Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

Meh. Can’t believe how little I cared about the movie. The problem was with the human cast, which was a big ball of yawn. Nobody stood out and everyone was just uninspired. The apes were pretty good but every time a human was onscreen I felt like I was back on Zion instead of enjoying my time in The Matrix.

5/10

Arrival (2016)

Hey, a sci-fi movie with actors I enjoyed watching, how about that? What a great movie.

9/10

SPOILER REGARDING AMY ADAMS’ DAUGHTER AND SEEING THIS MOVIE JUST A FEW HOURS AFTER ALDERAAN ACTED LIKE A SHIT

It is always hard for me to watch a story about a parent that has lost his or her child, and this time my wife was right there next to me as we watched. Very emotional, but the real thing that stuck with me was how Louise knew what would happen and still decided to have her daughter even knowing she would die young. Hard to watch, and afterwards I was all like “Alderaan is a shit.”