We've got a 6 month old, and I'm doing the Stay at Home Dad thing, so my movie watching is usually 15-minute chunks while baby sleeps in his crib or my arms.
I've been staying away from heavy or serious films, because I want to wait until I can give them proper attention. So The Last Duel, Drive My Car, etc are going to have to wait.
I watched Encanto and teared up multiple times. I loved the dancing and character design. I thought the movie was a little too busy, and could have used a little more focus. But man it hit my amygdala hard!
I watched Kimi, and loved about 95% of it. It's a fun little thriller, very easy to watch, and builds tension really nicely. Plus I love seeing one of my favorite comedians, Andy Daly, pop up in a movie, even for a minor part.
I also saw The Big Chill, and enjoyed seeing all these actors as people around my own age going through some of the same life shifts. Great music (which it was known for) and has Jeff Goldblum playing a charming creep, which he does so well. On the other hand I had trouble feeling too much empathy for these obviously wealthy people going through a midlife crisis together with close friends and a huge house. But overall another easy watch.
I saw Nobody, a John Wick style film with Bob Odenkirk, who I love for his comedy. I didn't like this movie. It wasn't as stylish as John Wick, and it asked me to sympathize a little too much with a random dude who goes out and beats people up. His justification was basically that he didn't feel like a man, and I felt like it plays too much into toxic ideas of masculinity that I might have ascribed to as a young man but that I now find rather repulsive. It's a shame, because as I said I really like Odenkirk.
