Most of which she spent complaining and being uncomfortable. I can see someone identifying with her, but “likeable” feels like a stretch.

I was actually just wondering if the grade inflation might be at all related to grade inflation in American schools. Because there it basically “you didn’t make any obvious mistakes, and you got your point across, so you get an A.” Its even worse on video game sites, where people seem terrified to give any game less…

I think it would help if Simba was carrying more oversized laser guns.

An even more apt Ebert quote is this one from “Willy Wonka” -

“Dowd doesn’t have to review this from the perspective of “a kid may like it” because kids are generally not discerning consumers.”

Dowd just gave Toy Story 4 a B last month. And he gave a Dark Phoenix a C, which is around or higher than the grade it got from most reviewers. He’s not averse to big movies, but unlike most reviewers he actually uses C as his average. So if something is not notably better than average, its not going to get a B or an…

Guy holds up a cel from the original film in his left hand, then holds up a Polaroid of an actual lion but with dollar signs drawn around it in the other.

Does it sound like that? Almost all the criticism is directed at what literally happens on screen, not the ideas behind it.

I think Dowd strikes at why this is more of a failure than the other adaptations even - the magic of the original WAS the animation.

I actually saw the original in South Africa literally a day after I had been on a trip to the veld and had gone to see a lion pride - they were 10 feet from me, and there multiple cubs. …

sir this is a bagel boss

This sizzling hot take brought to you by someone who’s never had a smug little teenage shit disrespect him in his own home. I’ve banned one of my son’s friends from my house for a year for lying to my face about washing his hands after he used the bathroom (I can hear the bathroom sink from the kitchen you little…

I mean, the point of Aliens is that all the machismo and firepower is utterly fruitless and nearly gets everyone killed.

40 years after Alien and 35 after Terminator casting a woman lead is a breakthrough because of “Internet commenters?” Just make a good movie, Tim and Mackenzie, and the rest will take care of itself.

he does.

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I’m surprised The Monster Squad doesn’t come up more in discussions about Stranger Things. Mainly because I like The Monster Squad and want more reasons to discuss it. 

Just One Of The Guys shows our protagonist Terry (Joyce Hyper)

Love that film. Plus it has the blond sister from Night of the Comet, the guy from Deathstalker II and the All Nighter, and others...

No Chopping Mall?

Oh wow -- I knew this was Johnston’s big movie before the Rocketeer but had no idea Gordon and Yuzna were involved, that’s wild but it makes sense. Now I’m imagining a crossover battle royale between Kids’ shrunken tweens and Beyond Re-Animator’s zombie rat and severed penis.