I'm not a huge horror fan in general, even if there's horror games and media I like, but I usually don't go out of my way for something scary or super gory and all that. I always had a casual interest in
The Cabin in the Woods, heard good things, but also felt like I had the movie spoiled for me, that the twist it had was ruined. Decided I'd just dive in anyways, and turns out the movie wasn't ruined at all. I won't spoil anything here, but it's a fun horror movie that's way more interesting than I thought it was going to be, having fun playing up all the horror cliches and tropes.
The only real negative I have for the film is that the CG is abit low budget at times, but I don't think it does anything to hurt the film at all. Also it's still weird seeing Chris Hemsworth in anything that isn't Thor related, even after seeing him in the awful Ghostbusters reboot lol It's just hard to disconnect from the character at times, but of course he's still good here for the role.
Was in a movie mood, so figured I'd watch
Kingsman: The Golden Circle. The first movie was a fun spy action flick and the sequel is much the same, though I don't think this one is as good as the first. Not that it's a bad movie, but it does the thing that a lot of sequels do, which is to go "Let's do what we did before, but ramp it up to 11". The first movies big action set piece was the crazy church massacre scene, mixing in CG and clever camera/editing work to make the scene seem like one take and they do it here again, but it's so ridiculous, it just feels like I'm almost watching an animated movie at points.
It's still basically "James Bond on crack" with it's over-the-top style, but they might've taken it a notch to far. Also weirdly Channing Tatum is barely in the movie. He's there for a chunk of the earlier film, but then find a way to sideline him for the rest of the film. Thought him running around with Eggsy was gonna be pretty fun. Overall, I still had fun with it, even if I thought they were taking the CG too far and maybe need to reel the style back in. Maybe with the prequel coming up they'll try to keep it stylish, but have some substance brought back in to feel like things have some proper weight to it. I feel like most action movies now just need to take a cue from John Wick lol