No one is saying she did not want to be in the public eye. She just wanted a brief break after finding out she had cancer, start chemo, and break the news to her kids and manage what they heard from others.

Fuck that take. She was sick and under pressure to show up somewhere. So she put out a photo, but like a lot of people, particularly moms like my wife, she didn’t want a photo of the kids to go out without a bunch of touchups. Nothing nefarious, just what people do. True, it was a bad idea with all the scrutiny at the…

I think the better running joke is that the next one is ALWAYS promised to be set in Hawaii, but it never is.

I mean, I am not sure what people want him to do. He can’t undo it. He could have just claimed it was all bullshit and hidden away until we forget it came out (honestly about a week or two from now). In his case he decided to immediately respond, own that he was an ass, and apologize to people for it.

Correct. He was hanging it to age it and make best preparation of the bird (in his eyes anyway) sort of like how you age a steak. Just hanging it up to “honor” it makes zero sense.

Counterpoint: I am not really a fan of him as an actor, but I can totally understand his getting bent out of shape and responding. Sure, it is Evans being called out, but the anecdote is FULL of commentary about how much he sucked, how no one “was that good” that their fucking him would save his crappy acting, that he…

Well I do really like the book, so I will probably show up to see how it turns out.

Sure, I know who we are dealing with here. But honestly, if they thought it had a chance of doing well in theaters they would release it to get that money. Like you are implying, this is about money above all else. The fact that they sat on it forever and are now putting it on streaming says they think it is not going…

This ^^^. Every bit this.

I don’t care what anybody says... the fact that they sat on it for years, and have now decided to dump it on streaming  rather than the originally intended release definitely implies that they DO think is is pretty weak, if not outright flop material.

Except that this is being released, even if on streaming, and therefore will be bringing in revenue in some form or another and not be a tax write-off.

Not wanting to take away from Miyazaki at all, but I honestly could see that. Not only is that name revered in animation, it has been marketed as his last film, and as such is even more likely to attract that kind of vote.

I do think there is also a misnomer that KOFM was dissed by not winning the actual Oscars. The very fact that it was nominated is the first stage of the awards. Those nominated films were picked as a handful of the best films of the year in their various categories. That is already “award #1". A number I have seen is…

Between the two films, both are great performances. But Stone dominates her film utterly WITH that great performance. It is not that much of a surprise that she got the most votes.

I do think it is sort of silly that in the last year or two, there have been several takes, on this family of sites, that films ARE getting too long that that it is a self indulgent, unwelcome trend. But now that they want to support KOFM, suddenly it is some sort of slight by Kimmel to joke about its length.

Who said they didn’t change in 25 years. Those people probably like a bunch of new stuff too. But they still like the stuff they used to as well. This is not any sort of revelation. Just like people still like the food they grew up with, even if it was of questionable quality.

Potter adults are still a thing just like Star Wars adults are still a thing or Disney adults are still a thing. The books are still best sellers on Amazon, and tons of merchandise is sold at stores, even stores that focus on nothing but Potter stuff, and most of that stuff is targeted at adults with lots of cash, not…

Hmmm, people who liked something a lot 25 years ago have grown up and still like it a lot. Go figure?

Thanks for the details. I AM a Guy Ritchie fan, so I will check the film out for sure.

So just a bit unclear... you mention this is a “spin off”. So is it a different set of characters in the same universe? Or the movie retold as a series? I did not see the original film.