d-harleydavis

The first Frozen was kind of a snoozer for me. My daughter has been obsessed by it since she was a baby but for me it was less impressive than Tangled and only marginally good.

The new Frozen was a pleasant surprise. My now 4 year old daughter loved it but it was me who was laughing and smiling the whole way through the movie. The story is better than the reviews had led me to believe. There were real stakes and each of the main characters had a solid arc. The movie was visually stunning. Josh Gad holds the comedy crown now for a Disney movie because Olaf was absolutely hilarious and hit on kid level and adult level at the same time. Both my daughter and I left the theater feeling elated and at the end of the day that's what counts. This was a great family movie.

PS: A lot of reviews complain that the new songs weren't 'memorable'. I have to applaud Disney for making new songs that worked but weren't 'memorable'. I couldn't live with a new 'Let It Go' earworm in my house for the next few years.

My wife and I are always arguing over what show we will watch on Netflix. Last night we settled on 'No Tomorrow' and tonight we are caught up on all the available episodes. The show is well acted, hilarious, endearing and a tiny bit gripping. We can't wait for the next episode to come out tomorrow. We love the show so much that we are watching with a little feeling of impending doom, wondering if it will be cancelled. Hopefully we will get a second season... we will be waiting with bated breath! Tori and Joshua are just incredible, and Jonathan, Sarayu and Jesse are hilarious. Where the hell did they find Amy Pietz?! She's ridiculously awesome as Dierdre. The supporting cast are also hilarious. We have perma-grins the last two days watching this show. The show seemed cheezy at first, but I relate it to 'Chuck' a lot. The cheeziness is intentional and ads to the plot. Give it a chance people, we need more!

When I decided to see the movie today I reluctantly agreed to bring my Wife and her Aunt. I was thinking 'oh boy, they are going to HATE this movie'. Hell, even I thought I might hate the movie based on the negative reviews, but I could not have been more wrong. This is the first superhero movie my wife has ever sat through and she loved it as much as I did.

The good: Moody, atmospheric, dark... but not depressing as so many reviews claim. It is a tense affair rife with emotion. I found the various subplots tied together very nicely by the start of the climax. Eisenberg was the glue that bonded this film together and he was incredible. Batfleck was perfect. Cavill was pretty one dimensional but that's really the case with Superman in general, and he really does Superman well. The cinematography was absolutely epic. The score was a little heavy handed at times, but it was still really great. The movie had some interesting things to say about gods and monsters and that theme was presented in a very intelligent manner.

The bad: There were a few groan moments in the movie, mostly related to shoehorning Wonder Woman and references to other JLA characters into the movie. The biggest groan was the way Superman and Batman became insta-friends, I think they could have handled this MUCH better. This movie is humourless aside from the occasional Eisenberg moment. I'm worried about Gal Gadot pulling off a solo Wonder Woman movie, she looks great (REALLY great), but I'm not sure if she has the acting chops to pull it off.

All in all I am giving this 9/10 because despite it's flaws we all left the theatre awestruck. Everyone in the theatre clapped at the end. This movie really delivered and I am looking very forward to seeing it again..and again.