12/26/16

Spectral

Here's one you might have liked TAZ. Spectral.The CGI effects were pretty good. It's a civil war, Moldavia, future-ish I guess. Some ghost-like wraiths of energy are attacking the Americans, who are there because...we'll because we're everywhere. They fly in the handsome good enough geek actor who whips up a way to see these things, and then after lots of running and fighting and uncounted flash-frozen bodies finds a way to fight them. According to Wikipedia, Universal decided to send the movie right to Netflix. Something real flat about it, though the bombed out city looked very bombed out.

Everybody's scared the whole time.
Sorta like North Philly huh TAZ?
And two cute kids with a clue -- iron shavings are a barrier. They're dead dad discovered it. The movie nods toward sentiment a few times but can't muster much execution because of the mediocre acting and so-so script. And there's all that rushing around and running from the many spectres, and implausibly figuring out they must have been made at the power plant, weaponized nervous systems. Or something.

Whoever designed the rigged up weapons and the power plant, with its secret, diabolical weapons program, did a pretty good job. It looks real enough, almost A movie level. But overall this dog gets a low C from me -- Eh.

Not sure what you'd give it. You were always pretty generous as long as the action kept moving and the CGI effects weren't too dismal. Maybe I'll ask one of the trips if they've seen it and what they think. Maybe they'd even want to take over your spot. We'll see.

Peace out. and ps thanks for that advice in a dream last night. Not sure of it was YOU you or just my sub-conscious wearing a Jamarr face to catch my attention. I read somewhere it's a real spirit contacting you if they speak, if you hear words, and yet their mouth doesn't move. It was at the house in Kingsley. 4-5 of your guys were hanging around too. You had a new flat screen TV set up in the back yard. It was good advice. And then you were crawling through a PVC sort of tube. Coming back for another go 'round?