The Greatest Showman

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The Greatest Showman was awesome. If you don't know it's a musical, don't like singing and dancing, you'll be bitterly disappointed. The theater was full when we got there and about half full when we left... I suspect many people didn't know what they had signed up for when they bought the ticket.

It has one of the most awesome dance scenes in the middle. It took a lot of vertical thinking to choreograph something like that. Go see it. You'll know exactly what I mean.

It started strong and kept going on course. Someone sitting next to mom (we had to sit apart since we got there late) noticed that the singer sounded the same as a singer in Les Misérables. I confirmed it for mom and she let the couple know as they walked out.

I definitely don't regret choosing The Greatest Showman over Star Wars.

Then, when i got home, I watched Arrival. More awesome.  My nephew who works in the film industry suggested it to me after saying he was disappointed with Interstellar and suggesting it as an improvement. Definitely he was right. I'll say more about Arrival later.

Interstellar left an impression on me with the final scene of the one woman who ended up on a deserted planet at the end. *That* was heart wrenching to the 10th power. The rest of the movie was a good action film, but not very thought provoking or clever.  Instead, it had a __lot__ of deus ex machina work which weakens its impact.

The year is will be 2% over by morning. The millenium is just past 1.8% over.
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Hm, it's no the first time when I see people get disappointed after seeing Interstellar. "oh no it's not realistic!!" "good god, it doesn't work like that in space!" (at least this is what I heard people say)

I've watched Interstellar and thought that it was damn great film. With nice bits of tolerable fantasy and a full train of emotions (Hans Zimmer helps so much with that). The movie isn't trying to be something bigger, it's very straight forward. Not a masterpiece, of course, but it's an enjoyable film.

Arrival was awesome. I loved it. Clever and atmospheric.

Showman... I appreciate the dancing and the skillful cinematography. But... Everything else is so plain and simple that I don't even remember anything except that part.

Pop music that I'm sick of + an incredibly simple storyline + blatant and annoying "equality" message + a lot of cool characters and literally NO interaction with them for the most part except maybe a few jokes here and there (and I would LOVE to see more of their temper and development)