Received my copy yesterday too, but my wife opted for streaming Sing 2 over this. (Which was fun, at least.)I'll see it within the next couple of weeks - if nothing else, I have it scheduled to show off the new projector for a guy's afternoon on the 24th while she's out of town!
I got this disc last week and am totally looking forward to watching this, as is my wife.
I’ll be watching tonight. Looking forward to it
The wife and I watched this last night, and we both enjoyed it. It's not a movie for everyone, it is crude (unnecessarily so, at some points), the plot is a bit messy, some of acting is a little over-the-top, but the cast sure looked like they had some fun making it.Speaking of the cast, Michelle Yeoh does a fine job in her evolving role, and not afraid to come off as unlikeable at times. Ke Huy Quan plays his roles perfectly, and while he looks surprisingly old, there's still a twinkle in his eyes that expresses youthful exuberance that adds a refreshing spark to the movie. In contrast, the amazing James Hong just turned 93 this year, and looks incredible for his age. I actually wished he could have been featured a little more in the film.For those of you about to watch this, don't turn off the movie at the end credits. The song that plays at the end features David Byrne on vocals and sounds amazing. The music and vocals were so well recorded, with an incredible sense of envelopment that really drew me in to the point of wondering how much the Atmos channels were contributing. So I pulled out the custom HTP-1 app and started muting the overheads, sides, rears, and tops, and to my great surprise that fantastic song is simply a stereo mix; there is no sound coming from any of the other speakers, except the subs. That prompted me to go back and spot check various parts of the movie. The tops were used almost exclusively for the musical score. The one exception was a small amount of helicopter sounds from one screen. Regardless, the soundtrack was really well done for such a small movie.Fun and entertaining, it's a recommended watch.Scott
Wife and I started this tonight. Got about halfway or so through and just couldn't take it. Just too chaotic frenetic absurd.I'll give it this though... it didn't violate Chekhov's gun (or auditor award) principle, though fulfilling it was the point where we stopped.
My wife gave up when the fight happened with certain pieces of rubber anatomy. My son and I couldn't stop laughing in that scene. It reminded us of The Boys.
Yeah, I pretty much figured that's when she bailed. We did laugh at that, it was just so frenetic and frazzled during and after.I'm a big fan of Rick & Morty which has a lot of that stuff and even weirder, but it's easier to handle in cartoon form. I might try finishing it at some point, it was just too much at once. Maybe knowing a bit more what it is will help. So don't get me wrong - I can see that there's "something there". But it's like throwing some of the more intense music I listen to at someone with no warning or ramp up; it's hard to jump on board and grok what's happening.
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