Feb 2025 movie night movies
Most of the movies I watch these days are as part of collective movie nights in a couple discord servers and that's just fine with me. ADHD makes it hard to do things without body doubling sometimes.
Night is Short, Walk on Girl (rewatch)
I still think it's a good time. If you don't like one segment then there's three more for you to give a shot; the first and third are my favorites. The main guy seems to have no real redeeming qualities and certainly doesn't deserve the comically perfect female lead.
Still haven't seen Tatami Galaxy though. Oh well.
Pacific Rim (rewatch)
No notes. Thank you Guillermo del Toro for being one of the only Hollywood filmmakers to understand the appeal of Tokusatsu.
Hellboy 2: The Golden Army
The Troll Market segment has more freaky little guys condensed in one location than perhaps all Star Wars movies blended together. Thank you Guillermo del Toro for being one of the only Hollywood filmmakers to understand the appeal of Tokusatsu.
Clash of the Titans 1981
This has a reputation for amazing special effects for a reason (judging by the standards of the time). Perseus's perpetually befuddled face was a source of comedy throughout. Bubo is love, Bubo is life.
Nosferatu 2024
I've never seen the original Nosferatu, and while I had a vague idea in my head that it was based on Dracula, I didn't realize it really was Just Dracula. Turns out everyone ends up in a much worse place in the end if you don't have a cowboy friend around to shoot the vampire in the face.
Reign of Fire
Hollywood may never release something this po-faced about its blatantly stupid premise ever again; it really feels like it could have only come out in a pre-MCU world. That gives this an undeniable charm, though. See above about cowboy friends.
Black Dynamite
It's tough to pull off being intentionally bad in a funny way, but this manages it pretty much the whole way through. There's probably a paper to be written about the way Blaxploitation films are deeply informed by contemporary kung fu movies, but I ain't the one to do it.
Zeiram
Incredible special effects and monster design marred by half the movie focusing on two dipshits who really have no business being in it. This would have been way better if it was just 90 minutes of Iria's increasingly elaborate schemes and contingencies failing until she finally puts a bullet in Zeiram.
Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky (rewatch)
At this point in my Gundam career, Thunderbolt feels comically edgy, like a 14-year-old's idea of a super cool Gundam show. These first four episodes / first compilation movie do have some pretty cool robots, though. The scene from the Zaku's POV is an eternal classic.
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