Quarantine Movie and TV Round Up

 I'm sure that I am not alone in the fact that there have been a lot of movies and tv watched while quarantine has happened. I'm a devout fan of going to the movies, but that obviously hasn't happened since....late February. So at home entertainment it is!

Movies

This might be a good time to reiterate that I am such a wuss and I hate being scared but I watch a ridiculous amount of horror movies. I can't explain it. But it has to be a particular type of horror movie. I don't generally do slasher/murder ones and I try to stay away from demon-y ones because homie don't play with that shit. Bye Exorcist, see you never!

Werewolf movies: There was a stretch of like a week and a half pretty early in quarantine where all I watched was werewolf movies on Shudder. Of course the OG, best werewolf movie of all time is "American Werewolf in London". Goes without saying. "Howl" was actually pretty entertaining, would recommend.

"Tigers Are Not Afraid": This was the actual reason I got a Shudder subscription for like a month. It's a movie about a group of orphaned children caught up in the Mexican drug war. It's a bit fairytale, a bit magical realism, and more than a bit of heartbreak. I thought it was really well done, and I think about it a lot. Also, female director.

"The Ritual": A friend group who is growing apart take a memorial camping trip in the Swedish wilderness. Things are already tense because of the circumstances but quickly come off the rails when a mysterious presence makes itself known, threw weird noises in the wilderness and even scarier homages found in an abandoned cabin. The reason I like this movie is the tension through the group of friends feels very real and pretty familiar. Also the design on the mysterious presence makes me really happy. 

"JoJo Rabbit": We laugh, we cry, we yell "Do you even speak German?!" across the house whenever we watch this Hoffmann family favorite. God, I love this movie soooo much.

"Bone Tomahawk": The first hour and half of this movie I'm like okay, this is a good western and I'm enjoying it but I don't know if I'd call it a "horror western" like people have said. Last 45 minutes of this movie OH MY GOD OH MY GOD THE GORE THE HORROR SHIT SHIT SHIT. Still, a pretty good movie. Great writing.

TV Shows

The Boys: If you watch the Marvel/DC movies but have questions about whether or not these superheroes are ACTUALLY a good idea...this show might be for you. I know that's why this show is for me. I am the Frenchie of my friend group. Without the cocaine habit. 

Fort Salem: Motherland: I need to make this clear - this show is TRASH. The idea is kind of interesting but it was obviously dumbed down to appeal to teenage girls at their lowest level. Like, maybe if you didn't write trash for teenage girls you'd be surprised that they would like it! Like, give them some credit. So, the basic idea of the show is that way way back in the pilgrim days there was an agreement between the early US government and witches that the government would stop persecuting them if the witches agreed to fight in the armed services. And basically draft their children. Forever. Premise is good, some fun world building, but poorly sketched out characters, some good diversity, and some very handsome but very dull boy characters. I binged a season in two days. I don't know what's wrong with me. 

Away: We are a very pro space program household so I wasn't surprised when Josh turned on this Netflix show. He's way more into it than I am. I do appreciate the mental toll that space travel takes. It's not a walk in the park up there. It actually sounds pretty unpleasant as a whole. I've also watched the Challenger documentary twice now.