Pretty flowers

I was out on one of my walks and these these pretty flowers.

Flowers

Some pretty flowers I saw when I was out walking.

Autumn Photos

Lovely pictures from Booknvolume.

Autumn

The Fashion Industry

Some thoughts about the fashion industry from Kristen Lamb's blog...Good stuff.

The Fashion Industry

Gene Wilder

I was saddened to hear about Gene Wilder's passing.

I liked all of his movies, but my favorites were Young Frankenstein and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

I enjoyed the movies he and Gilda Radner did together also.

Suicide Squad

In Suicide Squad, U.S. intelligence officer Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) assembles a group of dangerous supervillains to fight a mysterious enemy.

Suicide Squad is an okay, not great, movie.  The acting is good.  The performances of Will Smith as Deadshot, Joel Kinnamin as Rick Flag and Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn in particular are enjoyable.  Jared Leto is good as the Joker; however, I prefer Heath Ledger and Jack Nicholson,  That isn't a reflection on Leto as an actor; it's a matter of preference.  The movie in general isn’t especially impressive.  Making criminals do the government’s dirty work is an interesting concept, and there is plenty of action, but it doesn’t work here, largely because of the weak plot. I like the Batman cameo, although it doesn't make much difference in the overall storyline.

I read the comic book in the late 80s-early 90s, and I don’t recall Harley Quinn being with the Suicide Squad, and I don’t remember them dealing with Batman, at least not often.  He may have made a few appearances, but he wasn’t the focus of the comic.  I don’t recall them dealing with Joker either, although again there may have been a few references.  Admittedly it has been a while since I have read the stories, and I do realize movies based on books or comic books will be different.

I liked, didn’t love Suicide Squad, and it’s not a movie I care about seeing again.

Star Trek Beyond

In Star Trek Beyond, the Enterprise is attacked and forced to crash-land on a mysterious planet.  Their attacker, Krall, needs an ancient artifact that is on the damaged starship.  The Enterprise crew is left stranded and must battle an alien race while trying to escape from a hostile world.

I don’t consider myself a Trekkie, but I enjoy the Star Trek franchise.  Of course I like the original series, and I like Star Trek:  The Next Generation and Star Trek:  Enterprise (ENT is my favorite).  I’m honestly not very familiar with Deep Space Nine or Voyager.  The latest movie installment is good.  The interaction between Kirk (Chris Pine), Spock (Zachary Quinto) and Bones (Karl Urban) is funny.  The dialogue between Spock and Bones is especially amusing, and the rest of the cast does a good job with their roles.

Overall Star Trek Beyond is an entertaining movie with a lot of action, and it’s good to see the crew work together to figure out how to get out of their predicament.