Saturday movie date
@flowerbaby and I recently made plans to go see a movie together. She sent me the trailer to Chaos Walking and we both thought it looked really good.
Last night we took a 3 minute walk to our closest movie theater and went to the 6:45pm showing.
Although we have watched countless movies together as a couple, we have never actually been to the movie theater together. We started dating just before everything got weird for businesses thanks to the big sca... I mean COVID. For awhile it was literally impossible to go to the movies and then we just got used to not going once they finally opened back up.
Luckily the theater just down the street from my apartment is open now. It was kind of sad though, there were only three other people in our showing besides us.
There were more people going to other movies, so the theater wasn’t totally empty. It still was nothing like what the theater was as a kid. I remember having to wait in lines out the door for a ticket. Barely having enough space to find seats on an opening weekend for the most anticipated new movies.
It was nice having privacy and space, but it’s upsetting knowing the theater business probably won’t survive much longer. Much like drive-in movie theaters, theaters like we grew up going to won’t be around forever.
Combine movie streaming with strict regulations and movie theaters don’t have much of a chance. Lucky for them they got nearly $40 from us for our two tickets, a giant tub of popcorn, and two slurpees; I got blue and she got red.
About Chaos Walking
A dystopian world where there are no women and all living creatures can hear each other's thoughts in a stream of images, words, and sounds called Noise.
- Directed by: Doug Liman (The Bourne franchise, The Edge of Tomorrow)
- Written by: Patrick Ness (A Monster Calls), Christopher Ford (Spider-Man: Homecoming)
- Starring: Daisy Ridley (Star Wars, Murder on the Orient Express), Tom Holland (Spider-Man, The Devil All the Time), and Mads Mikkelsen (Doctor Strange, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story)
- Runtime: 108 min
This movie is a wild adventure into a dangerous new world. Set in the year 2274 on a planet outside of Earth, it is centered around Todd Hewitt (Tom Holland) and Viola Eade (Daisy Ridley). It is based on the sci-fi trilogy Chaos Walking, adapting its first book, 2008's The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness.
The movie has a unique take on how all of the thoughts of men are broadcasted to the world in the form of the Noise. Tom Holland particularly has manny hilarious things going on inside of his mind that had us cracking up together multiple times throughout the film. It’s interesting seeing how each character attempts to shroud their thoughts.
Chaos Walking was honestly the perfect little date night movie. A bit of sci-fi, some action, light comedy, suspense here and there, plus much more. Be prepared to get attached to Todd’s loyal dog Manchee.
The Spackle are the indigenous species on this foreign planet. Thankfully they do actually get some screen time so you aren’t left totally in the dark about what they are like. I did however crave more knowledge about what this species is. Perhaps they will adapt the next two books in the trilogy so that we can learn more about the Spackle.
My rating
The reviews for Chaos Walking have been all over the place. Some people hate it due to poor execution, many of these haters could be fans of the book. Others who have given negative reviews must be hardcore movie critics. Then we have the opposite end of the spectrum, mega fans of Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley. They will love anything those two are in no matter what. I personally don’t have a major attachment to either of the actors, nor am I extremely harsh on movies. This enables me to give a balanced opinion on the movie.
I enjoyed this film quite a bit and so did @flowerbaby. There were some things that I wish they’d have elaborated more on, but I wasn’t disappointed with the movie. I would definitely recommend Chaos Walking. Don’t think it will be the best sci-movie of all time, but do expect to enjoy yourself throughout the entirety of the production.
I give Chaos Walking an 8/10
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