Spotted in Lucerne.
Giant Papageno
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Rating: 1
Just another very gorgeous looking, very soulless version of how Luc Besson thinks movies are made. I more and more wonder how he managed to create «Léon» where he still seemed to care about characters and storytelling (I think, at least; haven’t watched it in ages).
So simple…
…and yet so fundamentally beautiful. (Just sayin’.)
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Oats Studios
Rating: 4
However you may feel about Neill Blomkamp’s «Chappie» (I know I was disappointed as hell). His new project creating experimental short films is absolutely worth a look.
Drop whatever you’re doing right and now check out the studio’s phenomenal work on https://www.youtube.com/user/OatsStudios.
Warning: Not for the faint of heart!
Iron Fist
Rating: 0.5
Just realized I never got around to review Netflix’ «Iron Fist»:
Yes, it sucks.
Moving on…
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Rating: 3
Wow, I almost lost my wallet there at the theater! But I wouldn’t have lost the money: The latest cinematic iteration of Spider-Man is well worth its admission price.
It’s got heart, it has humour, it’s got a great cast. And as unbelievable as is sounds, this co-production between Marvel Studios and Sony (who still hold the rights to the movie character, technically, I think) has something the «purer» MCU films had yet to deliver on: A great villain! Michael Keaton is perfect in the role (winged superpersons obviously just seem to be his thing) and his persona «The Vulture» equally satisfies as antagonist as well as a driving storyelement.
Tom Holland’s Peter Parker is great, too; but no surprise there. And the suits (as in «the VFX») are fun to explore but interestingly enough not as overwhelming and important as let’s say the «Avengers» movies.
So no, I don’t regret to have worn my Spidey T-Shirt to work today. And yes, in the end, I found my wallet under the seat.