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Last night, we went to see Kingsman: The Golden Circle. It's a bit of fun, though I liked the first one a bit better. Clearly set up for sequels.

Today will be devoted to a bit of gardening in the front yard as was a portion of last weekend. Mostly maintenance work rather than any major additions.

And there's my last couple of weeks. Work, I just can't talk about, not that there's anything bad there. I'm still loving my job, no worries there, I'm finding that there's things that I must do that are a bit outside of my comfort zone but I'm getting them done because it's what's right and it's what has to be done.

And then there's happy 5778 for those who recognize the number system...

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realpestilence

I really liked the first Kingsman movie-they did many things right. Just keeping it to a good, trusting friendship between the young leads was unusual. But they kind of went overboard with the exploding heads, and I saw many people walk out when they included Obama.

I went to see The Hitman's Bodyguard yesterday, and there was a preview for The Golden Circle. I'd like to see it, but I'm always hesitant to see a new movie because I hate wasting my time (and money, but the time is more important). I love seeing movies I've seen before & know are good. So there's a bit of a difficulty there!

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mycroftca

In the first Kingsman, the exploding heads were too over the top for me, but not enough to overshadow the church scene. The second one doesn't have an equivalent scene to the exploding heads, though they do reprise it for just a moment. Altogether, entertaining mindless fun. I'd like to see The Hitman's Bodyguard, though probably via Netflix.

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realpestilence

That church scene...I know people who commented on how satisfying it was because it made them think of the Westboro church. It was an amazing piece of choreography but went on far too long/too graphic.

It reminds me of Tarantino movies. I saw The Hateful 8, with hesitation, when my family rented it. And WOW, the sheer amount of dreadful violence & nasty language was shocking, nearly overwhelmed any interest in the story for me. Which is a shame, because Tarantino does know how to tell a story & put a sleek looking film together. If he would just DO that!