MoviePass

Update: we’ve seen 17 movies in less than a month and have “spent” $204 each. The monthly cost from Costco though is $7.50 so our effective savings is 2726%. Pretty good!

 

Close, 89.99. I divided that by 12 to get the monthly cost.

 

Saw Peter rabbit just now. Cute movie. Ticket price would’ve been 13.90 though. Ouch.

 

First month of MoviePass is over. Here are my short reviews for all 21 movies we watched:

The Post - A little boring. Story’s about one person who really wants to publish, but his boss says it’s not the right time. Wow almost sounds like my life as a PhD student.

Coco - Good movie but I hate how Pixar always tries so hard to make people cry. It gets me as angry as sad.

Jumanji - No complaints. Solid fun.

Molly’s Game - Interesting enough true story that made us wiki it when we got home. Well-told.

3 Billboards Outside Missouri - A little slow but with some very intense scenes. Not a huge fan of the ending but hey, it was different.

Phantom Thread - one of the worst movies I’ve ever had to sit through. Painfully slow. “Well acted?” I couldn’t tell because I was getting so sleepy. This is the kind of movie that makes you hate the Academy Awards. Well, besides Moonlight.

Pitch Perfect 3 - Entertaining and funny. It was “Moviepass Good,” meaning I enjoyed it but probably wouldn’t pay real money for it. 80% of the movies I see are MoviePass Good. At the time I saw it I needed a break from the boring Oscar movies though.

12 Strong - Typical war movie. Also MoviePass Good.

Forever My Girl - Ok this was actually surprisingly enjoyable. Nicholas Sparks-esque and the wife was happy.

Shape of Water - Intense and entertaining. Still not sure it’s Best Picture worthy but at least it didn’t put me to sleep.

Lady Bird - Good movie, but I could see how this could be boring to some. It was basically just a coming of age story. Like the others, I'm not sure what makes this so good for Best Picture. I did enjoy the jabs towards Sacramento and UC Davis though, because they were all true lol.

I Tonya - Good but not great. Felt kind of like Molly’s game; female lead, true story, and I had to wiki it when I got home. Looking forward to I Kerrigan.

Ferdinand - Funny and cute. Not as deep as Coco.

Til The End of the World - A Chinese movie about a guy and a girl stranded in Antarctica. Intense, dramatic, and enjoyable.

Hostiles - my favorite movie so far. It’s heavy, it’s intense, and it’s the movie Bale was born for. That along with all his other movies.

Paddington 2 - Disappointing given its 100% on rotten tomatoes. Predictable and I’ve seen cuter.

Den of Thieves - Entertaining with interesting twist at the end. MoviePass Good.

Peter Rabbit - cute, entertaining, and short. Liked it much more than Paddington. MoviePass Good.

Samson - Surprisingly enjoyable. Wife likes that it makes me want to work out hard at the gym. Wife dislikes that it makes me want to grow out my hair.

Early Man - A little disappointing. Pretty predictable and there were never any real LOL moments for me. Actually was more of a sports movie than anything. Chicken Run was way better. I mean how can you ever match the line “Chickens...are not...ORGANIZED!!!”

Black Panther - entertaining but another Rotten Tomatoes letdown. So the Black Panther's built a wall, wants to keep out the refugees/illegal immigrants, and doesn’t want to share his resources with the rest of the world? Sounds more like Black Trump. Hah.

Isle of Dogs - Ok so this isn’t actually out yet but I’ve had to sit through the trailer at least 19 times. At 3 min long I’ve seen about 60 minutes worth of this movie. That’s gotta count for something right?