Kids movies don’t have to be bad. Suggesting a film is for kids should really imply that it does not contain mature content. But the effort for quality writing/acting/etc should still be present as these are being produced by adults.

I actually was just chatting with my wife about this the other day. Will Ferrell does a really good job at the innocent shtick. Compare him to a character like Olaf from Frozen who is supposed to also be very innocent (and the character is mostly there) but there’s something that seems a bit off. Elf is a great example of a character that feels genuinely innocent.

Honestly I’ve found some reviewers on YouTube who give generally good feedback and I’ve stopped looking to places like Rotten Tomatoes.

I think we’re in an age where reviewers are heavily in the pockets of studios. It’s annoying because we look to reviewers to give honest feedback. I watched neither film but IMO both trailers looked like a cash grab on Millie’s fame from Stranger Things.

I’ll preface this will saying I know nothing about fighting. I also don’t know anything about the history of martial arts meeting western boxing for the first time. It was only hard for me to accept that Ip Man was essentially God mode in film 1 but had trouble competing with 1 person in film 2. Perhaps actual fighters could explain why he could kick the shit out of 50 guys in one scene and get nearly KO’d by 1 other in another scene.

I would consider the first film one of those near perfect ones. I watched the others because of Donnie Yens performance. Certainly didn’t enjoy them as much but they are leagues above many other films these days.

I avoided true detectives for as long as I could because I felt like the duet detective archetype had been over used. But eventually I watched it. And I freaking loved the whole thing. Both Matthew and Woody crushed it.

Ip Man was easily one of my favorite film series. Donnie Yen perfectly encompasses “reserved yet deadly”.