Movies
Quick reactions to films we’ve watched as a family—ranging from the bonkers fun of Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning to indie darlings, animated favorites and rewatching Into the Wild with my daughter. I note what resonated (or didn’t) and who joined us.
Watched Lo and Behold.
Enjoyed Star Wars: Rogue One — great movie.
Moana.
Just watched Chicken People. 🐔 Folks are pretty into their chickens!
Captain Fantastic.
Central Intelligence.
Star Trek Beyond.
The Nice Guys.
We watched Angry Birds the movie.
Tyler and I went to see the Jungle Book. It was the first time him and I went to a movie by ourselves. It was a fun movie, very well done. Tyler liked it a lot, didn’t find it scary at all.
Watched Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
Straight Outta Compton
Watched this on flight back from Ukraine. Pretty good movie. Interesting to see the back story behind N.W.A.
Watched Sing Street tonight.
McFarland, USA. Nice feel good movie for the whole family. Even Tyler watched the whole thing and I thought he might get bored.
Zootopia. Very good movie. Amazing animation. Fun story.
We watched Goosebumps tonight.
Spotlight
Tammy and I saw Spotlight last night, part of our watching each Academy Award Best Picture nominee. I was blown away. It was a fabulous movie and I can see why it won the award. It also highlights the critical role of journalism in our society, the kind of journalism that is happening less and less. The movie does a great job of showing how this massive scandal was being covered up. It’s also interesting to watch the movie while this issue continues to reverberate through the Catholic church. The story isn’t done being written yet.
Tammy asked me if I would give Best Picture to Spotlight or The Big Short, which I thought was fabulous. I would have given it to Spotlight but it was interesting to consider. I thought they were both fabulous movies with amazing acting, great cinematography and incredibly gripping. I felt like the edge went to Spotlight for the somewhat silly reason that it is “more serious”.
