I'm as straight as they come, but it baffles me how some people treat transgender individuals as a theory rather than people who, you know, actually exist.
I'm as straight as they come, but it baffles me how some people treat transgender individuals as a theory rather than people who, you know, actually exist.
Yay!
It really is the ultimate "nobody knows anything" movie. Even Netflix put more effort in selling The Electric State.
It's probably the most tangible success Netflix has had and they still have to be weird about it.
My god you're right...
Can You Ever Forgive Me? and Spy are my personal favorites from her.
To me it's less about tone and more wishing the jokes were actuallyfunny. I knew I was in trouble when Melissa McCarthy(who I'm an apologist for)showed up for a gag cameo.
I feel that way too. A lot of it's detractors ascribe malice to it's failures but I don't think that's the case. I think it's a case where the people making it forgot that tragedy is easy but comedy is hard.
Ah, I see. I was just talking about the online reaction. I didn't realize how personal your reaction to it was. But once again I saw it was going for, and wish it actually pulled it off.
People tend to have strong and over the top reactions to a comedy that is not funny. I never got angry at it, I was just baffled. I saw clearly what it was going for, but it just wasn't working.
Not really. The neocons were called Chicken-Hawks for a reason back in the day.
I get the feeling he does "know more guys," but they just don't like him.
I swear it's a coin flip when it comes to Tom King. You don't know if you're going get something incredibly moving or deeply stupid.
That's one hell of a coin flip there.
Pleasantly surprised that K-Pop Demon Hunters is so high on your list. Any of the songs stuck in your head?
Honestly, given all the back-story you just dropped here, I'm more convinced now that The Eternals won't pop up again in the MCU. Plenty of people find this kind of lore off-putting for a reason.
Is it wrong to say I don't get the nostalgia for the Scary Movie franchise? 😕 My memory is that while popular none of them were really good and they gave rise to some pretty dire spinoff.
Let's hope this is just growing pains and not a wider trend for the DCU.
All vibes no substance. The Snyderverse's shortcomings in a nutshell.
I think it's how the humor is deployed is what's driving the conversation. It's been a while where the momments of comic relief felt like genuine relief and not just riffing for the sake of it.
The original coloring gives it a Dario Argento vibe.
Look up Andy The Talking Hedgehog.
I love Nichelle Nichols's performance. Just one of the great screen villainesses of all time.
Disney is pretty much set for life now, isn't it?
This might be your most delightfully devilish meme yet.
Yes, for the love of god.
Such a wonderfully bonkers scene.
Part of me wonders what would have happened if this movie and Superman opened on the same day.
I think Fukuyama is one of those guys who's main reason for existing is just to be wrong about everything.
It would be a good time to remember the phrase "familiarity breeds contempt."
The Eel episode looks like it'll be an all-time classic.
Noir and supernatural horror go together very well.
And playing around with the them doesn't hurt either.
Your not wrong. Plus the fact that Donnor and the producers did not get along does admittedly show in the final product.
I do not get AI bros obsession with trying to show what they think is beyond the frame of the movies we watch. It always looks less impressive than they think it. Why anyone would defend it is beyond me.
I'm not denying that the pandemic happened. I'm saying that the MCU was not the only franchise affected by it, and doesn't deserve preferential treatment just because it's the MCU.
And I understand that, but not every movie made under those conditions looks half as bad some of MCU movies made under those conditions. They don't get a free pass because of the pandemic.
Because it's okay acknowledge the unforced errors made by these companies and they shouldn't be given preferential treatment because of what they're based on. I'm more hot than cold on superhero movies and Superman and FF are major improvements compared to other superhero movies I could name.
I'm personally hopping Fantastic Four has some good legs. It was the first time in a long while that an MCU movie felt like it was more than the sum of it's parts. At least to me.
I don't hate Bob. I think he's done some good work, but he and many others need to stop being defensive about superhero movies.
I would personally describe it as underperforming, but it did garner enough good will to launch Peacemaker into the mainstream.
Indeed, and the fact that Fantastic Four isn't doing better is a little disappointing because to that movie is more than the sum of it's parts. I'm more hot then cold a superhero movies but one needs a solid grasp on reality when comes to this stuff.
I take it that Morbo talked you out of it.
Well, your leaving out Ezra Miller, Johnathan Majors, several movies underperforming or outright bombing, poor VFX quality, and out of control budgets. But sure, keep being defensive about these movies and ignore non superhero movies that were affected by covid etc. but didn't gave these problems.
It's a year that has had a lot of "Sleeper hits." But I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing.
As hard as the MCU wants us to be excited for RDJ as Doctor Doom, I honestly would prefer it if they gave us more of Galactus. Between the VFX work and Ralph Ineson's performance, the character makes a hell of impression despite the limited screen time.
Or they can't do math.
It's impressive how many comic book deep cuts are in the movie and yet it never rubs your face in them.
Mean yes, but also very revealing in terms of when people like Shapiro are confronted with a vision of rural America that doesn't look like Yellowstone.
Given how Krypton is being depicted in this new DCU, it opens the door to some compelling storytelling choices.
19 hours and 20 minutes long? That is excessive.
I'd go with Katy O'Brian personally.
That show has a complicated and fascinating legacy.
And their times when the social commentary gets a lot more serious, and honestly it resulted in some of the best comics most people haven't read like A Better World. Stuff that packs a real emotional punch. Waititi hasn't been able to land an emotional punch in nearly six years.
