{"id":138164,"date":"2024-07-24T15:51:39","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T14:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wrongeverytime.com\/?p=41198"},"modified":"2024-07-24T15:51:39","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T14:51:39","slug":"summer-2024-week-4-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/24\/summer-2024-week-4-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer 2024 \u2013 Week 4 in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello folks, and welcome the heck back to Wrong Every Time. This week I hit another milestone in my backlog progress, as I finally watched the last Rebuild of Evangelion film, 3.0+1.0. I\u2019d been saving the viewing until after I finished my original Eva writeups, and am quite happy I did so; the film offered a worthy sendoff to the franchise at large, and I am currently hard at work chiseling an article to match. In contrast with the relatable myopia of the original series, the Rebuilds offer a path beyond Evangelion altogether, grasping towards a world where human connection need not be quite so torturous, and where we might learn not just to coexist, but to work together in building a gentler future. Anyway, I\u2019ll have more to say about that once my piece is finished, but in the meantime, this week also featured its requisite share of film viewings. Let\u2019s get to it!<\/span><\/p>\n

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First up this week was <\/span>Ambulance<\/b>, a recent Michael Bay thriller starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as a former soldier and young father desperate for money to afford his wife\u2019s surgery, and Jake Gyllenhaal as his adoptive brother with the perfect plan: rob a goddamn bank. Abdul-Mateen agrees in spite of strong objections, and when the job goes south, the two find themselves fleeing in an ambulance with a near-dead cop and EMT in the back, attempting to keep their leverage alive as all of Los Angeles descends upon them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Punchy premise, right? And Michael Bay absolutely makes the most of it – I\u2019m actually not sure I\u2019ve ever seen him in finer form than this, even with the film\u2019s characters helpfully reminding me he directed Bad Boys and The Rock. Gyllenhaal is also perfect here, bubbling with manic energy from the start, and exploding into violent paranoia as the chase continues. And Abdul-Mateen puts in a fine performance as the thankless but essential emotional rock of the journey, perpetually evoking the desperate love of family that brought him here, and the fatigue of living in a society that offers no mercy even to its battered war veterans.<\/span><\/p>\n

With such a well-stocked box of fireworks at its center, Ambulance\u2019s two-plus hours pass in no time at all, the chase perpetually evolving as one side or the other decides to disastrously escalate things. There are sniper duels, freeway surgeries, shootouts and brawls and at one point something approaching open war between LA\u2019s cops and gangs, all while the mutual love of the brothers and Abdul-Mateen\u2019s desire to do good shine through clearly. Michael Bay is at his best constructing pressure-cooker crime dramas, and Ambulance stands as one of the strongest entries in his career. I\u2019m not even trying to damn with faint praise there – Ambulance is just a great fucking action movie.<\/span><\/p>\n

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We then watched <\/span>The Old Dark House<\/b>, a \u201832 horror-comedy directed by James Whale, who also directed Universal\u2019s original Frankenstein, Invisible Man, and Bride of Frankenstein features. Though it features Boris Karloff himself as a disreputable butler and violent drunk, The Old Dark House is quite distinct from Whale\u2019s adjoining features. Rather than embracing horror, the film lampoons the assumptions of Usher-derivative Spooky House Stories even as it establishes them, while offering a tidy and extremely British comedy of manners in the bargain.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Old Dark House is blessed with a dry wit and rapid-fire comic sensibility typical of many pre-Code films. Its cast possess a natural chemistry reflective of their shared theatrical background, while the larger-than-life inhabitants of its titular house each delight through their own ominous eccentricities. It\u2019s an easy gag, but I particularly liked the grumpy sister Rebecca (Eva Moore)\u2019s mixture of curmudgeonliness, sadism, and inability to hear a goddamn thing. Simple pleasures really, but for a film released in 1932, The Old Dark House\u2019s lampooning of horror convention feels charmingly timeless.<\/span><\/p>\n

