Elliot Catches Up: Zootopia 2
I didn’t ACTUALLY watch a movie this week. I was going to watch Train Dreams, but I lost all motivation to do that this past weekend, and instead watched the European Poker Tour’s big tournament in Paris, I watched some New Japan Pro Wrestling, and I just generally goofed off. I abdicated my responsibilities this week, and for that I am ashamed. Kind of. I know it doesn’t actually matter, so that’s helping.
In lieu of a grown-up movie, I’ll tell you about Zootopia 2, because I watched that with my kids. I had to pay 20 dang dollars to rent it on Amazon, and that was after I spent way too much money having Dough Co. Pizza delivered because my kids were too lazy to go pick it up. Do you see the SACRIFICES I have to make as a parent??? It’s unconscionable!!!
Zootopia 2 was absolutely fine. I laughed a few times.
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Now, did I pay attention throughout the whole movie? Absolutely not. I was playing online poker on my tablet while watching Zootopia 2. This was practice for my monthly trip to Prairie Meadows to risk $300 dollars playing poker. (Btw, I went in with $300, and I left with $383, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.)
What I’ve noticed about the Zootopia movies is that they’re much more intense and dark than most kids’ movies. The plot points get very serious and adult — not in the erotic way of course, but more like, a serious plot point in a George Clooney movie about spies or something. It’s a little jarring to me, but I guess if kids are enjoying this stuff then it’s not hurting them. Maybe it’s preparing their little brains for more adult-type movies, and that sounds helpful to me.
Anyway, did I write this blog purely because I feel compelled to write it weekly even though no one is holding me to that expectation but myself?
Of course not! Why would you ask??????
My Rating: 6/10
Next Week: Oh god, I have no idea. The Secret Agent, maybe? I heard that was good. I’ll decide later. I have too much poker to play this weekend! (Not at Prairie Meadows, of course. A game at a friend’s house, and then a tournament that’s a fundraiser for a friend’s kid’s baseball league. What I life I lead.)
