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In case you haven’t seen the intro from my entry dated
1/26/19 (it’s in my archives whenever you want to read it), I’m no longer going
to review every single movie I see. I’m
going to review one, with the occasional bonus, and just give ratings for the
rest from now on (unless I decide to pick it up again in the future). You can always ask me why I gave the ratings
for the films without reviews though (via comments or the e-mail addresses
under the ‘About Me’ section).
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It: Chapter Two EH/OK
Technically this isn’t a sequel, just one-half of a remake,
since this and part one (chapter one) are one long movie released
separately. This chapter was 169
minutes, the first was 135, making it a little over 5 hours total. The original was 192 minutes (not only do I
know that because of my movie run-time obsession, but I also confirmed it by
researching). Of course I’m a big fan of
the original It (which was actually a
two-part TV movie). I did read the
long-ass book by Stephen King too, but only remember specific parts. I did recommend the first part of this
remake, mildly, but still thought it was way overrated (check out my review for
it in the archives---www.abcreviewarchive.blogspot.com). I didn’t care too much for this second
chapter. I absolutely had no problem
with the adult cast of “The Loser Club” at all.
I did have a problem with all the CGI (I honestly don’t think I’m ever
going to give in to modern cinematic technology). I wasn’t a fan of any of the monstrosities
(save for a giant statue---that was cool) and there came a time when I couldn’t
wait for the movie to be over. There’s
an air of predictability at times too. Since
I’m a Stephen King completist (the man himself makes an appearance here, by the
way), or film completist for that matter, I had to see this (and the first
chapter) no matter what, as will any King completist since I don’t think your
inner OCD will allow you not to (especially if you saw the first chapter). This is just another remake though (as a
whole) that will never live up to the original (in my opinion), and I don’t
care what anyone says, but Tim Curry will always be Pennywise over this
slobbering, mostly-CGI, multi-rowed toothy villain! 12/10/2019
Frozen II OK
So here we are with round 2 of the Nordic-set Disney film
featuring the two sisters, Anna and Elsa, a ginger and blonde, respectively;
theatrically-released no less. I did
like Frozen as did many young and
old, and I’m sure there were many a parent sick to death of that Idina
Menzel-performed song that became very much a part of pop culture. I’m admittedly a fan of it and there was even
a worthy metal cover by a band called Betraying the Martyrs. Ironically, “Let it Go” is a song about
letting go of the past while this sequel involves righting a past mistake. While the animation in this film looked great
(no surprise considering the studio), I hate to say the story had the feel of
an inferior direct-to-video sequel. I
was only a fan of one of the many songs which still wasn’t as good as “Let it
Go.” I know you shouldn’t compare to
what came before, especially if what came before was a huge success, but
shouldn’t any attempt always strive to be the best? I hate to say I also didn’t care much for
Olaf this time, who I actually was a fan of last time (his presence was more
annoying here). I hate to keep saying ‘I
hate to say,’ but I hate to say I just wasn’t feeling it as much this
time. I suggest just checking it out on
video (meaning DVD/Blu-ray/streaming/whatever) as it has that direct-to-video
feel, like I said. 12/9/2019
---Sean O.
12/11/2019
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