Thunderbolts* and Pirates Dinner Adventure

My wife and I watched Marvel’s Thunderbolts* the other day. I thought that it was decent, but not something that I would particularly recommend someone to see in the theaters. I would recommend someone to watch it when it comes out on streaming though, as just a relatively fun movie. Lewis Pullman as The Sentry really stood out and showed a lot of range from an awkward fish-out-of-water to someone who realized that he is a god. This movie had a lot of good ideas but just were not able to execute them as well as they could whether they were looking into mental health, the consequences of trauma, or some other idea. There was also a problem with tone, where the movie was serious in one scene but goes back to comedy in the next. I thought that Thunderbolts* was a perfectly serviceable movie, but I did not feel that it differentiated itself from other Marvel movies.

We also went to Buena Park to see the Pirates Dinner Adventure with another couple. I have seen this show more than a decade ago, but my wife has not seen it yet. She was surprised that it was a musical, and it was overall just a fun experience. No one goes there for the food, but the show itself, interactivity, and atmosphere made for a good time. We were on the blue team, and the blue pirate was the one who got the princess. Everything is pretty simple but fun, and considering that it was not too much different from when I last saw this show, they definitely have a winning formula here.

Sometimes, sticking with what works and not making big, wholesale changes is just fine. Other times, the status quo is simply not good enough, and changing things up is what is needed. Entertainment is a strange thing, as what works for one thing does not necessarily work for something else.