Just for the sake of reference, From Russia with Love cost $2 million in 1964, which is equivalent to just over $16 million when you adjust for inflation. Daniel Craig’s payday for the next Bond movie is more than one-and-a-half adjusted From Russia with Loves.

Can we not call it a box?

But there were better ways to do this than make everyone Peter knows hold the Idiot Ball.

Your opinion is bad, and you should feel bad.

This resulted in Superior Spider-Man, the dumbest Spider-Man storyline since OMD that actively requires the reader to assume that Peter’s loved ones and the superhero community in general are clinically brain dead.

For fuck’s sake, if the deaths that obviously happened are retconned, then what were the stakes for this movie??

The other option you’re missing is “In it because they’re grand kids don’t believe they were in movies.” Which is literally why Michael Douglas said he did Ant Man.

Younger actors could afford to be picky about quality productions (like Will Smith) but when you’re the age of Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sir Michael Caine and Sir Ben Kingsley, you take any job with a good pay while you’re still able to work.

lol The MCU has made $15 billion, generally good reviews, and a loyal fanbase. I wouldn’t call appearing in a Marvel movie “slumming it,” unless you consider an actor appearing in any genre movie an example of “slumming it.”

Anthony Hopkins in the Thor movies always kinda reminded me of Alec Guinness in Star Wars. He’s too much of a pro not to give it a good effort, but if you squint, it isn’t hard to see him rolling his eyes at how silly it all is.

What? And Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sir Ben Kingsley, Cate Blanchett, Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer, Glenn Close, Angela Bassett, Samuel L Jackson, Brie Larson, Tilda Swinton, William Hurt and Michael B Jordan, among others, aren’t?

The biographer’s response manages to be predictable and jaw-dropping at the same time. Scholars often struggle with the disappointing truths about their literary heroes. For instance, the Melville Society was incredibly reticent about the evidence that he abused his wife until Elizabeth Renker forced a reckoning. And…

We need to stop this “I’m entitled to my opinion” non-sense. All opinions are not of value nor should they be respected. I know absolutely nothing about nuclear physics. My opinion on the topic of nuclear physics makes about as much sense as a soup sandwich.

This is what gets me, I understand not having the deaths impact you because of meta knowledge, but how can you not empathize with the characters in that moment?

The ending of Infinity War puts the strengths and weaknesses of the franchise model into sharp relief. The sudden character deaths are all the more striking because they are part of such a long-running series. That sense of familiarity makes a bold gesture seem bolder. On the other hand, viewers who follow the series…

Whaaaat?! Noooo. This was a complete movie with a villain protagonist. It was great.

If Anderson’s films were titled anything else but Resident Evil it’d be a so bad it’s good popcorn flick franchise that goes out of it’s way to top itself. High budget Sharknado if you will.

I have a lot of affection for the Resident Evil movies. They have a tenuous relationship to the games even when they borrow characters or set-pieces, and the ongoing story gets progressively more absurd, but most of the series is beautifully shot. Anderson’s action sequences always benefit from his obsessive treatment…

It is the epitome of videogame logic, isn’t it? You always do it in games, and never in real life.

That first boss is just not an enjoyable experience. I realize it’s there to teach you how to shift agro, but still there was no real need to make it a giant sponge that decimates your health with mid animation tracking attacks while you slowly chip away at it.