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2023 Movie Diary, Part 21

61. MEMENTO (2000)

I had forgotten how great this film is. The manner in which is uses non-linear storytelling to reveal a story that in a bizarre way you still take in in a linear manner (learning more and more as you go along), using the most unreliable of narrators is gripping and increasingly frightening. This is truly underrated jewel.
Verdict: Very much worth it if what I described above sounds good to you.

62. NOPE (2022)

Low-key but mostly effective sci fi thriller, highlighted by well-drawn characters, a story with depth, the occasional striking scene, and strong performances. A little slow and scattered, at first, but stay with it and it will all come together. Mostly.
Verdict: Overall, yup.

63. FACING MONSTERS (2022)

Come for the stupendous cinematography, stay for a well-told story of a man who is just wired…differently. Suffice it to say, the story told here did not come out the way everyone thought it would going in. That’s not necessarily good for Kerby Brown, the movie’s subject, but the movie itself is better for it.
Verdict: I’m glad I’m not related to, or otherwise in a position to personally care about, this guy, and if you watch this film, you will be glad too.

Scenes from a walk…

Off we go!

Breaking into its winter nut stash a tad early.

I liked this tree. It seemed frondly.

For Memorial Day.

Another golden sunset.

Props to these folks for bothering to put up a giant inflatable turkey, instead of skipping straight from Halloween to Christmas. (#22)

Halloween at Knott’s…

The numbers that appear in some of the captions refer to a photo challenge requiring that I take 25 fall photos.

Very similar to an earlier photo this month. But this is different because these are THEME PARK pumpkins! (#1)

Old Betsy…many’s the time I climbed up into the engineer’s seat and “drove” this train. Generations of kids, before and after mine, can say the same. (#2)

A pair of disgruntled lizards.

“Boot Hill.” One of my favorite spots at Knott’s. (#3)

I felt the beating of his heart! Thank you Hiram McTavish!

If you want my opinion about what makes Knott’s still great (although not as great as it was), let me just point out this display right here. The whole park used to have this vibe. And it was AWESOME.

Catawampus and Catawampus, Jr.

I had a really gourd time! (#4)