My apologies for posting this an entire week late. There wasn’t much for me to discuss—at least what I remember or feel like needs to be shared in public. I’ve revisited some places for the first time in years (Blake Shelton’s Ole Red bar/restaurant on International Drive) and one night I went with dad and my aunt to eat at Francesco’s Ristorante and Stone Fire Pizza, a joint near The Villages-they had good food-there isn’t much to discuss.
Thus, now I have time to give my feelings on Sinners. The trailers sold me on the film and unlike the marketing, did not specifically mention the classical monster that was the film’s antagonist. Rave reviews were heard but my expectations were in check. More now than ever, most modern movies aren’t that interesting to me or are just overrated/just plain bad despite general consensus. Thankfully, Sinners not only met but exceeded my expectations.
I was on board the entire time. The 1932 rural Mississippi setting, the twins portrayed by Michael B. Jordan, the supporting characters, the plot, the big action finale, the score, the soundtrack, the new twist on that horror creature which was modern without feeling preachy, the subplots—I loved Sinners. The switch from drama to horror takes a long while but it doesn’t matter when I was so invested. All the main players in the cast impressed-would people be surprised that I hadn’t seen Hailee Steinfeld in anything before-she definitely was a highlight.
I’m glad Sinners is not only a hit among the critics but also moviegoers. This is the sort of big-budget movie I want from Hollywood instead of the nonsense I don’t care about: comic book films, many remakes or sequels or reboots, modern “humor,” agenda-driven filmmaking, etc. It’s a movie I give my highest recommendation to; what a masterpiece from Ryan Coogler.
On a sad note I was saddened that Steve McMichael passed away a few days ago. Of course I remember him playing for the Bears as a kid before he became a WCW wrestler. I saw him wrestle once at a show in Rockford, Illinois, where he beat Stevie Ray. RIP to him.
One last note: one night the 2009 Disney animated film The Princess & the Frog was viewed for the first time. While not perfect, it was still rather entertaining-speaking of quality music in a great setting. The main reason was that soon I was finally going to ride Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, which is basically a new skin over the old Splash Mountain ride. It is amazing that for decades Disney had a major ride which used characters from a 40’s film they won’t ever release on physical media or streaming—Song of the South has aged horribly since 1946.
Anyhow, it was only a few days later that I unexpectedly had the opportunity to ride Tiana’s Bayou Adventure. My opinion: yeah, it has less of a plot than Splash Mountain (unless you consider “Hey, let’s have a party!” to be a plot) and more than once there are screens displaying images rather than animatronics. That said, the animatronics present still looked nice and a big asset was that I dug the music which played throughout.
I’ll return sometime in May.
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