My apologies for doing one of these later than expected. Truthfully, there wouldn’t have been too much to say otherwise. Last week I went to get a haircut—in fact, it was much-needed. One night I went to Hooters, which may not look great to some even if I say that it was to have their steamed shrimp and there isn’t enough places in the area which offer that or peel and eat shrimp, especially after a local establishment closed more than a year ago.
Last week, a phone upgrade was made; while in the Samsung Galaxy universe, it was NOT a S25 Edge or something similar that costs somewhere around $1,000. What I have is more practical which is still an upgrade over the previous phone. Yesterday I went to Walt Disney World, Hollywood Studios in particular. As announced last year, a Monsters, Inc. land is replacing the Muppets area, including the 3D show Muppet*Vision. As it debuted in 1990 and was the last project Jim Henson worked on before passing away—those are but a few reasons why many aren’t happy it is going away, and they didn’t spend money to try and move it… especially considering the Aerosmith roller coaster will be changed into a Muppets coaster.
General (and deserved) nitpicking of Disney aside-they deserve both scrutiny & scorn for a number of reasons-it was nice to take some photos of the attraction, along with other pictures at Hollywood Studios. It will be closed this upcoming weekend.
It’s more than a week ago but I am still salty-not to mention astonished-how much Mission: Impossible-Final Reckoning let me down. The first is pretty cool, the second and third less so. However, the 4th through 7th ranged from very good to great and they became movies I always looked forward to. Aside from that and the recent Planet of the Apes films, there was hardly any blockbuster movies in modern times I could even muster a care about. That’s why I rarely even give them a chance.
Despite mixed reviews, I still had high hopes for Final Reckoning, as I loved the last movie more than most. Well-what I got was the biggest letdown in literal years. It was a movie both bloated and overlong, yet somehow feeling like entire scenes were missing, the editing was so jarring. The story was just bad and underwhelming; aside from two nice sequences, Final Reckoning was a waste of time. I couldn’t believe how badly it missed the mark for me. Without diving into spoilers, there were characters where I had to ask others online who they even were or what their purpose was… others were perplexed as well. So was one character suddenly fallen ill & what happened was literally said in a throwaway line. I won't drone on-even though I could-about one of the dumbest and most pointless character reveals in history, among many other quibbles.
All that said, it wasn’t a movie that was hated, as there were some moments. However, it was far worse than the preceding four pictures. Alas… I’ll return sometime later in June.