At least Marvel dropped Majors when the accusations surfaced. WB sticking with Miller for as long as they did was beyond moronic.
I might have problems with the Multiverse Sags, but Marvel never had a such misguided story choices like the ones made in The Flash.
This might seem like a minor thing but I'm glad you pointed out how long it took for us to deal with 9/11 and the consequences of it's aftermath through our popular entertainment. There are exceptions but it felt like most of the 2000s pop culture was trying to ignore all that messy stuff.
It's crazy how a simple morally clear statement like that suddenly feels radical in today's political climate.
The following sequence where George Flower's character is the most underrated part of the movie to me. You ever wonder why some people vote against their interests? That sequence explains why.
I feel like a lot is being left out here, and it's going to take more than some movie recaps to fix that. Comparing superhero movies to westerns isn't wrong, but we are missing some nuance here.
He resents his own mortality as the great Sarah Kendzior would say. That's what makes him so believable and diabolical.
It's a lot more misunderstood than a lot of people realize. This lengthy but worthwhile essay by Doc Burford digs into the misconceptions about the theory as well as showing how one of it's most vocal critics was kind of shitty person: docseuss.medium.com/a-lot-of-peo...
It broke so many brains. The "billion dollars or bust" mindset really needs to die.
It would be pretty bonkers if it has a MOS style second weekend drop, but somehow I doubt that's going to happen.
True, but they tend to stand out more due to how hard they're marketed to audiences.
That's not the issue here. The issue is that an unfortunate number of superhero movies look like crap these days dispite all the money spent on them.
This is still distracting from Angelica Jade Bastién. She said superhero movies cost so much yo make and yet look like crap more often than not. This whole business about Titanic is a non sequitur.
Never thought it was. It's just a little wild to see movies getting praised for not being subtle. And I'm kind of all for it.
Indeed. A clear cut villian isn't inherently a bad thing for a story.
But that isn't AJB's point. She said that many of these movies cost way too much money to look so mediocre and or bad. Titanic on the other hand has every dollar looks like it actually cost a lot make. I'm more hot than cold on superhero movies but you folks need to stop being so defensive.
Sometimes subtly isn't the right thing to go with regarding this sort of commentary. Particularly at this current moment in time.
"The Dog is Fine." That's the kind of brilliant insight I expect from such a publication.
Well, it is the New 52 after all so... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I can't wait to read your full review now.
And crazier still the critic who wrote the review for the Times gave Gunn's Superman a glowing review.
A lot of the nuanced reviews I've seen are saying the third act makes up for a lot issues they initially had with the movie. Makes me all the more curious to see it since it sounds like an inverse of how Man of Steel was received.
I don't think the star of Andy The Talking Hedgehog is worth listening to.
I can only speak for my self but I am seeing a growing backlash to anti woke online figures. A lot of it is because when those figures tried to make their own tv shows and movies, they have been crap. Critical Drinker for instance wrote a movie and it's a punchline. letterboxd.com/film/rogue-e...
The original color scheme makes it feel like something out of Argento or Bava.
Happens to the best of us.
"those who fear & oppose him are positioned as jealous psychopaths" I wonder if that's going to be a sticking point with some people.
Given how crazy he's become you're not wrong.
None. This is just what box office analysis experts have said. You're not not helping perceptions that MCU fans are needlessly defensive.
Quantomania needed to gross $600 million to break even. That didn't happen. It was a loss. Don't argue with math. If you like the movies I mentioned fine. I really liked Mikey 17 and Transformers One but I'm not going to say they were box office hits because that is just not true.
I'm talking about the money they made. That's different than the business ideas turning a profit. Usually for movie to be considered a hit they need to make double their money back (2.5 times that much for the disingenuous out there) You can like these movies just don't lie about stuff like this.
No this is just math.
Quatumania's budget was $388.4 Million and it grossed $476.1 million. The Eternals cost $232.2 Million and it grossed $402.1 million. These are not good numbers.
If your talking about BNW and Thunderbolts then yeah they made double their money back, but you have the nuanced point of weather or not that is "enough for the studio and the investors. The Marvels, Eternals, and Quantomania all lost money.
I honestly have no idea which movies you're talking about right now.
Buddy, Quantumania lost money, Eternals lost money, The Marvels lost money. You can move the goal post all you want regarding the pandemic and the strikes but they still lost mone. They don'tget a pass because they're Marvel movies.
No they just made double their money back. That's not bad, but it's not as good as something like The Minecraft Movie or the live action Lilo and Stitch.
Yeah, I know global box office isn't what it used to be, but that doesn't mean that your prefered franchise is still the top dog here.
Brave New World and Thunderbolts underperforming suggests otherwise. Genre fatigue is a thing, but it's more nuanced than it's made out to be.
Because it's hard to talk about the MCU these days in critical way because the discourse has been poisoned by people acting in bad faith.
In all fairness the 4th of July this is year is a pretty low key and solem this year. Particularly here in Philadelphia where we have city workers strike going on, and people are pissed at the mayor.
I have questions about the ethics breaking a review embargo than anything that's in the review itself.
No. Think of it like this. All chuds hate the current state of the MCU, but not everyone who hates the current state of the MCU is a chud.
I personally feel this speech from Neil Breen is a perfect representation of the median voter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDB_...
I would argue there was legitimate criticisms well regarded how this kind of dialogue and the trend chasing with regards to the MCU as a whole. The chuds don't deserve credit for anything.
I can't wait to hear your thoughts on We're Back.