2020 Watch *Every Movie: February Report

It’s supposed to get better!February was a rough month for films in my area. Some movies didn’t show up at all (The Photograph, First Lady) and some were buried at the bottom of the app I use for tickets so I didn’t know it had any showings (Impractical Jokers). The movies I did see however…oof. OOF! I’ll have to break with math on this one when it comes to best month because February was full of ass. But you can see my humble opinions below.Because people asked I usually see moves in the 1p or 4pm time slots during the work week and as such the theatre is usually fairly empty.Also this is the first month I got violently shushed at the movies. Not once, but twice! Mostly because I laughed at scenes that are clearly not meant to be fun but come across as such.In February it seems like the biggest issue was not the stories but how the stories were told. The ideas behind Fantasy Island are great, but it’s execution is poor. Invisible Man suffers the same but its more about who the story fits the idea of the movie that sinks it. The way the villain is handled and such is what makes Call of the Wild stumble. Could films that fell because of execution.I am not a film critic (obviously) but as a movie enthusiast the response to both Birds of Prey yadda, yadda, yadda and the Invisible Man is BAFFLING. I like to think the latter is being buoyed by the fantastic acting of Elizabeth Moss and the former that it’s being judged against such cinematic trash as Justice League. If not I might be going crazy cause I did not enjoy either of those movies as a whole.Math lies! Because of the smaller sample size February pulled off a better overall average. But there were more movies in January that I liked so January, against all odds, remains the best month of the year for movies.Also, if someone had said the movie of 2020 that I liked the most was Sonic The Hedgehog I would have LMAO’d at them. But here were are. 2020! A year where we almost had WW3, a new virus is gonna eat us alive, and the fucking Sonic movie is the best I’ve seen so far. TOPSY TURVEY!!Anyway, no one asked but here’s what I’ve got:February: 4.333333333~ Average ScoreBest: Sonic the Hedgehog. Worst: Brahms, The Boy II.1 – Sonic 8.0/10. Pros: Acting, Jim Carrey (sometimes), visual effects, fun. Cons: Jim Carrey (other times), uninspired story, some scenes constructed purely for Jim Carrey to do Jim Carrey things, opens with “I bet you’re wondering how I got here” cliché, egregious product placement2 – Call of the Wild 5.0/10. Pros: First act is a good movie, cinematography, Harrison Ford, “dog” on “dog” chokeslam. Cons: bizarre/pointless villain in second/third act, choice to make animals CGI effects baffling and pointless, structure.3 – Birds of Prey… 4.5/10. Pros: Acting, McGregor especially, a few very good fight scenes, interactions of Birds, a super-fun death. Cons: Structure, narrative, far too many flashbacks, some scenes seem created for the trailer only, a few fights are utter garbage, plot beats are predictable.4 – Invisible Man 3.5/10. Pros: Acting (Elizabeth Moss is stellar), decently built tension at times, hilarious murder scene. Cons: Story, Villain’s motivation, pace slows in the middle, characters act illogically, movie ignores its own internal logic, might be the worst version of a story about a man turning invisible.5 – Fantasy Island 3.5/10. Pros: Michael Pena, premise. Cons: Michael Rooker wasted, Editing, story, illogical “villain” motivations, plot point stolen from Bedazzled, nonsensical third act.6 – Brahms, The Boy II 1.5/10. Pros: has three acts (looking at you The Turning) Cons: acting, story, structure, BORING, out of no-where exposition man appears.*= Movies available via the Regal Unlimited program showing at the two nearest Regal CinemasOverall Best Movie: Sonic the HedgehogOverall Worst: The TurningOverall Best Month: JanuaryOverall Worst Month: February via /r/movies https://ift.tt/2x0rGip