quite proud of some of the editing in this one (even if audio is still hard to balance just right).
Now to finish Iris.Falls and do that review. Probably LiS2 as well, which I'm still pissed you have to buy all at once.
Movie review hot takes:
Bohemian Rhapsody is fun, but also kinda paint-by-numbers biopic and it felt more like a concert than a full-blown movie at times, I really wish I'd seen it with an audience, cause Queen has some great tunes and I bet audiences loved it, but watching home alone doesn't really do it any favors. The Live Aid concert footage is awesome though.
A Star Is Born is just a great movie all-around, heart-wrenching, down-to-Earth, features top-notch acting, great music, etc. I also wish I'd seen this in theaters and so far it's what I'd have picked for Best Picture out of the nominees I have seen (still need to see Roma, Green Book, and The Favourite).
I started watching a little of the Mr. Rogers doc, but at that point it was after midnight and I fell asleep.
I need to start gaming again. Luckily, my bullshit GLaD blogs are just around the corner. :)
Yay!
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Boy, that GRIS is pretty.
Oh yeah.
I was worried about Bohemian Rhapsody being almost cookie cutter of your typical biopic about musicians. I'll probably catch it when it comes to HBO. I remember when they were filiming a Star Is Born. They filmed some footage at either Coachella or Stagecoach, and they were calling for extras for some other shots. I thought it would be fun just be in the crowd shots but didn't go.
I'll check out your review on Gris.
It's not only extremely cookie cutter, but I've been hearing and reading that a lot of stuff in the movie just did not remotely happen that way, and ... yeah, I had a feeling. It is a FUN movie though, so I don't begrudge anyone their enjoyment of it. You could pretty much plug Journey into almost the exact plot trajectory and I feel like people would have the same reaction to it because it would be mostly the same movie.