LIFE STUFF and DRAWINGS
Okay, first and foremost, we're still looking for a new place to live, since our landlords are selling the house they rented us, almost immediately after we moved in, which was a super cool and awesome thing that happened. It's always been my dream to move twice within a year.
Anyway...
I've been drawing in pencil a fair bit lately. Here are a few of those drawings:
I've also been doing some digital drawing.
I've also been hard at work on getting Gut Feeling ready to publish. I'm working with an editor and narrator for it and I'm really nervous and excited to get going on it.
I finished the first draft of the second book, Uncontrollable Urge as well, and that will be ready to publish by the end of the year I'd say.
PROJECT HAIL MARY
Project Hail Mary is a very audience friendly, easily digested, popcorn science fiction movie. Ryan Gosling is, as usual, likable and charming in all the ways he typically is. Considering that he is in almost every scene in the movie, it's good that he's so charismatic and easy to enjoy. It's the main takeaway from the movie, really: Ryan Gosling is fun to watch. That's just all there is to it.
Is the movie good? Sure, it's okay. Pretty decent. It's nothing groundbreaking, but it was an entertaining couple of hours. We saw it in the IMAX, and there were some really interesting and beautifully done visuals that were very immersive in the larger format.
All in all, it's totally fine if you aren't looking to stretch anything in your brain while watching it. And there's nothing wrong with that.
READY OR NOT 2: HERE I COME
Okay, so I wasn't a huge fan of the first movie. I thought it was okay, but also kind of edgelordy and a little too impressed with its own foolishness. That said, Samara Weaving, like Ryan Gosling, is very attractive and interesting to watch. She's got serious Margot Robbie energy and that's a positive thing. I was glad to see more of her, and Kathryn Newton is hilarious and entertaining as her sister.
The story is convoluted and generic. It's essentially more of the same concept: A rich family is in some kind of satanic cult that runs the world, and they also want to hunt Samara Weaving as part of a sacrifice ritual.
Elijah Wood joins the cast as a kind of head office representative of Satan. I generally find him a little off putting in movies, which I feel bad saying because he seems like a genuinely cool guy IRL, but there's something about his whole energy that feels like whatever he's in is probably not going to be very good. He's a weird little guy, and fortunately for this movie, the role of "Satanic cult rules administrator" calls for a weird little guy, so it worked here.
The real strength of this movie, is the supporting cast. Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nestor Carbonell (RICHARD ALPERT Y'ALL!), and the guy who plays Dr. Abbott on The Pitt, are all highly entertaining. Varun Saranga is especially hilarious.
The inclusion of the incredible David Cronenberg and a handful of other Canadian figures in the cast reminds us that it's a Canadian production, which is cool to me.
The writing in this movie felt like a turn in the right direction. It was less about shocking the audience into laughter and more about building on their lore and expanding the story in a way that felt just a little fresh. The dialogue was better, and never felt bored or annoyed, so that's a plus.
I'd say this movie was a solid 3.5
Alright, that's all I've got for now.
Until next time, make mine Marvel! EXCELSIOR!