2 weeks of a*lists

Between the norovirus and the start of the SJCAF, trips southside to the AMC were a bit curtailed at the end of February through the first week or so of March.

As of today, these are the last 6 movies I've seen at that cinema... and two of those were seen in the middle of last month!

Yes, the Led Zeppelin and the Paddington were from the last completed A*List until now.

I know it looks like I saw "The Monkey" on 23 February, but I most certainly did not.

I paid for an early matinee ticket so I could quadruple the points (3000 Bonus Points for its first weekend), but I didn't actually go.

AMC gave me the bonus, so that was all I wanted for that gory horror flick. 

"Last Breath" was another movie that netted me 3000 Bonus Points for purchasing a ticket instead of using my A*List, but I did watch it.

An almost-documentary about a true rescue at sea, it wasn't supposed to be a horror, but I did find myself caught up by the terror of the situation a few times.

Good for Woody Harrelson and Simu Liu for lending their acting credentials to that one!

At any rate, neither the toy monkey or the undersea adventure were A*List dances.

That means that my dance card this week has only two filled slots.

Those two are a Chinese anime and a Korean science fiction, so that's different.

(smile!)

I had put off seeing "Ne Zha 2", partly because I didn't see the first one, partly because I just couldn't get enthusiastic about the title character, a Demon Orb child.

What I didn't realize was that he was the yang to the Spirit Pearl child, Ao Bing, as both spheres came from a singular source that split.

Twins, right?

But definitely not identical!

Anyway, both physical bodies had died in the first movie, so this second one was all about their spirits getting placed into new bodies, but with complications.

I actually liked it quite a bit, and the enthusiasm and presence of several SCAD students who were big fans of the story very much helped that!

Then there's that last one, "Mickey 17", seen today.

The previews made it seem like futuristic fluff, but, I'm glad to report, it had quite a bit of substance to it after all!

That has to be because it was written, produced, and directed by Bong Joon Ho.

Kudos to Toni Collette and Mark Ruffalo for lending their acting credentials to it!

Kudos to Robert Pattinson, too, for finally picking a winner to show off his chops!

He's certainly chosen some bad movies in the past, but here's hoping he's past all that, now that he's pushing 40 years old.

I hope I get the chance to see that one again!

Now, I need to bop over to the JEA for their SJCAF film...

later!