Midnight Special
When social distancing began, I decided that I was going to
catch up on all the movies I had wanted to see.
I figured it is 2020 and I can’t go anywhere so why not, right. Little did I know that I was going down a
rabbit hole. What started off as selecting
a few Sci-fi movies to start off became a quest of sorts to watch as much
Sci-fi I could. Along the quest I came
to realize that there was a lot of “Classic” Sci-fi that I had not seen. So, I pivoted and here we are me absorbing as
much Sci-fi classics as I can in my free time.
I came up with a list of 80 movies that were considered top 100 Sci-fi
films. With Midnight Special it is first
time the classic list as I have come to call it and what I really wanted to
watch crossed over. Yesterday was really
the first time I had fun doing my project again. Watching Invasion of Triffids, Rollerball,
and Midnight Special.
Midnight Special did something to me that only a few movies really
have the power to do. It made me dream and
it made me dream about situations and scenarios that are touched on in the movie. I can’t really explain my dream without
giving away spoilers and I won’t do that.
Even though the story of my dream and the story of the movie only have a
few passing themes, I don’t want to give anything away. It also had me going to bed thinking about the
movie and the actors in it. For me
Midnight Special is truly a classic. I
am glad I paid the extra dollar on Amazon to buy it not just rent it. Can’t say I feel exactly the same way about Rollerball
but hey two classic Sci-fi movies for 10 bucks I won’t complain.
Midnight Special sports a great cast. Michael Shannon whom I think I have only seen
in Man of Steel and Batman v. Superman as General Zod. I thought Shannon was a much older man, but
he is only born one year before me. I
think he has a great presence and did a wonderful job as playing a protective
father. Joel Edgerton plays his long-time
friend who is helping protect his son. Again,
I know Edgerton is consider a pretty good actor, but I only know him from King Author
and Star Wars. Adam Driver plays a nerdy
NSA agent hot on the trail of our young hero and his protective father and
bff. What really surprised me was seeing
Kristen Dunst in the movie. I had no
idea she was going to be in it. She
plays the heroes mom and wife of Michael Shannon, which is why I looked up his
age to begin with. As I thought the age
difference was going to be very large.
It’s like seven or eight years.
Dunst wore no makeup in the movie, but I still found her as beautiful as
ever. She has come a long way from being
that little girl in Interview with a Vampire.
I loved her in this movie. I am
not sure if it is the old crush on her form when she played Mary Jane or if it
was just because she was good.
The movie does a good job of trying to help make you figure
out what is going on. Where it starts
really blew me away. I am not sure why, but I really just didn’t see it that
way. I was expecting something
completely different. Over the course of
the movie we realize why our hero played Jaeden Martell is so special. It’s very unique or at least to me it
was. We build up compassion and love for
our hero and his family as they race against time and enemies to get him to
safety.
For some reason I am not really surprised that I would give
this movie a must watch. There was
something about the trailer that spoke to me from the outset. The great cast helps delivery a unique and
strong story. It is a journey and a
journey I was really happy to go on.
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