Calm before the storm

Saw a couple of movies in the past day or two that were amiable time passers and not much more, but that's okay. It's still a novelty to be back to going to movies again. I suspect the producers, too, knew these movies were perfectly okay but not much more, hence the early spring release dates, keeping them away from the summer's heavy hitters.

The Lost City, with Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum, has a little romance, a little adventure, and a decent extended cameo by Brad Pitt. I liked it well enough, though it'll play much better when it's available to see via streaming, without the hassle of driving to the theater and buying an expensive ticket. It's not quite good enough to justify those two things, but as a couch movie in the near future you'll likely enjoy it just fine.

Morbius is one of Sony's superhero movies, the ones that try to compete with Marvel Studios' polished-to-the-nines superhero films, with varying success. Morbius was created in the comic books as a villain to fight Spider-Man, but here he's on his own. So Sony did what they did with its slightly better Venom movies, which also involved giving a Spider-Man villain its own movie: they made the Morbius character a bit more sympathetic than his comic book counterpart, and gave him an even bigger villain than he is to fight. 

Like The Lost City, Morbius also passes the time without too much restlessness, but again will come off as more enjoyable at home without the effort and cost to go out and see it. And I'm speaking as someone who likes getting in the car and going to see a movie.

Anyway, these two films did their jobs and helped me mark time until the big, anticipated films of late spring and early summer arrive. After all, it's like I blinked and the new Dr. Strange movie is only a few days away!