Yes, that private screening and subsequent enthusiastic review were not carefully orchestrated at all.

Evidently.

Oh shocking a working actor took a job for work. This isn’t a burn as anyone who is or knows an actor knows. Plus what about this: “I loved the first movie, and the fact that they even wanted me to come in for a callback and then a camera read and then everything in between, I’m so lucky that I got this job,” Zegler…

I saw it. It was fun. A B, maybe? Maybe B+? I respect that it knows what it is and knows that the whole thing is ridiculous but still has heart. And Helen Mirren is great, of course, so I have no idea why this review is so meh about her performance. All in all it was a fine way to spend a Thursday evening.

Well, thanks for that wormhole.

...this is chatgpt, isn't it?

It’ll be fine. It’s an Illumination movie. Also, as iconic as Martinet is, I don’t think I could handle that videogame voice for a whole movie. It’s not like Mario in the games has to spout off reams of dialogue to carry the story. He’s more of a player stand-in. I’m okay with a less cartoony voice for a feature film…

I don't get all the negative attitude about this movie. It's exactly what I wanted out of a film that has Kang and MODOK. I had a blast.

I forgive it because grief does funny things. Sometimes it's too painful to hold onto hope (speaking from experience). Everyone is different. It would be nice if he had the space to deal with these things without the media gathering commentary mid-process but alas.

Well this is horrifying and could have been so much worse. I wonder how much risk there was to the nephew or whether it's just one of those situations where you act on instinct and accidentally make things worse?

It’s entirely possible that people see more than one movie in theaters in a year, right? Like yes, I saw Wakanda Forever in theatres, but I also saw The Menu.

I had way more fun watching Dr Strange 2 than I did Wakanda Forever. There was a zany creativity to the former that I really enjoyed. I did like huge amounts of Wakanda Forever but it took ages to get underway and (in my opinion) relied too heavily on a weak lead. But also, excellent point about the pandemic. Are we…

I think you’re too stupid to engage with on the modern AV Club, which is saying something. Whatcha gonna do? The contemporary malaise.

I’m not the only indigenous person who thinks he’s a racist asshole, I promise you. His biggest fans tend to be white dudes who approve his hierarchical approach to “progressive” goals that always ends with the enlightened white guy in charge. The whole noble savage in touch with nature who teaches the white man the…

Avatar is a shitty racist action movie for idiots, though maybe not fascist.

Yes to Myst!

It shocks me how much no one seems to remember or care about that. I have to give them this bit of credit: they have certainly found a way to work the American media in their favour. In Canada we’re still mostly annoyed that they pretended to move here only to leave in a fit when they realized we weren’t going to pay…

I must have blocked it out.

“this is the Democrats' fault" was a take I somehow never expected yet here we are, I guess.

Eh, I spent most of the movie hoping against hope that they’d make Okoye the new Panther. It was almost worth the inevitable disappointment for the way they handled the surprise cameo the way they did, but at the end of the movie I was hoping for Namor to win, so... no, I didn't connect with her arc.