Confessions of a Streamaholic

I have watched a few movies over the last week so I thought I would give a mini review on them to tell my thoughts, feelings and if I recommend:

Michael – I went to see this with my family in IMAX what an experience the sound and film quality was amazing, really worked for this biopic. I didn’t know a lot about Michael Jackson’s earlier life so finding out his dad worked them really hard, that he cared for more exotic animals and that people were constantly fainting at him performing. I grew up on Michael Jackson’s music so was dancing and lip syncing along in my seat, the music bits like ABC live on tv, the dance choreography scene, recreating the Thriller music video, that must have been surreal for Jaafar Jackson Michael’s nephew who plays him in the movie and the ending with Bad makes you feel like you are there watching it live. Overall, I think this was a great biopic intrigued to see the sequel that seems to be coming, hoping for just as much music and hopefully a more in depth look into Michael’s life, fingers crossed for a Man in the Mirror performance as it’s one of my favourite MJ songs.

Reminders of Him – I went to see this when it came out in the cinema as it is on of my favourite books and the movie adaptation did not disappoint. I have read the book twice I sobbed the first time I read it and read it in a day, the movie hit all the right bits I wanted it too. This was the first time I’d seen work by Tyriq Withers or Maika Monroe and they were amazing as Ledger and Kenna, the CHEMISTRY! Lady Diana who lives in in the apartments that Kenna stays in is exactly what I expected her to be love that she backed Kenna when Ledger was helping prevent Kenna seeing Diem, her daughter. Loved the use and moments about music in this film, The Night We Met’ played on the flashback of Kenna meeting Scotty for the first time and this melted my heart. ‘Yellow’ by Coldplay played 3 times all towards the end of the film and there was a funny scene about all music being sad then Ledger makes Kenna a happy playlist. I don’t think I fully understood the freaking pigeon joke until I seen it in the film comes up a lot that I didn’t notice until the second time around but love that it keeps everyone connected to Scotty. Love love love this film and the book so please give it a watch if you want a movie with a mix of emotions that gives you all the feels.

The Devil Wears Prada 2 – The original movie is one I go back to a lot it’s on of those early 2000s movie that just hi different. For there being a 20 year gap between them the humour is still the same with just little tweaks to make it more modern, the fashion has changed with time and was on point in this film. So many moments that you can take from the new movie and refer back to the original, especially in the conversation between Andy (Anne Hathaway) & Nigel (Stanley Tucci). The montage at the start gave all the nostalgia to the parallel from the original, Andy and Lily still being friends is really nice to see loved there dynamic. The storyline of the sequel was interesting, Andy coming back to work for Runway which she thought was a fluke, but actually Nigel got her back in, this was so sweet to learn. Miranda in a lot of ways seemed more tame but still quintessential Miranda. I wasn’t sure what the Barnes’ had to do with the storyline until we go to the end and Sasha Barnes buys over Elias Clarke in full to stop Ben Barnes her ex husband, who goes out with Emily ex-Runway employee, from buying Runway. I love Emily played by Emily Blunt but was shocked when she wanted Runway for herself but she was redeemed when her and Andy met up to talk about being friends. You don’t usually get good sequels but this is one of them, a must see in my opinion.