International travel is a time when I get to actually catch up on movies that I missed or couldn’t bring myself to spend money on watching previously. At least that’s what I like to do after the inflight entertainment system reboots …
On our Delta flights to / from Europe, here’s what I watched. (Scores are out of ★★★★★; links are to longer reviews on Letterboxd)
A Wrinkle in Time (2018) ★★½
Glitzy adaptation that falters the more it strays from the source book.
https://letterboxd.com/three_star_dave/film/a-wrinkle-in-time-2018/
Inside Out (2015) ★★★★½ with a ♥
A truly delightful Pixar psychocomedy that I’m kicking myself for not having seen before.
https://letterboxd.com/three_star_dave/film/inside-out-2015/
Batman and Harley Quinn (2017) ★★½
Why Batman: The Animated Series needed the network to keep them from going down a self-indulgent rabbit hole, apparently.
https://letterboxd.com/three_star_dave/film/batman-and-harley-quinn/
Darkest Hour (2017) ★★★★ with a ♥
Remarkable if sometimes uneven biopic about Churchill at the start of WW2.
https://letterboxd.com/three_star_dave/film/darkest-hour/
Thor: Ragnarok (2017) ★★★★ with a ♥
Rewatch. Still funny. Still sometimes too funny for its own good.
https://letterboxd.com/three_star_dave/film/thor-ragnarok/1/
The Jungle Book (2016) ★★★
I was far less charmed than most people, it seems.
https://letterboxd.com/three_star_dave/film/the-jungle-book-2016/
Game Night (2018) ★★★½ with a ♥
Far funnier than it ought to have been. Frothy fun.
https://letterboxd.com/three_star_dave/film/game-night/
Tomb Raider (2018) ★★★½
Run, Lara, run! A good, if humorless and increasingly improbable, adventure.
https://letterboxd.com/three_star_dave/film/tomb-raider/
Scrolling code lines capture the essence of our times as cuneiform and hieroglyphics were the emblems of their epochs.
Speaking of time, I had never heard of this children's book. I thought people were referring
to this:
https://www.amazon.com/Wrinkles-Time-George-Smoot/dp/0380720442
Heh. Yeah, a little different of a book.
I remember that reboot. I also found it odd that the domestic aircraft had way more selection of movies than the international flights.
Damn, that flight was long!
+Paul Scollon 4 separate flights
+Stan Pedzick Man alive!