Going to do some batching of reviews for other media consumed
1.7.22 - The Witcher Season 2 (TV)
The best part of the Witcher TV show is anything with the Witcher, Henry Cavill. He absolutely destroys this role, he simply IS Geralt to me. Everything he does is perfect. I also really enjoyed Ciri this season, Freya Allen really holds her own and her journey is compelling, especially as it relates to her interactions with Geralt. Once Jaskier shows up, I greatly enjoy him as well (because let's face it, that would be my role in this universe). His song "Burn Butcher Burn" is the standout melody of this season.
Sadly, this season spends a TON of time on the political drama and intrigue on The Continent, and I just couldn't care less about anything that's happening in that realm. My eyes glaze over and my brain goes numb until Geralt or Ciri comes back on screen, then I'm right back into it. Half of this show is great. The other half is meh.
1.11.22 - The Eyes of Tammy Faye (Movie)
Jessica Chastain's passion project focused on the husband-and-wife televangelist team of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker in the 1960s-1980s before their fall from grace. Like any biopic, it's probably skewed in some places, playing fast and loose with facts, but I accept that sort of thing. The real star here is Chastain as Tammy Faye, and her makeup team. The absolutely amazing transformation of Chastain into Bakker as portrayed from her early 20s to her 50s is BONKERS and although I don't claim to know anything about what actually makes something qualify, if this doesn't get nominated for an Oscar in the hair/makeup categories, it's a shame. I was very impressed by both Chastain's and Andrew Garfield's performances as the two leads. Also, Chastain's rendition of some of Tammy Faye's most popular songs are wayyyy catchier than they should be! Only minor complaint is that I feel that Chastain found Tammy Faye's voice but then didn't modulate it over the decades that the movie portrays - needed a little more variety there. Overall though? A surprisingly watchable movie.
1.13.22 - Woke Up This Morning (Book)
My second behind-the-scenes book on The Sopranos after finishing watching the series. This is a great oral history from numerous cast and crew members. It tread a good bit of different ground from the other book (Sopranos Sessions) I also recently finished. These two books were the perfect 1-2 punch to read after finishing the show. Heartily recommend for someone coming off a Sopranos binge.
1.16.22 - Mass Effect 1 (Game)
Revisiting the Mass Effect trilogy by way of the Legendary Edition this year. This is a worthy kickoff. I feel like what they did here with this remaster was to make the game as good now as it is in our memories from 15 years ago. No small feat - nostalgia is a heck of a drug and often when revisiting old games you find them much clunkier than you remember. Whatever they did to fine tune this one a bit for the LE make it feel just like you remember. Warts and all - it's still a clunky game in some respects, the Mako is still barely drivable at best, and mostly you just want to click through this game as fast as possible to get on to ME2 - but it still holds its own.
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