Fear Street Part One: 1994

My daughter and I finished watching this last night.  We had started to watch it before, and I have to say, I was shocked to find her cheering on the killer when the film started, but I loved the film. 

While I think that the best bit of the film is the soundtrack, that does not mean that I did not enjoy it. It had gore, twists and appealed to my sick sense of humour (though it is not a comedy).  While we watched it on Netflix, I would have been more than happy to have watched this in a cinema and I am looking forwards to watching the second part.  I felt it was written, directed and acted well and it will be interesting to see if the sequel stands up to this. 

The Addams Family

Our Halloween film today was The Addams Family.  My children has got the decorations out  from the loft and put them at the front door along with decorating the door itself.  They also discussed which film we should watch and the agreement was to watch Hotel Transylvania today and a Monster High film tomorrow.

However, me son changed his mind and wanted to watch The Addams Family, so I put it on, but tricked him as he had wanted us to watch the animated version.  To be fair, he stayed and watched it, even though he was tempted to leave before the end.

I knew I liked he film, but did not realise how much of it I had forgotten.  Yes, the CGI is dated, and parts of the plot were predictable, but this film is a great one, well put together with some classic scenes.  In fact, we all liked it, and especially as family film experiences are becoming rarer, that was the most important part.

Protesting about the Climate Change that is harming our planet

My daughter went to a local march for action on climate change today. I had wanted to go, but I am so tired from a late night out last night in Southend and also, I need to catch up at work (am typing this before I head back home).  I do hope she enjoyed herself there as she added her voice to the many who are trying to get our leaders to make the changes that our planet needs.  

At present, I am discussing this on Twitter with someone who refuses to acknowledge the seriousness of this.  Put simply, over millions of years, carbon dioxide has been locked away out of the atmosphere.  We need to act to drastically reduce the amount of fossil fuels that are putting this back into the atmosphere as well as looking at methods of carbon capture that means that we can take it out of it as well.

 

The French Dispatch

As a family, we went to the local cinema to watch The French Dispatch yesterdat.  I have to say I was surprised that my son decided to join us for this as I did not think that this would be his type of film and he has been absent during parts or all of many films that we have tried to watch at home as a family.  

The children said that they enjoyed the film, as did my wife.  I did enjoy it in parts, but I have to say that I am unsure if I would recommend it.  It told stories in a different way to how I have watched them on film in the past, and did make me laugh at times but I suspect that the deficiency in appreciating the film lies with me rather than the film itself.  

I know that this is a film that I will not be watching again.  What surprises me is that I think that this is the first film of Wes Anderson that I have got round to watching (I have wanted to watch others before).

The Tomorrow War

This film appears to be made to market a game. As a film, it is okay, though it is not one I would watch again but may be worth watching on the big screen.  I am glad that I did not pay to watch it considering the Time Travel Paradox that is present, and the way that the film skips from a war that may be won to one that is doomed so quickly.  There are better films to watch and I would rather I had watched them rather than have watched this. 

No Time To Die

Finally, a film in a cinema.  We watched No Time To Die with a friend and I have to say, I did enjoy it.  I will want to watch this again, but after watching the previous Bond films.  It started well, in typical Bond style and fabulous locations.  At over two and a half hours long, I did not notice how long the film was.  It had some of his classic lines and obviously, the gadgets.  

On the downside, he drinks and drives (but he drinks and fights as well), and the typical issue of leaving your car unlocked, as in many films, is also present.  There was a scene where there was an awful lot of firepower in the middle of nowhere and of course, there is the need for the villain to have the showdown with Bond.

But ignoring the minor issues, I would still watch it again.  And will do so when it is on a streaming service.

 

13 Reasons Why: Let the Dead Bury the Dead

First of all, we are back at home.  We got back yesterday and while the kids stayed at home, my wife and I took my brother out for lunch to the Lexden Crown. I like eating there and the food was good, though nothing compared to the Italian that we had eaten the night before. It was good to catch up, though he came out as a Spurs fan! Still, he ain’t heavy, he is my brother.  I drove him to the station after, but it was a rail replacement service to take him from Colchester and due to his ticket, I could not take him down towards London to get the train where he would swap back onto the train.

Leia was overjoyed to see us and could not contain her excitement. My brother taught her a few things and she will now fetch a ball to us and will sit again.

And I watched the final episode of the third series of 13 Reasons Why with my Son. I had watched it before with my daughter and knew who the culprit was, but my son had cheated and had looked it up on the internet. I think that Bryce was on the path to redemption, my son disagrees.  We will have to agree to disagree on that one. Though neither of us shed a tear over the death that occurred to another character.

Anyway, time to get out of bed and walk the dog around the garden as I have this week off.