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Current MCU reminds me of the late 2k's downfall of the romcom - trying to outsmart the simple tropes of the previous (successful) era by adding underbaked depth that the subject matter simply cannot support.

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If star wars did a prequel era galactic Senate scene in 2025, there would be a minion Easter egg like they did with E.T.

submitted 21 hours ago • 0 comments

The lame writing thats used to pad the run time of your least favorite prestige tv shows has poisoned movie writing. Anyways, I saw Capt America Brave New World.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Monkey is a movie that is 100% dedicated to having perfectly calibrated fun at all times. You'll have so much fun that it's easy to overlook the skill on display. I smiled for every moment of its tight 90ish minutes. Perfect.

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I think Damien Chazelle makes pretty good films when they aren't about California or Movies.

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Still thinking about Die Hard 2, because even though its the lesser of the hards, it regularly has shots that look like this

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Getting a car with a sunroof has really impacted my feelings on how long winter should stick around

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The funniest movie convo ive had this week was with someone who didnt finish Deadpool & Wolverine cuz the bad guy seemed so powerful it didn't seem realistic that DP&W could possibly beat her. First time i've seen someone quit a movie cuz the writing was working.

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Every story i've heard about the Broccoli's & the Bond Franchise is that they were creatively bankrupt control freaks that liked owning Bond movies more than making them. At worst, the franchise going to MGMazon is a lateral move.

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Die Hard 2 is almost as discarded as Die Hard 5, but honestly Renny Harlin did the work here. Its not bad, maybe a bit lengthy, but its airport playground is more fun than the Tony hawk level and its full of stylistic call backs & iconic DeSouza writing.

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Julius Avery understands that Catholicism is just another cinematic universe and should benefit from the same epic production values. The Popes Exorcist is a perfectly rounded movie that is easy to undervalue, but the truth is it's hard to go that fucking hard.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Watching a documentary about Shackleton and the Endurance and it just said when they were trapped in the ice the men got adept at putting on burlesque shows and had images of some of the sailors in drag,including a curly blonde wig which means someone brought that with them.

submitted 8 days ago • 16 comments

I watched 2 apple TV movies this weekend. The new gorge one and wolfs. Both make me wonder what the fuck is going on with movie writing right now.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

It's just not worth waiting several years for a new season of these shows just because someone decided everything has to have movie-quality visuals

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The real battle in Stargate is waged between Kurt's least cute hair and Spaders most cute hair.

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Mad Money is about as softball as a heist movie can get. A no-stakes late entry in the Oceans 11 trend. It's got your typical 2008 foibles, a double whammy of well-intentioned white exceptionalism/saviorism. But all that aside, the writing is strong and funny throughout. An easy silly watch.

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

My office is near a construction lot and I often have to listen to the back up beep of a truck which, due to the doppler effect, just sounds like the aliens motion tracker sound.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Re: my take that its harder to make a movie like Godzilla X Kong than it is to make a movie like Dune 2.

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Revisited Winter Soldier - No denying its excellent. There's a tactile, boots on the ground feeling that I think modern marvel lacks. I still think its too violent, & perhaps a tad overrated cuz violence=serious=good. It's also written like Community genre satire but performed seriously.

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

The way i feel absolutely nothing when i watch the How to Train you dragon trailer. People have cried that hollywood is out of ideas for as long as i've been alive - but the dedication to remaking recent films is a gross new level.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

After all the shitty takes i hear on Kendricks legendary halftime, its clear that the only thing people want from a halftime show is reassurance. Its not about appreciating a performance. Especially from a black man.

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Just letting you know that if the new mission impossible wraps up the concept of the rabbits foot I'll probably cry in theaters

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Duplicity is Gilroys 2nd of 3 movies he wrote/directed. Like Clayton, it's story flows like liquid, but its the start of Gilroy's habit of monologuing every other scene or so. This is where it lost me, along with a criminal lack of chemistry between Julia and Owen, which is inexcusable after Closer.

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Snack Shack is a movie with several self-inflicted identity crisises. Superficially taking place in 1991, filled with 25yos im spose to believe are 14, and totally uncertain if it's a vulgar teen romp or thoughtful coming of age - an awkward pastiche of influences that never gelled for me.

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments

Just saying you like/don't like a movie isn't criticism.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

looking back on it i think we can declare it wasnt a god damn arms race it was more like a scene

submitted 19 days ago • 5 comments