{"id":1074,"date":"2024-02-15T21:00:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T05:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/?p=1074"},"modified":"2024-02-18T17:36:49","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T01:36:49","slug":"movie-pass-adventures-madame-web","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/15\/movie-pass-adventures-madame-web\/","title":{"rendered":"Movie Pass Adventures: Madame Web"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:57,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=xttrkgKXtZ4&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250809223120\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=xttrkgKXtZ4&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-02 12:39:36&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-23 03:01:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-04 07:49:36&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-12 17:52:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-27 05:03:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-31 00:01:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-04 11:16:34&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-04 11:16:34&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/madame-web.jpg\" alt=\"Madame Web image bar\" class=\"wp-image-1075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/madame-web.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/madame-web-300x38.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/madame-web-768x96.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A misfire, but much less of one than I expected it to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s set before Peter Parker&#8217;s birth, so it&#8217;s full of &#8220;let&#8217;s talk about Spider-Man without talking about Spider-Man&#8221; moments. My favorite was when a character said &#8220;when you accept responsibility, you will gain great power.&#8221; I also enjoyed when someone said the bad guy was &#8220;like some kind of spider&#8230; person.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some really rough dialogue, slippery motivation, disappearing characters, dropped plots, and misguided fan service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, I officially declare this movie <strong>Better Than Morbius<\/strong>. maybe let it play in the background while you&#8217;re doing housework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also: The IMAX poster is way cooler than the standard ads. Look at this thing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"691\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/madame-web-imax-poster-v0-nzzmcjhiqhfc1-691x1024.webp\" alt=\"The Madame Web IMAX Poster. Comic book style art featuring close ups of one eye from each of the main characters and a silhouette of a woman falling.\" class=\"wp-image-1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/madame-web-imax-poster-v0-nzzmcjhiqhfc1-691x1024.webp 691w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/madame-web-imax-poster-v0-nzzmcjhiqhfc1-203x300.webp 203w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/madame-web-imax-poster-v0-nzzmcjhiqhfc1-768x1138.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/madame-web-imax-poster-v0-nzzmcjhiqhfc1-1037x1536.webp 1037w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/madame-web-imax-poster-v0-nzzmcjhiqhfc1.webp 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bonus Movie: The Last Repair Shop<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/the-last-repair-shop.jpg\" alt=\"The Last Repair Shop image bar\" class=\"wp-image-1076\" style=\"width:750px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/the-last-repair-shop.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/the-last-repair-shop-300x38.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/the-last-repair-shop-768x96.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Are short documentaries about people who fix musical instruments for LAUSD students supposed to make me cry? And then cry again while talking about it? Because this one did. A pretty straightforward talking heads (and playing heads, I guess) short film. The score was surprisingly distracting for a movie about giving kids the chance to expand their lives with music- until the end, when it suddenly clicked for me and I retroactively appreciated all of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xttrkgKXtZ4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">It&#8217;s on YouTube<\/a>. Watch it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Last Repair Shop | 2024 Oscar-winning Documentary Short\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xttrkgKXtZ4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you count short films, I am now up to 20 movies this year. That&#8217;s a movie every 2.35 days, or just under 3 movies a week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A misfire, but much less of one than I expected it to be. 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