For the second time in the span of one month, I have encountered a movie that was not made for me. Ready Player One, along with A Wrinkle in Time, both offer valid interpretations of their very popular books. However, both movies left me cold and in many instances actively worked against me getting into
Though I wasn’t able to make it to the theaters to see the 40th anniversary re-release, I decided that popping in my blurry of Close Encounters of the Third Kind would suffice for this week’s Wayback Wednesday. After this rewatch it’s safe to say that Close Encounters of the Third Kind is the only movie
Handsomely made and crafted but lacking in any kind of intrigue or tension, Bridge of Spies is the kind of prestige picture that just sits on the screen and fails to engage emotionally. I hesitate to give much more in the way of venomous diatribe because the movie isn’t one that engenders anger, just boredom.