Lady and the Tramp

I watched the remake of Lady and the Tramp. It was made in 2019. It has Tessa Thompson, Justin Theroux, Sam Elliott, Ashley Jensen, Benedict Wong, Janelle Monáe, Thomas Mann, Kiersey Clemons, Yvette Nicole Brown, Adrian Martinez, and F. Murray Abraham in it.

Even though I’m not a dog person, I always loved the original. They did make a few changes. Darling, the aunt and the baby are black. But it actually was a really good remake. The music wasn’t bad.

Next week I’m watching the remake of The Little Mermaid.

Watchers Reborn

I watched Watchers Reborn. It is loosely, loosely, loosely based on the book by Dean Koontz. Yes, I’m still reading the book. The movie has Mark Hamill, Lisa Wilcox, Stephen Macht, Gary Collins, Lou Rawls, and Bob Clendenin in it.

Big Warning: Some violence. Spoiler Below.

There is no Travis in this movie. There is a Lem Johnson, but he is white in the movie. In the book, Lem is a black man. Einstein first meets a zoo worker in the movie. Then the Outsider kills him. (In the book, The Outsider does kill zoo animals.) Then the dog meets a cop who doesn’t really want to keep him. His partner though keeps Einstein for a short while until the Outsider kills him. Murphy, the cop who didn’t want the dog, ends up keeping Einstein. Einstein is hurt and Murphy calls a woman who was a scientist at the lab that Einstein was at. It is discover later on The Outsider can talk. The creature takes Grace (the scientist) hostage. The Outsider ends up sacrificing to save them from getting killed by Lem.
(I don’t think The Outsider can talk in the book.)

I am on chapter seven and there are 11 chapters in the book. The book is much more better than these movies.

Next week I’m watching Lady and the Tramp. It’s a remake that was made in 2019.

Damsel

My mother was wanting us to watch movie over the weekend. I decided to watch Damsel on Netflix. It has Millie Bobby Brown, Ray Winstone, Angela Bassett, Brooke Carter, Nick Robinson, Robin Wright, Milo Twomey, and Nicole Joseph in it.

Big Warning: there is some violence. Spoiler Below.

In this movie, a kingdom was having some hardships. Lord Baylord gets a letter from Queen Isabelle that his oldest daughter can marry her son. So they leave and Elodie is set to marry Prince Henry. But the marriage comes with a price of being a pawn for a dragon. Elodie learns the truth from the dead princesses and she shows kindness to the dragon. The dragon gets revenge and Elodie and the dragon sets off to her old kingdom.

My mother and I loved this movie.

Watchers III

I watched Watchers III. It is loosely, loosely, loosely based on the book by Dean Koontz. It has Wings Hauser, Gregory Scott Cummins, Daryl Keith Roach, John Linton, Lolita Ronalds, Ider Cifuentes Martin, Frank Novak, Carlos Gonzales, and
Alex the Dog in it.

Big Warning: there is lots of violence.

This movie is a sequel to the sequel Watchers II. In this sequel, Paul (not Travis as in the book) is sent to prison for his crimes in the military. While he is in prison, the government lets out Einstein (the dog) and The Outsider in the jungle. The Outsider kills some people and the dog finds a boy. Einstein protects the boy. A man who Paul worked for asks him to go to the jungle with some other ex-military inmates to find out some documents that was left there. Paul is reunited with Einstein and they end up killing the new Outsider. This one is not a monkey. It’s looks more like the monster from Predator (which I never seen, but heard about).

I didn’t really like the movie since it wasn’t like the book. Next week I’m watching Watchers: Reborn. It’s a fourth movie. No, it’s not like the book.

Watchers II

I watched Watchers II. It is loosely, loosely, loosely, loosely based on the book by Dean Koontz. I am currently reading the book. It has Marc Singer, Tracy Scoggins,
Jonathan Farwell, Irene Miracle, Tom Poster, Joseph Hardin, Don Pugsley, and
Tommy Hinkley in it.

Big Warning: there is some violence.

This movie wasn’t really not like the book. The only correct thing was the dog’s name. In this movie, the man’s name is Paul not Travis as in the book. He wasn’t married in the book. The Outsider (monster) looked like an anteater. It was gross looking and fake looking. There was no woman in the lab taking care of the dog.

I didn’t really liked this movie. Next week I’m watching Watchers III.

The month of April

Happy April!!

April 1st was Easter Monday and April’s Fools Day. I gave the cats treats that day.

April 22nd is Earth Day and my best friend’s birthday!! Of course the cats will get treats on that day.

April 4th Ripley is coming on Netflix. It’s about the Talented Mr. Ripley.

April 12th Fallout is coming on Prime. No, I have never played the game, but I think I will watch the show.

