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2023 Movie Diary, Part 2

4. SUPER 8 (2011)

So, apparently the makers of Stranger Things took a lot of notes during this flick.  That’s it. That’s my review.
Verdict: Well-done, but extremely derivative of every other movie that’s exactly like it.

5. STORM OVER EVEREST (2008)

Stop me if you’ve heard this –a bunch of mountaineers get trapped on Everest during a storm, and most don’t know what they’re doing, a lot of them die.  This is a very good telling of the 1996 Everest Disaster, with jaw-dropping visuals, and vivid interviews from survivors, some of whom gaze at the camera through rebuilt faces and gesture with fingerless hands.
Verdict: Good stuff, especially if you’ve read Jon Krakauer’s “Into Thin Air” (also highly recommended).
Watch it here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So3vH9FY2H4

6. MISSILE TO THE MOON (1958)

A kinda-sorta a remake of that timeless masterpiece “Cat Women On the Moon,” this is great in that cheesy low-budget ’50s way.  It also includes one of my favorite bad 1950s cheese movie monsters. Behold.

Seriously, it’s right up there with the angry space carrot from “The Beginning of the End.” God bless the makers of these movies, seriously.  
Verdict: Stupid and fun. Is it more stupid, or more fun? Nobody knows.