Oct. 23rd, 2021

tiggymalvern: (owl stare)
I keep watching all this stuff and thinking, 'I must make a post about that, but I'll do it when I have more than one thing to post about.' And then when I have four or five things to post about, I realise it will take me about half an hour to actually write the post, so then I procrastinate and never do it. So, change of plan, and here goes the new idea of posting about only one thing at a time, short and sweet!

We watched Raya and the Last Dragon last night, somewhat behind the times, but I had no inclination to give money to Disney. Afterwards, the SO immediately christened it 'Raya and the Last Furry: Friendship is Magic'.

I mean, he's not wrong. There was something very My Little Pony-ish about it, and not just the central message. It was entirely predictable and formulaic, but it still managed to be entertaining the whole way through. I was never bored, and it felt shorter than its running time, and the cast was good. I just wished it had a little more of an edge to it. It was missing something of the attitude that Maui brought to Moana. Watched it, enjoyed it, won't go back to it.

Squid Game

Oct. 23rd, 2021 08:33 pm
tiggymalvern: (where we are is hell)
We just finished the last episode of Squid Game tonight. It's very good. It's better than I was expecting. Yes, there's the Battle Royale concept (and I liked Battle Royale), but it goes a long way beyond that.

The 'game' is actually a fairly minor part of most episodes. We get a lot of backstory on the people and their situations and how they came to be where they are and why they make their choices. There's also a pretty good thriller aspect, with a couple of insiders working within yet against the game system, and those angles play out interestingly.

Spoilers for the last episode below )

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