Movies of the Year 2021

[jacey]

With quarantine our moviegoing fell off a cliff and it wasn't until August that H & I began to cautiously creep back into the cinema on quiet Tuesady Afternoons, wearing masks, of course, even though the majority of people we saw in the foyer were not. Sometimes we were the only people in a showing. This is what we saw (though not necessarily in this order - and I might have forgotten some):

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• Black Widow - Pretty much a storytelling mess. Very disappointing
• Jungle Cruise - Good fun. Dwayne Johnson has excellent comic timing.
• Free Guy - surprisingly entertaining
• No Time to Die - Excellent Bond movie. I wasn't sure about Daniel Craig at first but his take on Bond has grown on me.
• Dune - Pretty damn fine splendid. Looking forward to the other half of the first book.
• Ghostbusters Afterlife - Much better than I expected.
• Eternals - Yes, good, and obviously leading into a sequel
• West Side Story - I'm a big fan of the original (Natalie Wood as Maria) from the 60s, but this is probably on a par.

We'd like to see The Green Knight, Spider Man, No Way Home, The Matrix Resurrections, and The King's Man, but with Omicron on the rise we might have to wait until they are available on streaming services.

In addition I saw The Dig, The Sisters Brothers, and The Harder they Fall on streaming. The Dig was delightful, The Sisters Brothers quirky, and The Harder they Fall was too grim for me (and I have a fairly high grim tolerance level).

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[cmcmck]

One day we might be able to get way from the 'of course' over the bloody masks.

Given my psychological issues with the damn things, they've left me very limited with regard to things like cinema and theatre or concerts- like I just can't.

Even shopping brings me close to a panic attack every time. :o(

[gorgeousgary]

We are so horribly behind on movies. Even before the pandemic going out required arranging for a babysitter, and finding ones who could deal with our hyperactive son is a challenge.

Some things could be streamed (especially once we inevitably give in and get Disney+), but finding a weekend night we feel like committing entirely to a movie has also been hard.

I'm doing a bit better with streamed series as it's easier to commit an hour. That includes the Shadow and Bone series via Netflix, which I enjoyed.

[jacey]

I gave in as well and bought Disney+ - mainly for The Manadalorian, but I've kept it going for other stuff. Yes I enjoyed Shadow and Bone, but my favourite character in the Grishaverse is Kaz Brekker and the way he appeared in S&B makes me thing they are not likely to do a Six of Crows adaptation. Pity.

[jacey]

I have no problem with masks. Are you just as bad with the blue 'medical' ones? I find them much lighter to wear than the cloth ones or (even heavier) the cloth ones with filters. I don't shop much. Mostly I order from Tesco and Ocado. And I know Amazon is the Evil Empire, but they are useful for the kind of stuff you can't order from a supermarket.

[cmcmck]

Even worse- the problem is connected to having been abused as a child and having been given so little agency over my own body for reasons you're aware of.