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Last Christmas (2019) - Drunk Monk - 10-24-2020
What? An xmas movie before Halloween? Yes, another clear sign that DM has fallen over the edge and is spiralling down out of control.
The Mother of Dragons, the Crazy Rich Asians mom and son, Prof. Trelawny (HP factor 1), plus the younger sister from Flesh and Blood as a bonus. in an xmas rom-com flick based on the music of George Michael. At first, it wasn't working for me. It was too forced. Clarke has a charisma but she was fighting the break awy from her GoT role too hard. Yeoh and Golding were playing basically the same characters. Thompson was nailing her Yugoslavic accent as an overbearing mom. But then, it came together. Clarke has a talent - she can sing and has decent comic timing. Michelle and Henry's characters got deeper. I was leaning towards the Mcguffin so when it happened, I realized I should've said it out loud and claimed it. In the end, we enjoyed it. It was sweet.
No sword fights. Not DOOM recommended unless your a hardcore Michelle Yeoh fan. None of you watched GoT so you'll just have to discover Emilia somewhere else.
RE: Last Christmas (2019) - Greg - 10-24-2020
Based on a song by Wham!
RE: Last Christmas (2019) - Drunk Monk - 10-24-2020
(10-24-2020, 08:04 PM)Drunk Monk Wrote: based on the music of George Michael.
RE: Last Christmas (2019) - Greg - 10-25-2020
There's a difference? Still says Wham! on Wickedpedia.
RE: Last Christmas (2019) - Drunk Monk - 10-25-2020
Didn't Wham have two dudes? George and some other dude. Wiki that...
I worked George at SLA in the late 80s. I didn't work the Wham DoG. That was a cool DoG shirt tho. That was prior to my RM years...
RE: Last Christmas (2019) - Greg - 10-25-2020
Andrew Ridgely.
RE: Last Christmas (2019) - Drunk Monk - 10-25-2020
I must amend my earlier review. This isn't an xmas romcom. It's like one of those eggs in Alien but instead of a chestburster, it lays a wicked earworm.
Warning - spoilers - this is the finale...
We're a long way from 'DRACARYS'
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Last Christmas (2019 HBO) - Greg - 12-21-2020
Paul Fieg directs from a script by Emma Thompson a Christmas story about a young woman, Kate, struggling to come to grips with life after heart transplant surgery. She is basically a drunken mess until a mysterious stranger comes into her life played by Henry Goulding.
It's not great. It's a redemption story but Kate, played by Emilia Clarke of Game of Thrones, is so unlikable that I didn't want to continue watching it. But you have to be down before you go up I guess.
It probably would have helped if I liked the songs of George Michael more or at all. The inspiration for the title comes from Michael's song "Last Christmas" but the whole soundtrack is littered with Wham!/George Michael tunes. And Kate even sings the song. It get's annoying.
Despite good reviews, I'm going to forget I saw this film starting immediately.
RE: Last Christmas (2019 HBO) - Drunk Monk - 12-21-2020
But the very next day you gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
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RE: Last Christmas (2019 HBO) - Greg - 12-21-2020
Now, I remember....
RE: Last Christmas (2019 HBO) - Drunk Monk - 12-21-2020
(12-21-2020, 09:59 AM)Greg Wrote: Despite good reviews, I'm going to forget I saw this film starting immediately.
(12-21-2020, 10:23 AM)Greg Wrote: Now, I remember....
And just like that, the Last Christmas earworm is back. It's the xmas gift that keeps giving and giving and giving...
Thanks Greg. Thanks a lot.
RE: Last Christmas (2019 HBO) - Greg - 12-21-2020
George Michael didn't sell a bazillion records because his songs weren't catchy, right?
RE: Last Christmas (2019 HBO) - Drunk Monk - 12-22-2020
Right.
You're humming it now, right? In the back of your mind. In that little corner where the earworm and burrowed into your brain and made a nest.
Every time you see this thread, it's a trigger. It feeds the earworm.
RE: Last Christmas (2019 HBO) - Greg - 12-22-2020
Nope. The neighbor just brought over chocolate and cookies and my brain is buzzing!
Soon, I'll be heading to Fresno to pick up the cats from the Neutering. I'll wake you up, before I go-go.
RE: Last Christmas (2019 HBO) - Drunk Monk - 12-22-2020
Strangely enough, it's not the Wham version that buried so deep. It's the Mother of Dragons.
If you watched GoT, you'd understand.
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