I'm picturing that scene in the Naked Gun movie where Leslie Nielsen and Priscilla Presley are walking out of a movie theater laughing uproariously, and the camera tilts up to show PLATOON on the marquee.

At least it delivered what the title promised!

The thing that bothered me about the movie was the costumes. It seriously undermines the gravitas of your supervillain if his henchmen (henchmutants?) show up in stylish new costumes, which means that evidently he took a break from his world domination plans to design awesome clothes for everyone. I couldn't take…

I definitely enjoyed that scene more because there was no pretense of being this heavy, life-or-death conflict. I could simply sit back, enjoy the "who would win in a fight" theatrics and ponder the issues at stake. The Batman/Superman fight is so much more wearying because Superman obviously is not going to rip off…

Clearly what Birbiglia should have done was to make the movie with UCB washouts, but then not release the movie. Sorry losers, gotta maintain authenticity!

Oy.

Although of course that Kirk enjoyed a healthy childhood in a stable two-parent family. I can't stand reboot Kirk, but I do think the character is a plausible alternative path — James Kirk if he'd grown up without a decent male role model, and also had lifelong emotional baggage from the death of his father.

I wasn't bothered by Batman killing people in this movie. I thought it made sense given that this Batman is older, burned out on the whole crime fighting thing, and just doesn't give a fuck anymore. There's also the implication that the death of Robin pushed him over the edge to where his rage has eclipsed his respect…

Maybe that's true! Most movies about failure end with eventual success. Or the failure involves something other than career goals (such as failed relationships, or failure to overcome addiction). The one example that comes to mind that I found pretty convincing is Who's the Caboose? by Sam Seder, and I wonder if…

Oh! I thought I had seen the Pixar logo before it, but I guess that was a retroactive memory generated by my trauma! But yeah, it was excellent!

I also had to appreciate the cheeky middle finger to people who complained about "Sabotage" being in the first movie, by completely doubling down on the song! I hope the next film brings back Khan, but this time portrayed by Leslie Jones. I know it's wrong, but I just love seeing humorless Trekkies losing their shit.

One tip I didn't see listed is to add a bit of water to the eggs while you're beating them. The water steams the eggs a bit and makes them fluffier.

How about that Pixar short "Inner Workings" that accompanies Moana? That one part with the beat-down-by-life office drone imagining his dreary march to the grave really hit me in the feels as the kids say. Pixar has perfected the art of emotional devastation.

Amy Adams was so good in Arrival that it made me kind of upset that Adams would waste any amount of her mortal lifespan starring in dreck like Batman v Superman.

Agreed…it's a cheap, lazy form of cynicism. And guaranteed to win over the audience since it flatters them by making them feel like they're in on the joke.

Sad to say, the appeal of Don't Think Twice mostly eluded me, even though I'm a fan of just about everyone in the cast. It was engaging enough, but didn't offer any particularly deep insights into the world of struggling creatives. Mostly it felt like Mike Birbiglia making his "there but for the grace of God"…

The review title reminded me of The Blood on Satan's Claw

World WALL-Z

Looking forward to Avenged Sevenfold in SS 2

I saw Man of Steel twice and enjoyed it. I saw Bat v Supes twice and found it tolerable. I made it through about half of SS and switched to The Great British Bake Off.