Friday's Interesting Things
Weekend Watch Report hot off presses!
A big one this weekend, at least for horror/zombie fans, as Danny Boyle and Alex Garland join up once again to give us 28 Years Later, a sequel to 28 Days Later - and yes, I’m skipping over 28 Weeks Later because even it seems as though Danny Boyle is skipping over it as well. Or, at least pushing it off to the side. If you haven’t seen these movies, that link contains a spoiler for Weeks, but also if you’re clicking on it at this point I’m not sure you care too much about spoilers and anyway… I don’t think 28 Years Later has too much connective tissue with either of its predecessors other than that biological incident that kicked the whole thing off remains an issue.
Also, yes I know they’re not zombies and apparently that’s another plot point that may be important but it’s much easier to call them zombies and not “people who get inflicted with rage and have a sudden desire to fuck other people up rather violently,” and… you get the picture.
The other somewhat big bounce release this weekend is Bride Hard - a movie that gets the Pitch Perfect girls Rebel Wilson and Anna Camp back together for a Die Hard-esque movie set at a wedding…
I enjoy the Pitch Perfect movies so maybe this captures some of that whimsy, though if I had to bet…
A Limited Affair
I’m not sure why I’m so drawn to found footage movies, especially when the novelty of them dissipated back in I’d say something like 2008. Perhaps I appreciate it’s economical entry point into moviemaking, allowing people who otherwise might not be able to create anything to make a movie. Again, I can’t specifically say why.
Building on that, I also can’t tell you why Big Foot found footage movies appeal to me, or let’s say the concept of Big Foot movies, since I’ve yet to find a really good one. Again, maybe I have something built in my mind that I’m chasing. It doesn’t really matter in the end, aside from telling you that Found Footage: The Making of the Patterson Project looks to be a found footage Big Foot movie. Looks to be. To be honest, I can’t tell whether it’s a satire, comedy, a coming of age film or a horror movie, which… well, here I am, chasing the found footage dragon. The other tricky part about all this is, while it seems as though it will be released in theaters, I think it’s going to get a pretty small run, and probably be nowhere near me, so…
The Boob Tube
The Waterfront looks to be Netflix’s answer to Netflix’s Ozark. Also, it’s based on a true story! I have heard very little about this show and probably would have nary given it a second glance except for the fact that Holt McCallany, who is in The Waterfront and doing press for it recently, suggested Fincher may bring back Mindhunter, and that is a ray of good news blasting out of our current situational sewage were trudging through. Do I think it will happen? Will it make me watch The Waterfront? No to both, but it’s a nice little Friday dopamine hit.
There is The Blair Witch Project. That is all.