The Shining 8/10- I seen parts of this movie a bunch of times, but never got to see the whole thing. I really enjoyed it! I read that there's a lot of historical allusions in the movie with the various ghost imagery, but I wasn't too familiar with all of them. Also, I'm not sure I bought Jack Nicholson's transition. I know he already had a lot of inclinations towards snapping because of his alcoholism and stress, but I wish it was a bit more natural. I know a lot of people put this as their favorite horror film, and I will say it's now definitely one of my favorites. Nothing has come close to "Repulsion" and "Rosemary's Baby for me though.
X-Men Days of Future Past 4/10- I enjoyed this when it was in theaters, and was waiting for the Rogue cut to watch it again. I read that it wasn't so good, so I decided to just stick with the original. The cast and directing are great, but I don't care for the story or characters. I hate how this franchise dumps a bunch of avatars with superheros and, at least for me, gives the impression that we should care at all for them. Heck, in just one line the MCU gives a nobody like Maria Hill more character and personality than the folks here. The fact that I can remember her name says something! They don't let me care about the future, and since those characters still exist, I don't have a sense of urgency—but I guess that's why I don't like time travel. The airplane "Where were you, Charles?" is still my all time favorite scene in a Marvel film! I rewound the film twice in the middle of watching because I love it so much! I'm so glad that Fassbender and Mcavoy love their characters, because I think they are fantastic. However, I didn't enjoy anything else. The plot revolves around Mystique, who was the main problem with the last film. It's just a big whiners' fest. I had hopes for the next film, but I saw again that she's whining about being hunted again. I'm out! The last third of the Wolverine movie was lousy, but I really like a lot of that movie. Then I saw the new poster, and it seems like they're just appeal to the emo twelve year olds on facebook thinking they're cool or whatever with their middle fingers. Deadpool, I was stoked for, but that looks like it's for 10 years that just walked out of sex ed. I hope I'm wrong, but these movies seem like they're made with a juvenile mentality of what makes something adult. I'm sorry for ranting.
