My first international jaunt of the year, and passing the time means I get to watch any old crap (I don't travel so much these days, there used to be a point where by the end of February that I'd seen everything. Mind you I remember when they had the one movie, and that was it.)
Spy – James Bond/Bourne spoof thing. Modestly amusing, mostly for the Stath taking the piss out of himself. Actually, it would have been a better movie if it was just that.
The Martian - it had to happen, not as bad as I feared. If I were Matt Damon I'd keep both feet firmly on the terra firma of planet Earth, it never goes well for him. It was all a bit tension light, everything seemed to have an easy solution. I may have napped in the middle or it may have had a 'three years later' appear at the bottom of the screen. Probably a good thing. I couldn't be bothered rewinding to find out. And yeah, I could have cringed into an entirely new dimensions at the 'science the shit out of this' line.
Fantastic Four – it seems the thing now to re-invent movies that they've only recently re-invented, just with a younger cast. In a decade or so, it'll be foetuses starring in these things, modern movie goers evidently don't want to faced with the craggy Mount Rushmore visages of anyone over the age of forty with their creaky corroding bodies and endless need to tell you about stuff that happened to them. Bor-ing. Anyway, same old, same old, some people get super powers, one of them goes bad, there's a fight. It's been done a million times and often better.
Inside Out - a modern day Numbskulls, very cleverly and affectingly done and by far the best of the lot. Watch the closing credits for the best explanation of cat behaviour you'll ever get.
