Of course, when scrutinized, that is far less a “pithy insight about filmmaking” than a “banal and overwhelmingly obvious statement that applies to each and every human endeavor, ever.”

That’s just, like, your opinion on personal opinions, man.

*Showalterbiz

Man, I appreciate you making this comment to explain the concept of personal opinion, because after I read Barnes’s comment I was all set to do it myself.

Yeah, it’s confusing when someone states an opinion without checking the aggregators. 

yeah, they had me at Dan Savage script - frothy!

So I’ve avoided this one based on the description and posters, thinking it was like ... a teen cannibalism love story? Just not something I vibe with. However! Learning they’re kind of monster-y people-eaters, like day-walking vampires, has flipped a switch in my head and now I must see it. The trailer looks fab. I…

So, your admittedly small sample size hasn’t been to the parks in 6 years. WELL before charging for Fastpass and likely 3 rate hikes ago. In fact, well before any impact of Chapek taking over the parks could be felt. Clearly Chapek wasn’t the person to run Disney as a whole, but literally nobody on the board thought…

^ This is a VERY good point.

I think everyone saw Netflix’s early success and thought they’d be better off monetizing their own content directly, it never occurring to them that demand for streaming subscriptions is not bottomless, nor is the amount of free time people have to spend staring at a screen. I have Netflix and occasionally Hulu, then…

That’s my fault for using an old benchmark of stardom to describe new stars, but I don’t think think it matters all that much that he hasn’t carried a movie all by himself recently, despite that being functionally what a movie star used to do. If not for the shifting dynamics in the industry, I think he would be doing…

I don’t know why people always deliberately misread criticisms of Marvel. Every movie star (or b-lister) who is in Marvel was a star before they joined Marvel. Can you name one movie star Marvel created? Tom Holland is the closest thing they have to a star and he’s absolutely not a A-lister.

“They’re the only things that seem to generate any kind of excitement amongst a fan base or even for the studio making them. That’s what they’re excited about. And so it’s just the fact that they are the entire representation of this era of movies right now. There’s not really much room for anything else. That’s…

Is he saying it’s a problem, or that’s just the state of the industry? Seems like his broader point (below) is more relevant, and not wrong?

“His Marvel come back literally made him millions and gave him the clout to make passion projects like The Judge and Doolittle.”

I mean...that’s the whole point of the Marvel experiment, right? It’s not that you’re excited to see RDJ and Chris Evans together; you’re excited to see Iron Man and Captain America together. 

I mean, they literally design these movies so that the stars are replaceable.

He kinda’ isn’t. Since the first Iron Man he’s branched off and headlined a few movie star vehicles here and there but really hasn’t had anything hit the pop culture zeitgeist in the same way, well, Iron Man did. Doolittle, for example, relied heavily on his movie stardom and died on arrival. He reminds me a lot of…

He was a star before! And he squandered his entire comeback on Marvel

This is wishful thinking. I can’t imagine Disney will ever roll back prices on anything. I can’t think of a company ever doing that. The things you want are most likely gone for good.