Watchers (movie)

I watched Watchers. It was made in 1988. It is loosely, loosely, loosely based on the book by Dean Koontz. I am reading the book right now. It has Corey Haim,
Michael Ironside, Lala Sloatman, Blu Mankuma, Duncan Fraser,
Colleen Winton, and Barbara Williams.

Big Warning: there is lots of violence. Spoiler Below.

This movie is not like the book at all. Yes, it does have the dog and Travis. But Travis is a man, not a teenage boy. Nora is not a mother. The creature hunting them doesn’t even look like a dog. It looks like bigfoot. Travis does give the dog a name in the book. Travis doesn’t know right away that the dog came from a research lab in the book.

I don’t like this movie. I even skipped most of it.
Next week I’m watching Watchers II.

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

I watched Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio. It has Ewan McGregor, David Bradley,
Gregory Mann, Burn Gorman, Ron Perlman, John Turturro, Finn Wolfhard, Cate Blanchett, Tim Blake Nelson, Christoph Waltz, Tom Kenny, Alfie Tempest, and
Anthea Greco in it.

Big Warning: there is a little bit of violence. Spoiler Below.

This version is more like the book (by Carlo Collodi). There are references to Nazism. Even Mussolini is in the movie. Pinocchio goes to military school instead of paradise island. He also has immorality so he dies several times. He gets swallowed by a sea creature with Geppetto. He dies the last time and becomes moral. He doesn’t become a real boy.

I really liked this version.

Pinocchio

I watched the Disney remake of Pinocchio. I had watched the original before I watched this one. This one has Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hanks, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, Cynthia Erivo, Lorraine Bracco, Keegan-Michael Key, Giuseppe Battiston, and Lewin Lloyd in it.

Big Warning: the music is bad, and the ending is different. Spoiler below.

I didn’t like the music. It wasn’t like the original. There were several differences. One Pinocchio is thrown out of school. In the original he doesn’t even make it to school. The cat and fox don’t sell Pinocchio to the coachman, the coachman just finds him on the road. He doesn’t become bad like the original (when they are at Pleasure Island). Pinocchio finds his father before he goes in the whale. In the original, he is already in the whale. His father dies (in the original Pinocchio dies and the blue fairy turns him to a real boy). He brings his father back to life with his tears and the ending doesn’t actually show that he turns into a real boy. Even Jimmy Cricket even says he doesn’t know if he turns into a real boy.

This remake was ok. Next week I’m watching Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio.

The New World

I finished reading The New World Return to Treasure Island part 2 by Andrew Motion.  It is the sequel to Silver Return to Treasure Island.

Big Warning: lots of sad parts and some violence.  Big Warning 2: there is weird ending. Spoiler below.

In this book, Jim Hawkins Jr. and Natty arrive in Spanish America. Actually it’s Texas. The boat is wrecked and everyone except them are dead. They try to bury the dead, but then Indians come. They take Jim and Natty to the village. Inside of being welcomed, they are thrown in a shed with a barely alive man.  Their chief was not there so they had to wait. They were fed and had water twice a day. When the chief arrived, they killed the barely alive man. They finally decided to escape. They discovered the Indians took the silver that was on the ship. They took some shoes, clothes, and horses. Before they left, Jim stole the chief’s necklace which was made of silver pieces and had carvings on them.  (I would have liked have to that necklace too. But I don’t think I would have been brave as them to steal it.)  So they leave. Then they find some more Indians. Those Indians were nicer and more welcoming. They stay with them for a long time.  They end up finding out the chief of the other tribe was looking for them and the necklace. So they leave with the medicine man. They find another tribe which was in a sad shape. The chief’s wife was really sick. Jim uses the necklace and heals the woman.  They parts ways with the medicine man and they are supposed to follow the river, but they don’t. A traveling side show meets them on a path. The side show boss convinces them to join them. Mainly Natty agrees to join because she likes the Indian with troupe. Jim gets really jealous of the “relationship” between the Indian and Natty. But the Indian saves their life by shooting an arrow at the Indian chief that is chasing them. They escape and they get to the Mississippi River. They meet a man who tell them that they can take a boat to New Orleans. The Indian that was with them decide to part ways with them. The boat arrives and they meet a couple who want to make it big in New Orleans. As they were going there, the chief shows up, but they got away quickly. In New Orleans, they find a ship that would take them to New York.  Then the chief shows up again. Natty ends up killing the chief saying he would keep coming after them even if they give back the necklace. Jim doesn’t think so. (I agree with him. I don’t think he would keep chasing after them.)  They leave to NY and then to England. In England, Jim discovers that his father is gone.

I didn’t like the ending, but I liked the book. Now I’m reading Watchers by Dean Koontz.