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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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Inside Out 2 G
Inside Out was the
last really good Pixar movie; Disney movie too, for that matter; it was
well-written, fun, and ingenious. In it,
we followed the emotions (those being Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust, and Anger)
inside a young girl named Riley. Riley
turns 13 in this one and you know what that means---puberty! With that comes new emotions, those being
Anxiety, Envy, Embarrassment, and Ennui (Nostalgia makes at least two brief
appearances as well). I read that the
creators spoke to teenage girls for some authenticity, and while I’ve never
obviously been a teenage girl (I was once
a teenager though), I’d say they captured it quite well. Was this as good as the first one? No, nor did I expect it to be (I would’ve
been truly amazed if it was); it had a whole lot to live up to, but it was
still a worthy continuation, well-written and creative like the first. It did seem shorter, even though they were
both around the same length! I’d
actually be interested in another sequel portraying Riley as an adult; Nostalgia
was told she can’t come out until
later…6/18/2024
Bonus review:
Wreck (Season Two) OK
This is what I said at the end of my review for the first
season---I read that there was a second
season planned to be released this year, but I honestly don’t think I want to
do another round (you can read the entire review in here---https://vampireclown82.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-third-saturday-in-october-part-v.html). Well, after seeing it advertised so much I
gave in (all 6 episodes are currently available on Hulu). I didn’t dislike the first season; I just
thought it was too stretched out (as I may have implied in the review
above). Instead of a boat, the setting
is now on an island in Slovenia (filmed in Northern Ireland though, like the
first one). I thought there was a better
flow to it this time, and I didn’t feel like I forced myself to continue (all
the episodes are roughly 50-minutes too).
Maybe it’s the characters that make it engaging because we already know
what’s been going on (since the conclusion of the first season) and we’re now
just waiting to see what’s going to be done about it. The story obviously isn’t over based on the
end of the last episode, and while there are no confirmations of a third season
yet, I read that the writer intended it to be three parts from the outset. I’ll give it one more season. I know, I know, I say that now, and look at
me continuing with this one after writing that I didn’t want to. It may not be the greatest series, but I
can’t stop now that I made it this far, and because it’s unfinished. Let’s wrap this up, shall we? 6/17/2024
Other movies and TV show(s) I’ve seen and their ratings (see above):
Back Road >>>EH
Coming Home in the Dark >>>EH/OK
Cry Baby Lane >>>OK
Exhuma >>>EH
(In Korean with
subtitles)
Gleaming the Cube >>>EH
Joko Anwar’s
Nightmares and Daydreams (Season One)
>>>OK
(Netflix;
7 episodes; In Indonesian with subtitles)
The Last Stop in Yuma County >>>OK/G
---Sean O.6/22/2024
