And!!
I've been gorging on films recently, some good some turned off quite rapidly. I'll ignore the really dire ones
Manchester by the Sea: No happy endings here. I knew nothing about it and it just drew me, in fantastic acting from all concerned and an excellent script. Grief and desolation beautifully brought out with no schmaltz.
The Time Traveller's Wife: Bit of a shot in the dark this one, an ironing experiment. Strangely enjoyable, good acting, reasonable story lifted by the lack of pseudo scientific explanation or attempts to resolve the paradoxes. Not a classic by any means but a good ironing movie.
Kong: Skull Island - Not half as poop as I thought it would be. Really a string of promising moments, good scenes, fine cinematography separated by very average tosh. Samuel L. J. doing his crazed routine, suicidal helicopter pilots, mad professor types, half assed attempts to make you care about the cannon fodder. Shame really but still sort of watchable.
Wonder Woman: Again not great but watchable, the whole weird accents and boob armour for the Amazon's was disappointing but the action was OK. A few giggles from the culture clash moments, the WWI combat and the bad guys. Not as good as the critics led me to believe though.
Suicide Squad: Again not half as poop as I thought going in. Bit all over the place but by the end of it I was rooting for the 'good' guys though the bad guy's were so obviously paper thin vehicles for the whole bonding/redemption thing. Still not bad really.
Hacksaw Ridge: The first bit with yon laddie growing up and struggling to be accepted as a conscie in the infantry was probably the best bit. By the time you get to the battle you know he's going to shine. The battle stuff is confusing, though as gory and harrowing as you expect but nothing new really. The fact that you know that, basically, it's a true story is really what makes it work and leaves you shocked. Makes you wonder if the schmaltz bits are true though...
Despicable Me 3: Not as good as the first but worth borrowing some kids for.
And as an illustration that kids have very poor taste - Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?! - Truly dreadful in just about anyway you could possibly think of, acting, script; one long screaming pile of awfulness. British kids singing with American accents, terrible morals and ethics on show - even the kids (who thoroughly enjoyed it) called out the lying, cheating and fraud going on.