I did vow on many occasions that I will no longer pardon movies from the Movie-Ocrity/Dishonorable Mention page, but four of them have made cases as recently as two days ago. Let’s begin.
First up, a movie that I have ripped for almost a year has been “Asteroid City”, due to its 100 pounds of stuff in a 10-pound bag style of pacing. But after coming away from my evaluation of “Galaxy Quest” thinking that Wes Anderson’s latest directorial effort could be neck-and-neck with what eventually became my 1,085th evaluation, I have decided that I will pardon it for a re-assessment. Stay tuned.
Some movies have one or two components that are so Flickuum worthy to the point that I wonder “Why did I put it on the Movie-Ocrity/Dishonorable Mention page?” And of course, with that being said, the movie “Hail, Caeser!” falls under that category, due to A) The swimming pool musical scene involving Scarlett Johansson’s character and B) The scene where Channing Tatum’s character and the dog escape via a submarine. And given those two scenes, the 2016 Cohen Brothers effort will be on the list of movies that are in the 2,101 through 2,231 selection protocol. And that won’t be the only movie that will be pardoned into that protocol because in addition, another 2016 movie in “Rules Don’t Apply” will also be pardoned into that protocol since both movies are neck-and-neck with each other.
And finally, the ability of one of my Etsy sellers to get me hard-to-find movies on physical media has prompted me to pardon the 2014 “Sister” from the Movie-Ocrity/Dishonorable Mention page because being unable to get it via hard copy is a flimsy reason for it being on there. However, that flimsy reason could hold up if this particular Etsy seller can’t help me obtain it, thus this is a last resort. But should that last resort be a successful one, then “Moving McAllister” will be in The Project as well since that movie and “Sister” are weirdly conjoined together. Stay tuned.
Well, at least 40% of these movies will be in The Project, as “Asteroid City” is going to be predicated on a successful re-assessment, while “Sister” is going to be predicated on availability. But should two become five, well then that’s five less times that the likes of “Arthur The King” and “Back To Black” will be in the moratorium of moving up to Tier 5 since those two are the best movies in the 2,101 through 2,231 selection protocol.
Until the next time.