Rob's Mini-Show – 20170211

Holy awesomeness Batrob, I only just saw this is posted!!!

Holy crap. I wrote a lot after listening… I had a lot of feedback. But Sarari fucking crashed and I lost it all. Now, I’m just not willing/able to try to work through all of that again. Some of it is probably better for a discussion anyway.

Killing Joke: I had more to say “last time”, but I was let down by the movie. It felt like a summary with dialog, rather than a story I was along for the ride on. I agree that it’s one of the best stories out there from the Batman (or even comic) universe. It does something none of the others do well; it adds a lot of understanding to the relationship between Batman and Joker. But it felt wasted, because I didn’t get invested in it, and then we were just “there” at the end. There wasn’t enough there to get me in my head about it, during or even after. Like I said, it felt like a summary. On the animation style, it felt too much like a cross between the less-dark episode of The Animated Series and some classic Batman illustration. I’d have liked a more artistic take on the graphic style. I’d watch it as an animated movie completionist, but set your expectations.

Nice Guys: I loved this movie. I wrote a lot about it, before my browser fucking crashed again (I don’t like this new MBP so far). I’m not retyping it… I had copy/pasted the above from after the first crash, but apparently got out of the habit. I loved the physical comedy, I liked the genuine feel to most of the humorous dialog. I’ve watched it several times already.

Sausage Party: It’s a horribly stupid fucking movie. I laughed a lot though. The “shock humor” was so absurd, that some of it just made me laugh out loud a lot. It was like someone listened to a bunch or our weird shows (adult theme park) and then tried to make a stoner adult humor version of a Pixar world. The food reality jokes were mostly groaners, the message and characters were just stupid, the sex jokes were way over the top too unnecessary but a lot of the physical jokes and the dumb misunderstood sex jokes still made me laugh. I guess I was in an accepting mood. As for why it’s rated high… it’s Seth Rogan’s normal “I’m so fucking high and I cuss a lot” kind of humor. The people that went to see this got fan-spooge all over them. I’d never pay money for this movie, and I’d be pissed if I had. I just want to hear more stories about people not knowing what it is, and thinking it’s a family animated movie. I expect a lot of this in the coming months. 🙂 Also, I hate when people use the term “Easter egg” to refer to references. It really really annoys me.

Hell or High Water: I haven’t watched this yet. I need to.