The Crooked Castle
Eight moderately busy days later, three movies, some rowing, and various sort of hard work.
“Finding Dory” is a significantly inferior sequel to an upper mediocre talking fish movie. It sort of almost developed a soul by the end. Almost. Sort of. Continue reading
Random Bits from Facebook:
June 7:
Nikki: COMPLIMENT CHALLENGE comment your name and Imma tell you something that I like about you! Best challenge yet! We need positive energy in our lives.
Hyena: Sure, I ‘ll play. Uncle Hyena.
Nikki: You’re one of my favorite people ever– a rare anchor I trust thoroughly.
One movie, various misadventures.
“Central Intelligence” is a comedy with an odd twist: The comedian (Kevin Hart) is the straight man, and the other guy (Dwayne Johnson) is the goofball. It works surprisingly well, and this coming from someone who fundamentally does not LIKE comedies. The pacing was uneven, and the characters were in some cases broken (from a literary standpoint; broken people oftem make great characters), but in the end, it WORKED. It also played a bit with the Mary McCarthy quote, “We are the hero of our own story.” More of that in another post. Continue reading
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