Geena Davis – Yesterday's Movies

Thelma and Louise

November 28, 2023November 28, 2023temporalparadoxLeave a comment

Before watching the movie:

Well here it is, the one that was always going to be in this theme. Possibly the first one I thought of for title duos. And once again, what references are there other than the finale? How do they get there? I think they’re on a road trip and probably a crime spree, but I think they never intended for any of this to happen. I’m surprised this is a 90s movie, and I didn’t realize how many men I’ve heard of are in it as supporting characters to the two women who are the only ones anyone talks about. But the biggest curveball is that it’s directed by Ridley Scott.

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Earth Girls are Easy

May 1, 2020temporalparadoxLeave a comment

Before watching the movie

How did I never know, or at least never have it sink in, that Jeff Goldblum is in this? Jim Carrey playing a weird alien, okay. Jeff Goldblum playing a weird alien, the potential to really let him run wild with it has massively piqued my interest.

I stayed away from this movie for a long time because I was expecting a raunchy comedy that hasn’t aged well. But now I find that it was inspired by a song by and co-written by Julie Brown, of songs like “Cause I’m A Blonde” and “The Homecoming Queen’s Got A Gun”, so it has the potential to at least not be tasteless in the way I was expecting. It’s still over 30 years old.

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The Fly

August 18, 2011temporalparadoxLeave a comment

Before watching the movie:

Oh. Another horror film. Even though I’m not fond of horror. I’m more interested in this because it seems more like “creepy sci-fi” than horror, though. It’s hard to even place a good handle on what “horror” is, and that’s probably because I never get as scared as I’m told I’m supposed to by horror.

It occurs to me that Jeff Goldblum is an odd choice for horror. I thought for a while that he’d actually be rather good as a victim protagonist, but then he still has to act as the human/fly monster as well. So, it should be good to see him act out of type?

I really hope I get a good, safe scare out of this. But then, can a scare really be safe and still scary?

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