Tuesday, August 19, 2025

At the Movies with B.E.

It wasn't the most jam-packed week for movies*, but this is what we watched.

Much Ado About Nothing (1993) - starring Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson.  I love Shakespeare, but this is particularly good.  If you haven't seen it, I totally recommend it - even if you aren't that into the Bard.

Death Wish (2018) - Okay, so I swore I wouldn't watch this because I'm generally against when Hollyweird remakes old favorites. Then I saw that it starred Bruce Willis and I love Bruce, so I gave it a whirl.  I'm glad I watched.   It was awesome.  This movie was definitely not harshing on the Charles Bronson version and it was also totally not-woke.  I liked the juxtaposition of Bruce as a mild-mannered, peaceful surgeon before his family was attacked and the man he had to become to gain justice.  The end was satisfying and cool.  Yay.

I tried watching a couple other things, but they were duds, so I stopped.  Nothing worth mentioning here, even to pan it.

Have you seen either of these?  Did you watch anything awesome this week?

*we ended up watching several new-to-us TV shows instead.  If you want to hear about those, let me know and maybe I'll add those to the ends of these posts.

1 comment:

  1. As mentioned, I don't do movies much--if at all--these days. I have a list of movies I think I want to see: Top Gun, Maverick; a couple of the John WIck I haven't seen; and...some I can't remember.

    There's a new movie out "Nobody 2 - Vacation" or something similar. If you haven't seen "Nobody" you should! He's a "mild-mannered" accountant working for his father-in-law. His brother-in-law thinks he's a wuss. Then the bad guys show up. It's sort of "Death Wish" only the guy's background is sooo not in medicine or anything peaceful. 🤣

    Enjoy your watching!

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