Though that’s literally how the original trilogy was written.

Weren’t Empire and Jedi produced independently? IIRC, Fox were so certain they had a flop, they gave Lucas the rights back, essentially. He continued working with them because they had developed that relationship.

Or just that 99.9% of the time, when someone says “plot hole,” they really mean plot convenience or contrivance or movie beat that they didn’t agree with.

I was on board with this essay until the terms “plot holes and logical fallacies” came up — because the term “plot holes” is the automatic and most direct way of showing a critic has no idea what they’re talking about.

I finished the book a couple days ago. I thought it was fantastic — both heart-wrenching and reaffirming. That last sequence was sweeping, breathtaking, like the final movement of a major symphony.

The ’90s!

To be fair, that did happen, then the guy died.

I’d rank Brosnan as one of the top Bonds. It’s a shame the franchise never could match his charisma.

I thought it was Nirvana?

I disagree with almost everything you’re saying.

I’d almost argue that the blockbuster PG-13 now is much more sanitized than the blockbuster PG of the ’70s and ’80s.

I’d throw the 2018 Suspiria on here, too. It’s finally up on Amazon Prime.

It’s a Long Halloween world and we just have to learn to live in it.

I disagree with that. I feel he’s like Michael Bay: has a decent enough sense of shots and rhythm and what makes for good picture, but doesn’t understand how those things all need to mix together to actually make a good picture. So he overuses devices, finds the exact wrong emotion from a sequence, and gets so caught…

I want to be excited about this. But then I remember Tom Hooper’s directing a couple of the episodes.

This article lost me when he tried to say Wages of Fear was inferior to this. Because Wages of Fear is outstanding filmmaking. (Though Sorcerer is interesting, too.)

Neat titles.

I completely disagree.

It’s also in the same slot as Solo last year, which struggled against Disney’s own Avengers. And that was a Star Wars movie with bad PR. This is a live-action adaptation with rough PR.

Agreed.