It was a rather chill weekend spent with movies, which made for some pretty random selections.
Sex Appeal – Hulu has been demanding for months now that their original comedy is something I would like. Since I wanted something on the lighter side, I decided to give it a go. Look, I wasn’t disappointed in this film, but it just wasn’t all that impressive. Avery is kind of an asshole genius who needs to design an app that would solve a personal problem for some competition. After wracking her brain, she realizes she might be having sex with her longtime genius boyfriend at the competition and has no idea what she’s doing. She recruits her longtime friend to help her try all sorts of stuff out before then. This movie didn’t quite end how I’d ultimately hoped it would, but I applaud it for it trying something not so stereotypical. Overall though, it was a pretty safe film about sex if you ask me.
Munich: The Edge of War – This was a Netflix film that I felt like got no advertising which is a shame because it’s pretty awesome! I wanted to watch it when it first came out but got buried beneath all of the Sundance films I was watching, then I sort of forgot about it. Regardless, this was a tense drama about a year before the start of World War II when Britain, France, and Italy signed over Czechoslovakia’s land to Hitler and the Germans. Two old Oxford friends are on different sides of the political parties here, but reconnect after a falling out to try and stop Hitler from winning this negotiation. Paul has seen the sinister plans that Hitler has laid out for the future and knows he needs to be stopped. I won’t ruin anything with more details, but as a person who generally isn’t interested in history at all, this movie was very enthralling!
Anthropoid – It’s been a hot minute since I watched this terrific war drama, but Munich: Edge of War had me thinking of this time a few years after the events of that film. In this, some London based Czechoslovakians parachute back into the country with orders to kill Hitler’s third in command, Reinhard Heydrich. This particular Nazi is principal to the architecture of the Holocaust, so killing him is pretty important. Also, the Czechs just want their land back and not being killed in masses. It was really interesting to see how these two men connected to other Czechs fighting in the resistance, but also how willing complete strangers were to aid them. The ending is kind of tragic, but their achievement was ultimately triumphant. This is a great film that I was really happy to watch again. If you’ve got Amazon Prime, go check it out!