Author: Kapodaco

I'm here. A critic of various visual media and an all-around decent person, I've been told. I started this blog back in 2013, and while there have been various hiatuses, my urge to write has yet to cease. My preferred topics of choice are anime/manga, video games, film, and American football. Other topics may arise as my interests vary like the seasons. If you enjoy my rambling and would like to give me a dollar: https://ko-fi.com/kapodaco

Day Twelve: George Carlin’s American Dream (March of the Movies 2023)

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When I was in my early to mid-twenties, I came to discover the comedy styling of George Carlin via a “Top 100 Greatest Comedians” list I happened upon online. He was listed as #1, just above Richard Pryor. Curious, I decided to look into some clips via YouTube of his specials. To say it changed my life would be hyperbolic—it did, however, have a pretty big impact on the way I thought at the time.

Somewhat ashamedly, a lot of what I took from his stand-up is that everything is garbage and that humanity deserves to be ashamed. He made it seem “cool” to not care, to not want to deal with anything. It wasn’t until years later that I got to watch him in interviews and various appearances and listen to how sophisticated of a person he is, and that his act was just that—an act. These deeper insinuations are further explored here in this documentary concerning his life.

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Day Eleven: The Harder They Fall (2021) (March of the Movies 2023)

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Westerns are a genre of film that my grandfather was quite fond of. John Wayne was his hero, and he made that very apparent with his children. Personally, westerns are something of a relic of the past for me—interesting to study, but not a true passion. Still, the ones I have watched have generally been all right, especially those that deal with the inner struggle of the central character. From the very first trailer I saw of The Harder They Fall, I knew it was something worth remembering.

Plus, Lakeith Stanfield is wonderful. I’ll watch just about anything he has a prominent role in.

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Day Nine: Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (March of the Movies 2023)

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Today’s film was recommended by a good friend of mine.

It was getting time to watch something a little less white. Nearly a third of the way into the month, this is usually around the time where I try to expand the horizons from my own nationality. Something of a surprise recommendation, it also worked as a good way to incorporate more of a diverse menu to my viewing palette as the month goes on. All the better, Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald seems to be almost universally beloved. This entire scenario is ripe for a happy ending.

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Day Eight: Hotel Transylvania (March of the Movies 2023)

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So far this month, I’ve seen a fair number of films that have challenged me, enraptured me with intellectually stimulating obscurity, and glistened with great acting performances. What better way to ruin that than by watching Hotel Transylvania?

People who like this film, I apologize. It’s not really that bad. That bad…

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Day Seven: Mona Lisa (March of the Movies 2023)

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Only hearing about this film for the first time a few weeks ago, I was taken by its title. Mona Lisa. What an odd choice for the name of a “neo noir” film. But hey, it has Bob Hoskins in a starring role, and ‘ve been meaning to watch more films with him in it. My experience with him only comes from Super Mario Bros. and Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, so I wanted to expand my o-Bob-eter.

Neo-noir is also a (sub?)genre of film that I’m quite fond of. Dreary detective stories, told at the backdrop of night with a jazzy soundtrack whistling in the ear. Very Blade Runner-esque, though of course that came far, far after the “noir” name stuck in film history. With many reasons to give it a watch, I figured I’d go back in time nearly forty years after four straight days of films from 2022.

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Day Five: The Fabelmans (March of the Movies 2023)

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Not going to be a terribly long post today. Rather, it’ll be quite short, as will tomorrow’s subject. They show relatively late in the day (for me) and do not leave me with a lot of time to write before I become very tired. Such is the life of someone with an early-bird sleep schedule.

Anyway, The Fabelmans isn’t that good.

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Day Four: Women Talking (March of the Movies 2023)

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Since yesterday, my local theater has been exclusively showing films nominated for Best Picture at this year’s Academy Awards. Not wanting to pass up this opportunity, I will be going to the theaters four straight days to view those I’m interested in seeing. Today marked the second: Women Talking.

Yesterday was a film I knew nothing about. Today presented a film that told everything straight from its title. With its synopsis in tow (provided just further), it was easy to assume going into this that it would be a tearjerker. As someone whose tears are so hard to jerk that oftentimes I forget I can even produce them, a challenge was proposed. What I didn’t expect (though perhaps I should have) was just how literally the film’s title would be to its overall content.

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Day Three: Triangle of Sadness (March of the Movies 2023)

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Beginning today, my local theater has been exclusively showing films nominated for Best Picture at this year’s Academy Awards. Not wanting to pass up this opportunity, I will be going to the theaters four straight days to view those I’m interested in seeing. Today marked the first: Triangle of Sadness.

Expectations were middling going into this one. Among those nominated, this is the one I knew the least about. Perhaps that was its virtue, as the relatively unknown origins gave it a sort of fresh mystique. Nothing was going to be expected—all was new. Still fresh on the mind (and high on the fumes of a post-theater outing), the ending cut still embellishes itself. My, what an ending.

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