I didn't love the first GotG, but I dig your choices! There was actually a long discussion of Con Air in the comments section of one of the last History of Violence columns. Worth checking out.

Man, I literally just started watching this! It's a fun show. Vibrant, funny, and Britt Robertson is great. Probably wasn't going to make too many year-end lists, but it's an entertaining watch. It's even got Norm MacDonald in a supporting role!

You didn't ask me, but if we're talking super recent, I'd go with Wonder Woman. It tells a self-contained story; it's witty and funny without relying on quips; it has a love story that feels integral rather than shoehorned in; and (most of) its action scenes are stirring and exciting instead of the generic blow 'em…

Eh, I guess you could frame it from the ego angle, but that's not how I see it. To put it simply, Marvel and Wright wanted to make two different movies. They hired Wright to make his movie, and then they decided his vision didn't fit their brand only after the fact. I don't think Wright walked off because he wasn't…

One thing happening more frequently doesn't make the other any less shitty, though. It's true, screenwriters often get the shaft in Hollywood. It still sucks that Wright wasn't able to execute his vision.

I know people say this, but I just did not see Iron Man 3 as being distinctive from the rest of the MCU. Sure, Shane Black is behind it, but what did he do that Joss didn't do in Avengers? A kid gets called a "pussy," sure, but besides that? It's pretty much straight down the middle. Quips, action, nonsensical…

Ant-Man's ten minutes of screen time in Civil War were better than the entirety of his ninety minute feature length film. Definitely siding with Hughes on this one.

Maybe Hughes is speaking more to its current reputation than its initial reception. I certainly don't think he's in the minority for reacting to that film with a shrug. The only person who truly gave a shit about Ant-Man was fired off the project.

I know people have turned on Nolan around these parts, but I'd say he's pretty damn consistent.

Unorthodox directors making totally orthodox films.

Also, I'll grant that Deadpool took a somewhat novel approach to comic book filmmaking, but Guardians was a standard issue MCU plot with a couple unique flourishes. That's why I prefer the sequel; Gunn actually gets to go to some of the weird places he didn't get to go with the first (it also doesn't involve the…

Iron Man 3 is pretty much the definition of superhero movie as a quip/action scene delivery system. It absolutely should not be the model moving forward.

I remember that episode!

Lois Lane doesn't show up till like 45 minutes into Superman I. "Audience surrogate" means she's the lens through which a viewer sees a new world. That is not what happens in the Superman movies.

I get where you're coming from, but the author does have a point about Thor and Peter Parker being allowed to have prominent relationships in addition to their love interests. I would say in this instance, though, that I differ heavily with the article's view that less Steve Trevor time and more aunt and mom time…

I'd put 2 over Abrams' and Brad Bird's entries for Thandie Newton alone, but there are also other things I like about it. Doesn't beat Rogue Nation (my pick for best of the series), but it's in the upper tier of M:I films.

That's a bizarre but highly intriguing cast. Keanu and Jim Carrey together are hard to pass up.

I thought the crowd was annoying, but I think that about every crowd at every taped comedy show. I really liked this special. It was a little too slick for its own good at points, I thought, but Minhaj's intelligence and insight more than made up for it.

This is also why RDJ gets paid more than Cavill. Iron weighs more than steel.*

I'd buy a ticket.