I may have overestimated how clear this all is.

[chase_acow]

I went to see Moonfall yesterday and while it could have been the most ridiculous fun, instead they went for mostly serious action movie with a side of whimsy. I still enjoyed it. The special effects with the moon were just beautiful.

But mostly, I want to tell you that I accidentally showed up early enough to see a couple of the previews and one of them was the new Nic Cage movie with Pedro Pascal called The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent - so y'know, no pressure there.

In The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Nicolas Cage plays Nicolas Cage, an actor enduring a career slump, who is forced to take a million-dollar job attending a wealthy super-fan’s birthday. And Nicolas Cage has to assume the identity of several classic Nicolas Cage characters, which are all real-life Nicolas Cage characters because Nicolas Cage is playing the real Nicolas Cage. Additionally, Cage will also play Nicky, a figment of his own imagination.

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ETA: I also meant to point out this sorta interactive guide to bubble tea I love the honeydew with tapioca I get at my local (not really)Thai Cafe. It kind of reminded me of the Cube rule of food identification website.

Comments

[razielim]

I don't know how to feel about that Nicolas Cage movie. I need a powerpoint presentation on how to feel about it! What a concept! I don't have the capacity for The Unbearable Weight of This Many Emotions.

[chase_acow]

I generally like meta stuff, like when Keanu Reeves played himself in Always Be My Maybe, but this is a lot and I feel like only Nic Cage could pull it off. I do already see myself hiding in my hoodie from such intense talent!

[razielim]

Oh, I've never heard of that movie! It looks very fun too.

"hiding in my hoodie" hahaha. I feel like the only way to watch this movie is very comfy, with zero expectations and a lot of popcorn. :D

[tabaqui]

That movie looks ridiculous. In a good way. :D

I'm contemplating seeing Moonfall, as i like sci-fi a lot. Is the science so unbearably bad and the 'smart scientists' unbearably stupid to move plot along, or does it do better?

[chase_acow]

I love things that are just supposed to be fun! I'm also looking forward to that ridiculous Sandra Bullock/Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliff, and somehow Brad Pitt movie where she's a romance writer who gets kidnapped to find The Lost City.

I'm not a science person, so the techno babble doesn't really ever make an impression on me, so I'm not sure. They did treat Halley Berry well as a scientist who ends up taking over NASA because all the dudes are cowards. Pretty much they just handwave AI and nanotech.

[tabaqui]

I *do* like Halle Berry.

And yes! That movie looks like ridiculous fun. :D

[turps]

I saw Moonfall this week too, and agree with your review.

Like many films of the kind I enjoyed it more, I suspect because it was an IMax showing, and some of the effects were amazing.

[chase_acow]

Oh man, the special effects were so pretty! I'm afraid of water, and that one scene during take-off looked so good! Patrick Wilson and Halley Berry were good choices for the main characters. I really enjoy them.