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Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys (1990)
Accurate, but rushed and too short
I recognized most of the key points in the movie from biographies I have read in the past, so I assume it is fairly historically-accurate. However, the biopic is very rushed. It's never all that clear what time period you are in, skips over large chunks of time, and it treats everything as equally important. Brian Wilson literally goes from a clean cut Beach Boy to looking like modern-day Haley Joel Osment within minutes, and certain key events such as the development of Pet Sounds passes extremely quickly. So, what is there is accurate, and about 50% of it is fairly enjoyable to watch, but if I hadn't read a biography and didn't know some of their story going in, I wouldn't be quite sure what I had just watched. This would have been far better as a mini-series with a slower burn rate.
Child's Play (2019)
Great reboot and better than I would have expected.
Interesting reboot that may well surpass the original. Everyone is a bit more street smart and it taps into contemporary issues and fears. It is its own movie and doesn't borrow much beside the doll's name and one or two nods to the original.
The concept is great and doesn't take itself too seriously. That's why it works and that guides my rating.
I'm not sure Chucky looks as good. He looks a bit like Willem Dafoe so the visual contrast from innocent doll to full psycho is not as great as with the original, but no major loss.
Chucky isn't quite as soulful in this one. There aren't a whole lot of one liners.
Also, if you've seen Brigsby Bear then the illusion may be lost a bit because Chucky sounds a bit like that before he goes mental. Mark Hamill voiced both characters.