In terms of cultural cachet, “The Matrix” is no “Spider-Man,” and I doubt anyone thinks it will do anywhere near the same business. Also, unlike “Spider-Man,” it’ll be streaming on HBO Max. (Which is where I’ll see it, if I see it.)

I also found it comparable to Endgame, and I’m a little surprised myself. I only went to get ahead of the spoilers. Wasn’t expecting to have such a good time. I can’t speak for anyone else, but as someone who has been...

- very beloved character
- villains from past iterations of spider-man movies in it
- “rumors” of the spider-men from those past movies being in it
- last movie of the trilogy
- unlike black widow, shang-chi, or eternals, it includes a popular mcu character, dr. strange
- curiosity of the beginning of the multiverse in the…

It’s an easy fuckin’ question to answer.

Bill Hader playing three vaguely Hungarian people who are maybe scamming Larry is such a batshit premise but goddamn does it work.

That’s definitely Wilson Fisk.

Good old Jack Worcestershire. Terrible name. Created a terrible sauce. Somehow made a fortune.

Josh Gad as “Man Bending Over So You Can See His Crack and Underwear” is perfect casting.

Tony “Lalo” Dalton? ? I’m almost hoping he isn’t the bad guy because my contempt for Lalo on Better Call Saul is at 11. I don’t need him to be another bad guy.

My take, now having seen the film:

My biggest problem with the movie wasn’t the double cross. Or the double cross of the double cross. Or even the double cross of the double cross of the double cross. It was the complete lack of chemistry between The Rock and Gal Gadot. There was nothing there. Zero. Neither of them can act.

“What do Scarlet Witch and Daredevil both have in common?

My crush started with Step Brothers.

Better Midler?  Whoa, just hanging out the free drag queen names!

Loved better Middler in Rochelle, Rochelle.

Kal-el, no.

Agreed. I left the episode thinking the “living funeral” thing was something that would fit with Marty Funkhouser, as would the COVID hoarding. I wish they would, at the very least, address his passing in an episode. Have they even dedicated an episode to his memory yet?

I feel like that was the subtext of the funeral plotline. And those end credits felt oddly poignant and moving, maybe there was something only Larry knows about it - perhaps to him, watching the orchestra play the theme with Bob’s brother is the next best thing to Bob still being around.

4. Quitting Twitter

I’m an old and I truly, truly dislike the “soap opera” look that the 4k and motion smoothing gives to films, especially older ones. The worse was I can remember being in Best Buy by the TV section and some salesman had “The Godfather” on but with that motion smooth and hyper realism and 4k and Jeebus wept, it looked…