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We then checked out the 1954 adaptation of <\/span>20,000 Leagues Under the Sea<\/b>, starring Kirk Douglas as harpoonist Ned Land, James Mason as the implacable Captain Nemo, Paul Lukas as Professor Aronnax, and the always-welcome Peter Lorre as Aronnax\u2019s loyal Conseil. The film follows the book\u2019s plot with general accuracy: the three would-be sea monster hunters find themselves trapped on Nemo\u2019s Nautilus, join the captain on a variety of daring nautical adventures, and ultimately bid goodbye to both Nemo and the bitter dream he represents.<\/span><\/p>\n

The film is a handsomely furnished adaptation, boasting lovely interior sets, lots of impressive underwater photography, and a thrilling realization of that classic giant squid battle. It\u2019s a fine articulation of the story, so much so that I mostly occupied myself considering the ways Verne\u2019s tale had to be massaged for cinema. Aside from the usual acts of combing and curtailing, it was unsurprising to see the man of action Land shift into the starring role – the book is able to luxuriate in Professor Aronnax\u2019s scientifically minded perspective, but films are about images, and the most engaging images of 20,000 Leagues mostly involve Ned Land fighting off squids, cannibals, and giant sharks.<\/span><\/p>\n

As a result, the film\u2019s moral perspective is also altered: Aronnax mostly comes off as a narrow-minded fool, and the tragedy of Nemo is far more obscure to us. Nemo\u2019s perspective is difficult to sympathize with even in the book, but he is undoubtedly the story\u2019s most interesting character, and I found myself wondering how his appeal might be better preserved in cinema. A touch more reflection on his solemn mission over more scenes of Kirk Douglas kicking ass might have done the film some good; still, 20,000 Leagues chooses its priorities wisely, and offers a fine articulation of the deservedly classic novel.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Last up for the week was <\/span>Wishmaster<\/b>, a \u201890s horror feature centered on a malevolent djinn. After being sealed inside an opal by a crafty sorcerer, the djinn lies dormant until its tomb is shattered upon transport to the modern United States. The gem eventually finds its way to the hands of gem appraiser Alex Amberson (Tammy Lauren), who unwittingly wakes the djinn. The nefarious wishmaster then begins his terrible reign, granting vaguely phrased monkey\u2019s paw wishes to random cityfolk, stealing their souls in the bargain, and eventually demanding of Alex the three wishes that will set him free.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wishmaster is an unabashed pastiche of \u201880s horror staples, coming across very much like Leprechaun-meets-Hellraiser, and guest starring a vast array of B-horror royalty. Hey look, there’s Candyman Tony Todd as a security guard! There\u2019s Tim Raimi getting crushed under a statue! There\u2019s Reggie from Phantasm as a pharmacist! It\u2019s a gimmick that points towards Wishmaster\u2019s modest aspirations: embrace what is engaging about B-horror, make no pretensions of creating higher art, and nail the goddamn practical effects.<\/span><\/p>\n

I am happy to report that Wishmaster accomplishes all of that with confidence, if not necessarily anything approaching distinction. The opening scene alone is a cavalcade of delightful monstrosities, with the prior wish-bearer\u2019s ill-considered \u201cshow me wonders\u201d offering such wonders as a man slamming into and fusing with a stone wall, a devil bursting from a man\u2019s chest to attack a nearby woman, and another man\u2019s skeleton forcefully breaking free of his own flesh, all captured in glorious practical effects. Andrew Divoff also puts in a striking performance as the djinn\u2019s human form, evoking both the villain\u2019s profound arrogance and his fury at being bound by the wishes of idiots. You\u2019ll laugh at the preposterously contrived \u201cwishes\u201d and their often random consequences, you\u2019ll cheer at the generous variability of the film\u2019s monstrous creations, and you\u2019ll hopefully leave satisfied by this nutritionally dubious but undeniably overflowing box of popcorn.<\/span><\/p>\n

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