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Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
A failure on multiple levels
The parallels with TLJ and ESB are mercifully less than the AFW's copy & paste substitution of ANH. Luke Skywalker is at a low point, as much a disappointment to the new trilogy heroine Rey as fans of the original trilogy. This is no honorable handing over of the baton to the next generation of Jedi.
Benecio del Toro recaptures a little of the magic and needs to be brought back for the final episode. The young crop of stars lack any connection.
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
No surprises
At his inevitable big encounter with the ape Caesar, Woody Harrelson's Colonel launches into a helpful exposition while carelessly giving up secrets in a fact dump sure to be useful to his enemy's leader. At least we get to understand the Colonel a little. He explains the reasons for his take no prisoners approach (of course he later makes that exact mistake with predictable consequences) to the war. He unlike his liberal superiors, hoping against evidence for a solution, can see that a new emerging threat must be sterilized before the human race completely dies out.
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
Wasn't needed but worth a look.
Was this film needed? No. James Cameron wrapped up the story at the end of T2, the only way the story could be continued is to reverse the logic of the first two films, There's no fate but what we make ourselves becomes you cannot change your fate only postpone it. No matter how many terminators travel back and fail there'll always be another one coming.
Accepting it wasn't needed this film does stand up well against the usual action fare. Make no mistake though it isn't a patch on the original Terminator films. It lacks the bone crunching energy of the first two underscoring that Cameron is the master of action films.
Dreamcatcher (2003)
One to avoid.
Usually I wouldn't waste the energy saying anything about a terrible film. But this one deserves special comment. The script is a disaster. One minute we're seeing opening exposition of the four main characters and the next minute one of them is struck down by a car. Then a blink of the eye later all of them are talking in a log cabin in the woods. The guy killed by the car is alive again. Maybe there was an explanation, but if there was I missed it while checking my watch. It doesn't get any better after that. F+.
South (1919)
Great photography of Shackelton's Antarctic voyage
Anyone familiar with the incredible true story of Shackelton and his entire crews survival against seemingly impossible odds when their ship Endurance became trapped in Antartic ice will appreciate this documentary.
The quality of the pictures is outstanding for the time. Frank Hurley the expedition's offical photographer did an amazing job.
The first 2/3rds of the film is most interesting. As conditions worsened its clear that Hurley could not take so many photographs (he was confined to a pocket camera in the later stages).
The later part decends into a nature documentary of South Georgia. I would have preferred to see more pictures of the whaling station where Shackelton and two companions made contact with civilization after more than 2 years of struggle.
A fitting memorial to this century's most inspiring survival epic.