Matilda The Musical 5/10

Mum says I'm a good case for population control.

A random YouTube recommendation led me to a video of Tim Minchin talking about the music he wrote for the Matilda stage show. I was unaware of his involvement, and I may have actually seen the show had I known. I enjoy his humour and style of music, which without being an expert on the subject, I would describe as loosely structured. He's a great story teller. Sadly, the movie was a bit of a miss for me. I understand from the books (which I haven't read), Hortensia should have played a bigger role, but as-is, I can't see what all the fuss is about with her featured in literally hundreds of YouTube shorts. Matilda's relationship with Miss Honey was poorly developed, making the whole living situation at the end seem nonsensical. She seemed to be closer to the lady who drives the book bus.

I also spent a good 20 minutes trying to work out who Matilda (Alisha Weir) reminded me of, which I admit, I found a bit distracting.

M3GAN 6/10

Was that a PDL 600 series light switch? Good luck fixing a race condition in literally a minute.

Technical criticism aside (there is plenty more than the race condition comment), I found this to be somewhat enjoyable. A bit slow getting started, I would've liked to see a higher body count and more creative killings. The social worker/therapist should've been on the hit list. I would've gone much darker with the motivations of the boy in the woods, especially give he appears older, and kept the ear stretching to realistic levels. The sub-plot of the assistant leaking company data also could've gone further. Cady should've also been a suspect in the killings, which while predictable (Child's Play did this), is much more logical than jumping straight to the conclusion that an AI robot must be the killer. No memorable quotes... "Get away from her, you b...".

Overall, I felt there were missed opportunities here.