For me, a movie is more likely to feel mediocre if it gets some positive critical reception, because of the higher expectations I bring to it. So I'd say the last movie that felt like that to me was The Martian. Like, it's okay, but it's not worth any kind of discussion, it's just fine.

The kind of people who want to will always seek out the good stuff if its important to them, while the kind of people who settle for mediocre shit will always be fine with mediocre shit. Just look at my parents! They're good people but god are they stupid.

Ahh the Helen Mirren racist chef movie. I like the part where that guy working for Helen Mirren tried to burn down the Indian family's house, and he just got fired. Not arrested, just fired.

Was Spectre a critical hit? This site gave it a B-.

Honestly, I feel like most movies today fail to do even that. The larger than life character thing. Its a consequence of that whole gritty reality trend that every classic character and genre is being rendered bland and forgettable. I'm thinking of movies like the Russell Crowe Robin Hood, Man of Steel, Pan, that…

Ehhhh, I have to agree with the OP. For me, part of the reason that Dr. Strange felt so lightweight and disposable, even while entertaining in the short-term, is exactly because it never felt like anything was at stake. Its weird that, somehow, an extra-dimensional murder god attempting to suck the earth of it's…

Good idea, lets keep the good stuff to ourselves. Those plebes don't deserve Spirited Away.

Replace Howls Moving Castle with Spirited Away.

What privilege? I can't afford this shit, but I'm not gonna pretend that cords don't fucking suck.

It's usually yanking on that damn cord that causes them to fall out in the first place.

…interesting theory.

The problem is studios don't have any incentive to make good movies because they know you could slap Batman on anything and its gonna make a ton of money. I'm hoping that trend starts to reverse with the next justice league movie. Im certainly not gonna see it. That early footage did nothing for me.

The last 2 movies were pretty much fronted by mystique.

And I think you're putting in too much effort to justify it. I thought it was sloppy as hell, I don't know what else to say.

I know they're supposed to look orchestrated, but the pieces put in place to make this escape work just looked arbitrary and way, way too convenient to me. Particularly the fact that there was nobody around, and not in anticipation of Jesus helping Daryl escape, but just because…prisons usually have lots of guards. …

Yeah its plausible, but its a convenient explanation that the walking dead hasn't really earned. Breaking Bad earned the right to cheat occasionally by being airtight everywhere else, and always paying off what it set up. The walking dead hasn't earned that right, and its why Glenn hiding under the dumpster was so…

Storytelling is exactly the problem. Look, i get that he had outside help. Heres why i don't think it worked:
1. We dont know who let Daryl out. If it was Sherry, then what a random coincidence that Jesus would run into Daryl at that exact moment. If it was Jesus, why didn't he stick around to lead Daryl out?
2. …

No, if I'm willing to overlook all the holes in the logic and just accept the way you explain it, it makes perfect sense. It's stupid, but it makes sense.

Even if you're perfectly willing to pretend that this sloppy sequence of random seeming events fit together with clockwork precision (you can't even determine for sure who let Daryl out, Sherry or Jesus), it doesn't invalidate my point, that Daryl's escape was far too easy, and only served to make the Saviors look…

That makes absolutely no sense. I'm expected to believe that Negan, who's army is supposed to be enormous, doesn't have anyone other than Fat Joey to guard his prisoners when he leaves? I could accept that maybe Jesus cleared a path for Daryl by taking out guards like Solid Snake, but there's no evidence at all that…