A ton of college basketball, mostly mid-majors. I prefer them then the big-names. I have a soft-spot for the underdogs, smaller names, smaller budgets, schools that get passed over, teams the mob doesn’t care for.
Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3
Baby Rocket! Drax is hilarious! All the superhero names got used, not just their first names!
As a Christian, I appreciated the language & jokes were a lot cleaner than Volume 2. Christians s/ also appreciate the villain is trying to play God. (playing God = evil)
I don’t like how most of the heroes quit at the end. This is a theme I’m seeing a lot in movies. Real heroes don’t just move on & quit.
I'm hearing a lot of reviews say it’s darker & much sadder than the others, but I found it to be one joke after the other except a couple scenes.
The first one is the best. Not sure if I like the 2nd or 3rd one better, I think I might go w/ this one simply b/c the language & jokes can be so foul in Volume 2
I give this a 4/5
As I was saying, I wanted to rewatch the Narnia movies. I started with The Lion, The Witch, & The Wardrobe. I was hesitant on rewatching / starting with this one because it’s very familiar to me, but I’m glad I did. There’s a reason the story stands the test of time. I think the 1st 3rd is excellent, then it gets slow / generic in the middle, then picks up again when Aslan decides to make the sacrifice. I give this a 5/5
I bought the books in 1 volume last year & was reading some. I think this is a rare case where the movie’s better, but I think it’s very faithful to the book. The book is good tho & makes me want to read more of it.
(BTW this story was read to us in 3rd grade – a teacher would never get away w/ reading it in public schools today)
I watched Prince Caspian. This is the 4th time I’ve seen it. It’s a giant step back from the first they made. It reminds me of generic fantasy. But I did really like the scenes w/ the Pevensie children, & the religious allegories & messaging.
I agree the visuals are stunning (just like the first one) & the battle scenes are better than in the first. My problem w/ how Peter acts is they should have given his actions to Caspian. Caspian is sidelined for Peter, & a side-character in his own movie
I was paging thru the book & remember back when I first read it a long time ago loving the first few chapters, then just finding the rest generic. I think one of the reasons it comes across as generic is because it originally wasn’t: back when it first came out, it re-wrote the genre.
I’d give it a 3/5 but, it’s Narnia & I have a soft-spot for the Christian themes & high fantasy in general, so I’m biased & will round it up to a 4/5. But I recommend it if you’re a Narnia fan. I just found it mostly boring