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I saw this movie a few days ago and loved it--this might be heresy, but I think it was better than the first Black Panther (though it will be nowhere near as culturally important). First, the acting: everyone gave an A+ performance. I thought Letitia Wright carried the movie quite well considering she was supposed to be a supporting character in the franchise, and a special shoutout to Angela Bassett, who brought it in every scene. I hope Bassett gets some awards love for this movie, because she deserves it. Danai Gurira and Winston Duke were also excellent, but really everyone was. Just A+ performances all the way around. The movie did incredibly well with handling the loss of T'Challa/Chadwick Boseman. I legitimately teared up when they ran the "Marvel" credits at the start and it was all just clips of him. Very, very well done as a tribute that nevertheless told its own story. Loved Namor, thought he really worked as an antagonist who made a lot of legitimately good points. He and Shuri had a really nice rapport, but I also loved that they could have a knock-down drag-out fight despite that (though I do side-eye Shuri's surviving an impaling!). Favorite line: Okoye sarcastically telling Riri that she's sure Riri's space heater will protect her against Namor and his forces (it was all in the delivery)...but then the irony that a big-ass space heater ended up being crucial to defeating Namor!

Just saw this tonight and really really liked it; I would totally see it again. The acting was top-notch all the way around (Michelle Yeoh was amazing as usual) and the attention to detail was spectacular. (I too noticed that Deirdre had the carpal tunnel brace on her ankle in the hot dog finger universe!) I also wasn’t prepared for the humor of the movie; it was really genuinely funny a great deal of the time. One of the most engaging and creative movies I’ve seen in a while.

I’m really enjoying the pairs skating tonight. At least in the couples that NBC has shown, the overall level of artistry feels like it’s higher than it was in either of the singles disciplines, I’ve really enjoyed everyone’s choreography, and I also appreciate that there are a bunch of distinct music styles being featured—in the other disciplines, it’s like everyone was skating to basically the same (style of) music. Getting variety is really nice.

P/C remain pretty but boring AF. C/B had the coolest program and H/D and S/K (for most of their program) were just as pretty as P/C.

Wow, the referees really inserted themselves into the end of this game.

Nina Dobrev is an actress and was the lead of The Vampire Diaries for most of the show’s run.

I'm rooting for the Bengals tonight--they've just been so bad for so long I would love to see the fans enjoy winning the Super Bowl--but I probably give a slight edge to the Rams. Though everyone has been counting out the Bengals from Day One and they just keep finding a way, so who knows! That all said, I just want it to be a good game, not a blowout one way or the other.

As someone who admittedly knows nothing about figure skating, I just don’t get the figure skating establishment’s love of Papadakis/Cizeron. Last Olympics I thought Virtue/Moir were so clearly better, and after the short program this year, I thought Sinitsina/Katsalapov and Chock/Bates were both way more interesting (and Chock/Bates has more of that “it” factor). P/C were about as interesting as Hubbell/Donohue. The Canadians should win a medal for guts for their orange jumpsuit look! It’s AMAZING.

I didn't have any rooting interest coming into this weekend, but now I'm totally pulling for the Bengals in the Super Bowl no matter what. They've been so awful for so long, the team and the fans deserve some happiness! That was a great comeback but boy, is KC going to be kicking itself for the next few weeks.

Since Rodgers has shown himself to be a massive jerkwad this season, I have to confess I’m reveling in his loss, though I feel bad for the rest of the Packers (a team I otherwise like).

Green Bay’s special teams are not very special tonight, jeez.

I think Brady thinks of himself and Guerrero as kind of like lifestyle coaches/gurus. It wouldn't surprise me if he thought he could help "fix" Brown. Though I agree that his core motivation is that AB is talented as hell as a WR.

...is Tina even IN this movie? Because I didn't see her in the trailer at all, unless I missed something. It's not a bad trailer, but it still feels like this series is trying to tell 2-3 different stories and jamming them together.

Saw this tonight and I would agree it was just okay. The movie was like half an hour too long yet the ending was really, really rushed, and I agree the unclear time jumps didn’t help. I actually liked the music choices and thought the actors generally gave strong performances, but somehow the movie was less than the sum of its parts. Patrizia all but dropping out for the last quarter or so of the movie was really jarring.

Just got back from this movie and really, really enjoyed it. There were a lot of characters but they all got a chance to shine, the actors totally sold that these people had known each other for millennia, and the jokes are ACTUALLY funny (often not the case in Marvel movies IMO). I loved the cinematography and visuals, and the cerebral nature of the movie and the morality problem it poses. Totally on board for the sequel whenever it comes!