Yeah. For reference, two of the longest standing ovations in Cannes history are The Neon Demon and Mud at just under 20 minutes. Neither of those films are worthy of a 20 minute standing ovation.

to a nearly 10-minute standing ovation

“Dan Snyder (owner of the Washington Commanders)“

At a certain point I imagine it becomes Applause Chicken: no one wants to be the first to stop clapping.

He’s Australian. We have pretty good bullshit-o-meters for this sort of thing.

I can’t remember a time in my life before the clapping!!! My hands hurt! Please let us stop! 

And it is ok that people enjoy fluffy stuff. The world is going to shit so let people have some empty calories fun stuff not everything had to be Emmy winning health food. ( mixing metaphors intentionally)

“There were two days when we shot a celebratory Studio 54-esque club scene where Francis walked around the set to establish the spirit of the scene by giving kind hugs and kisses on the cheek to the cast and background players.”

The one thing Ring of Power did well compared to the Lord of the Rings films is establish the orcs as a credible threat rather than just red shirts waiting to be stabbed by untrained hobbits half their size.

That’s not true, he’s keeping up with everybody and we’re all moving forward.

That we know of. 

In even more shocking news, John Wick star Keanu Reeves has never even killed anybody.

Someone please offer Morena Bacarin better roles.

It’s almost shocking how well-adjusted the adults the Harry Potter child stars grew up to be are, even beyond the “big 3" of Daniel, Emma and Rupert.

Apparently, the film is both a prequel and a sequel, alternating timelines with Mufasa’s story and Simba and Nala raising their daughter

If I were Jenkins I wouldn’t care how they settled on me to direct the movie.  The last one made a billion dollars, so this may be the biggest payday opportunity he ever gets.  No one’s going to fault him for it.

Has she tried being a nice person?

Haven’t heard any HP audiobooks, but I hear Jim Dale was a full cast all by himself.