Charles London, 08 Jan 2025
I promised I’d write every day, so here’s a quick review of the movies I watched with my girlfriend over Christmas.
Charlie Hunnam is great in this, and I loved watching Hugh Grant be a slimy weasel. Pretty funny, but probably not going to live long in my memory. Highlight was the Bugzy Malone “fight porn” video and song.
Dogshit. Jason Bourne was barely in it, and it committed every conceivable computer spying/hacking sin: “enhance”, “they’re through the firewall”, “malware planted”, etc. Alicia Vikander seems wasted and bored.
Charming, funny, Ernest Hemingway (Corey Stoll) is great. Strong message about not living in the past. Rachel McAdams and Michael Sheen are incredible at being obnoxious.
I love Val Kilmer, and I think Gay Perry is one of his best, next to Doc Holliday. Didn’t love the RDJ voice over, but the rest of the dialogue is excellent. Standout line: “I shot him with a small revolver I keep near my balls.” I still think I prefer the Nice Guys, but I’ll have to rewatch to confirm.
Incredibly stupid, switches between characters every 10 seconds, no one gets any real screen time. Still pretty fun.