Hey there, Destructoid, and welcome to a brand new week the place we get to debate what we’ve been having fun with just lately. I just lately caught Freakier Friday in theaters, and recognizing a sure actor on this undertaking received me reminiscing and lacking The Acolyte.
Freakier Friday was a very surprising nice shock, and again once I watched The Acolyte, I had an identical feeling about it. We’re speaking about two vastly totally different worlds right here, however they’ve received rather a lot in widespread, together with body-swapping hijinks, a stellar forged, and being surprising delights.
First up, let’s get into Freakier Friday, the successor to the 2003 movie Freaky Friday. The unique was a staple in my family rising up, and a film I actually cherish from my childhood. Going into watching the sequel, I wasn’t anticipating a lot, however I truly would possibly like the brand new one much more than the unique.
The humor is off the charts on this sequel. Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan are funnier than ever, and though the chemistry between them is the driving power for the whole movie, all the new faces actually add to it as properly. There’s loads to like in case you’re a fan of the unique, but it surely additionally stands by itself in case you haven’t seen it.
Anna and Tess, performed by Lohan and Curtis, discover themselves in one other physique swap state of affairs, however this time, it’s with Anna’s daughter and future stepdaughter. Anna turns into Harper, her personal daughter, whereas Tess turns into Lily, her future granddaughter. This implies we’ve each Lohan and Curtis are teenagers trapped in grownup our bodies, whereas the children are adults trapped in teen our bodies, making for much more chaos and comedy than the unique.
Like its predecessor, this movie is a good looking steadiness of humor and coronary heart that had me laughing so arduous I had tears in my eyes one minute, then getting genuinely teary-eyed at an emotional second the subsequent. It’s fantastically nostalgic and such a enjoyable watch from begin to end, and in case you’re in search of a superb chortle blended with some highly effective messages about household, it’s a movie value watching.
Manny Jacinto performs Eric, the love curiosity for Lindsay Lohan’s Anna in Freakier Friday. He’s additionally Qimir/The Stranger in The Acolyte, and that is the primary undertaking I’ve seen him in since. He performs polar reverse characters in these two, and is kind of a scene stealer in each, so I hope to see extra of him quickly. If it have been as much as me, we’d be getting extra of him in The Acolyte, which I’m nonetheless mourning the cancellation of.
I’ve grown up on Star Wars and saved up with simply each undertaking to this point, with a number of small exceptions. I wasn’t actually captured by the trailers for The Acolyte, however when it began airing weekly again on June 4, 2024, I tuned in each week, fully captivated and wanting to study what would occur subsequent.
The Acolyte felt like a breath of recent air for the Star Wars universe. I’m somebody who has loved nearly each undertaking, even those which can be thought-about unhealthy, however there are actually some I’m not as wanting to revisit, like the primary Star Wars movie sequel collection. My favorites are initiatives like Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Again, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and The Mandalorian.
Star Wars works greatest for me when it dares to be totally different and leans into the weirdness of what it’s, and The Acolyte is strictly that, so I actually don’t get the hate for it or the way it ended up getting cancelled. Every week, The Acolyte had me on the sting of my seat, attempting to unravel the thriller and put the items collectively. It had a few of the coolest visuals of any Star Wars undertaking, together with a few of the most gorgeous lightsaber battles we’ve ever seen and simply one of many coolest-looking Sith costumes.
All the characters on this collection have been extremely advanced, redefining what heroes and villains appear like in a franchise that typically spotlights easy, simple, easy-to-root-for good guys. It expanded on what’s canon in a good looking, participating manner, with the ending promising extra had the present been greenlit to maneuver ahead. It’s been over a 12 months because it ended, and it was confirmed canceled again in August 2024, but I’m nonetheless enthusiastic about it anytime I consider my favourite components of Star Wars.
The Acolyte was daring, courageous, and delightful in a manner no different undertaking on this universe has been, and it’s cemented itself as one among my favorites due to this. I’ll eternally be questioning what occurred subsequent to Qimir, Osha, and Mae, plus mourning the misplaced alternative to lastly study extra about Darth Plagueis.
So, Destructoid, what about you? Have you ever watched Freakier Friday but, or do you propose to? And did you ever take a look at The Acolyte, and if that’s the case, what’s your tackle it? Is there the rest you’ve been having fun with watching just lately? Tell us down within the feedback so we are able to talk about.
