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my movies during coronavirus march

I decided to document all the movies I watched since the pandemic was announced. Seeing as it’s the end of the month, I thought I’d share what I’ve been watching!

TL;DR: I highly recommend Fast Color, 10 Cloverfield Lane, and Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Also, Unicorn Store wasn’t my favorite, but I did like it and I think some of you would like it too :). Some of these are rated R for language/sex/violence, so proceed with caution. Short synopses and reviews under the cut.

3/14: FAST COLOR (2018). 4.5/5 ⭐. Soft, subtle dystopian/sci fi/superhero film starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw as one in many generations of black women possessing magic powers.

3/17: Phenomena (1985). 2.5 ⭐. Sci fi about a girl in boarding school who uses the power to control insects to investigate a murder. I thought this would be one of those movies that age really funny, but it was just kind of boring.

3/18: The Host (2006). 4.5 ⭐. Sci fi directed by Bong Joon-ho about a sewer monster that kidnaps a young girl, leading her father to search for her.

3/21: Cloverfield (2008). 3 ⭐. Found-footage sci fi about an alien attack on New York City. Generic idea and execution, but I liked the found footage aspect.

3/21: 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE (2016). 5 ⭐. Apocalypse sci fi. Almost completely disconnected continuation of the franchise; a woman wakes up in a bunker with a man who insists there’s been an alien apocalypse. I absolutely loved this one. Great atmosphere, acting, and tension throughout.

3/23: Abduction (2011). .5 ⭐. Action movie about Taylor Launtner doing... something? I don’t remember. I really only watched this to make fun of it with a friend over Facetime. That’s the only way I’d recommend watching this movie.

3/23: Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997). 4.5 ⭐. Dark fantasy retelling of Snow White starring Sigourney Weaver. Weird, pretty, fun.

3/24: Mirror Mirror (2012). 1 ⭐. Yet another Snow White retelling, starring Lilly Collins and Julia Roberts. Yikes. I don’t think it added anything new to the Snow White story, and it was mostly super cringey.

3/25: Jennifer’s Body (2009). 4 ⭐. Horror/comedy about a teenage girl who gets possessed by a demon that drives her to eat men, starring Amanda Seyfried and Megan Fox. So fun, but I wish it ended a little differently!

3/26: Horns (2013). 2.5 ⭐. Fantasy about a guy who grows horns that compel people to confess their sins to him. I mostly watched this because Daniel Radcliffe is in it. Good concept, but I wish it had either been a serious drama or a dark comedy because it just ended up being weird and cringey.

3/26: The Love Witch (2016). 1.5 ⭐. Fantasy about a modern witch who uses potions and spells to find a man to fall in love with her. The interesting thing about the movie is that it completely looks like it was shot in the 1960s, but story-wise it was way too focused on female anatomy as women’s empowerment. I don’t recommend.

3/26: Upgrade (2018). 4 ⭐. Sci fi about a disabled man who installs an AI in his spine to help him walk and investigate the murder of his wife. I don’t feel I can recommend this one due to the ableist premise and fridging, but the visuals and world were super interesting.

3/27: The Cloverfield Paradox (2018). 2 ⭐. Sci fi. Space crew finds themselves transported into a parallel dimension of reality. I liked the cast and there were one or two truly good scenes but it just felt like a stupid and generic version of Alien.

3/28: The Witch (2015). 4 ⭐. Um this is classified as a horror movie but I almost didn’t find it scary at all except one scene in the beginning? Like it honestly felt more like a thriller period drama or a dark fantasy imo. But if you’re easily scared I would stay far away because this movie allegedly scares the shit out of everyone. At first I thought it was meh but I ended up watching it 3 times in a row and I started appreciating it more.

3/29: PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE (2019). 4.5 ⭐. Period drama. A young French aristocrat refuses to be painted for a potential betrothal, but her mother hires another young woman to paint her and they fall in love. Loved this!!! It had me in my feels the entire time.

3/30: UNICORN STORE. 3.5 ⭐. Contemporary fantasy starring and directed by Brie Larson. It’s about a millennial who, after getting kicked out of art school, is approached by a salesman who offers her a unicorn. Very charming idea, made me shed a tear. I wish it was a little more committed to the fantastical elements though! I also wish the cinematography, costumes etc were more stylized.

3/31: Train to Busan. 4.5 ⭐. Zombie horror/sci fi: just as a man and his daughter embark on a train ride to visit a relative, a viral outbreak occurs. One infected person jumps on the train seconds before it leaves the station. Thank you to everyone in this movie for proving that zombie stories don’t have to entirely rely on gore.

3/31: Cargo. 2 ⭐. Yet another zombie sci fi. After being bitten, you have two days until you turn. An Australian father (Martin Freeman) is bitten and spends his 48 hours seeking shelter for his baby. I don’t know, this one is highly acclaimed, but I just found it kind of boring and tropey?

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