Re: What was the last movie you watched?
Bohemian Rhapsody - really loved all the musical numbers and felt Malek and Lee were truly great in their roles. Lots of liberties taken, I didn't really care as this was more about the Live Aid performance to me and really Queen and then to a slightly lesser degree u2 are still to this day the acts that came out of Live Aid with everyone going "holy fuck". Loved the pub scene clapping along, Hollyweird at its best. Audio mixing in the Live Aid show was so good, and if you watch their real Live Aid performance just after you'll see how close they got, truly amazing. One thing I thought was odd, the order of performance was u2, Dire Straits and then Queen. You see Queen walking up the plank just before going on and what looks like u2 coming down, you hear Dire Straits earlier in the dressing/waiting area. They made it look like u2 came off just before them when it was Dire Straits rocking out Money for Nothing (with Sting) > Sultans of Swing. The Ultra HD Blu-ray features the entire Live Aid performance recreation they did, not all of which made the movie, so that's a great extra on the home video release.
8.5/10
A Star is Born - musical numbers/performances and acting were superb all round, but felt the story was presented in such a fractured jumpy manner than it took away from what could have been an absolutely amazing picture. And you're going to deck someone in a police bar on the first date? Just seemed really a bit odd here and there. The opening scene in Dolby Atmos was fucking great.
7.5/10
Ralph Breaks the Internet - with the exception of the finale, I really enjoyed this one. Some great retro gaming references as with the first, stunning animation and some incredibly funny scenes. I was pretty blown away that all the modern princesses dating back to 1989's The Little Mermaid were voiced by their original actors. And the friendly jab at Pixar after Kelly Macdonald's Merida says a line had me howling.
8/10
All Ultra HD Blu-ray 4K disc rentals.
Overall enjoyed all three but probably not enough to buy any of them or watch them again soon.
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