daily slice-of-life photo blog of a Gen-X dad
I went to the theater with a friend to watch Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, and it was fantastic! Having only seen this Studio Ghibli classic on a small screen before, experiencing it on a big screen was truly amazing. The visuals and story were captivating, and the soundtrack was incredible. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience, and now I’m learning the main theme song on the ukulele.
Tonight I watched the Detective Galileo movie “Silent Parade“. It starred the usual main cast, but this one really focused on Detective Kusanagi and the guilt he felt due to a failed investigation. I love this series of movies adaptations of the Keigo Hoshino novels. The mysteries are very clever, and you’re left guessing until the very end. Highly recommended! (the books too!)
My friend and I went to see Cowboy Bebop: The Movie tonight. It was such a good film! The action was amazing, and the soundtrack was excellent. Highly recommended! I had seen the anime series before, and also the live action series, but had never seen the movie before. I’m glad I got to watch on the big screen. Really great!
This evening I went to see Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time with my friend. I have never seen any of the Evangelion movies or anime, so I had no idea what was going on. But I did hear from friends that no one actually knows what’s going on in Evangelion. 😂
The movie was pretty amazing, nonetheless. I do admit to falling asleep a few times (I only got 30 minutes of sleep last night), but luckily the movies are all available on Amazon Prime so I can rewatch the bits I missed (and also catch up on the previous movies).
Today I re-watched “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” since I hadn’t seen it since it came out in theaters way back in 2008. I enjoyed it then, and was curious if I would still feel the same way. And yes, I think it’s a fun movie! I was surprised that I found Mutt Williams kind of an interesting character and Shia Labeouf did a pretty good job playing him.
What was kind of neat is that after seeing Harrison Ford in Dial of Destiny, he looked so young in Crystal Skull! I need to re-watch Temple of Doom now, and then I will be able to rate the Indy films from best to worst (for my own curiosity).
