ApathyMonger

I thought it was fine. Good cast, and decent action, but the script was incredibly dull and predictable, and it mostly felt unnecessary. I don’t know when I’ve last seen a movie with such predictable “twists.” Genisys had many, many problems, but at least it was trying something different. That said, it’s still one of the better 2019 blockbusters.

Don Johnson works plenty! He has Knives Out coming up later this year.

I thought Phoenix was great, and there were some very good moments, but I didn’t enjoy the movie. I don’t think I’ve ever sighed and rolled my eyes so many times in two hours. All of the unreliable narrator stuff and Scorsese nods just annoyed me. Everything with the Waynes was awful, especially having to see that alley scene again. All of the Trump nods just felt pointless. I liked the De Niro bits, but I didn’t think the clips of Arthur’s stand-up were bad enough to go viral in the way the movie shows. He’s awkward and bad, but the clips shown on TV are so short that you can’t really tell how bad and awkward the full set was. Aside from De Niro, the supporting cast are mostly wasted. Shea Whigham and Bill Camp are great in their few scenes, but Zasie Beetz gets nothing to do. I saw this in a mostly sold out large screen, and it was the most people I've ever seen have the smallest reaction to anything. Nobody in my screening ever seemed excited by anything on screen, and most of the laugh moments were scattered at best.

One of the leads of the upcoming The Craft remake will be trans actress Zoey Luna: https://deadline.com/2019/09/gideon-adlon-lovie-simone-zoey-luna-cailee-spaeny-the-craft-blumhouse-sony-1202737052/

Just watched the first two episodes, and really liked it. Dunst is great.

Very happy this show is back.

Is there any update on this issue? Manually typing "?do=getNewComment" onto each thread URL works, but it's annoying. Thanks.

Owen is responsible for Gisele's death, even if he didn't do it directly.

I think it's clear they have no idea who it is yet and will just make it whichever relatively big actor they can get. Maybe someone from the F&F series, maybe not. I think making Idris a glorified henchman undermined him as a villain. I assume the ending with Command betraying him was there to allow him to come back as a good guy in the next movie.

I thought it was okay, but disappointing. The action is good, as are the three leads, but the plot is bad, even by F&F standards. The worst part, by far, are the Leitch-enforced comedy cameos: Rob Delaney is fine, and Kevin Hart is tolerable, but Ryan Reynolds is an abomination. He's basically just playing Deadpool, and doesn't fit the tone of the film at all. It dragged the movie down an entire letter grade for me. It's truly the worst performance of the year for me. Just as annoying is that his character is completely unnecessary. He's there to set Hobbs on the case, but Hobbs is already investigating it at the start of the movie! Similarly, there's no need for the Rob Delaney character, as Shaw's already involved because of his sister! Also, this movie posits that Jason Staham (52) was a kid the same time as his sister Vanessa Kirby (31?). Oh, and I guess they imply that Staham was secretly playing Deckard Shaw in the F. Gary Gray *Italian Job*? Does that mean that Charlize's Cipher is also *her* character from that movie?

Ava DuVernay's doing New Gods for DC. There's Julius Onah, who did that awful Cloverfield Paradox.

That was happening at TNT, which went under some major restructuring since the AT&T takeover. It's been two years, so who knows.

It's also possible it's not a superhero character, and just a supporting part, which would fit with most of the times they announce these main casts.

Full panel:

I guess the rumours about Richard Madden's character in Eternals being gay were untrue though.

2006.

https://www.indiewire.com/2019/07/big-little-lies-season-2-andrea-arnold-lost-creative-control-jean-marc-vallee-1202156884/ What a mess.

I had to rewind the episode to get the "In Steve We Thrust" joke. A+

Netflix's spoiler podcast talking about the season as a whole, from Bobby Finger, Esther Zuckerman, and Primetimer's Joe Reid: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/im-obsessed-with/stranger-things-3-7jv4h_GlswD/ It also spoils Nutcracker and the Four Realms, if that's something that matters to you.

I hope someone picks it up outside the US. Maybe Netflix?

For those wondering about the lack of reviews for a show launching in several hours, they only gave screeners of two episodes from the middle of the season: https://tv.avclub.com/how-the-hell-do-you-review-a-tv-show-youve-only-seen-th-1835416393 I've seen no promotion of the show, and it sure seems like Amazon are dumping it. I'll still try it, but my expectations are lowered.