Also a 30%-er here. I thought the series was pretty good. Not amazing, nor actively terrible, but pleasant enough to watch week after week, especially since the visuals and music both perfectly capture the richness of Tolkien’s world, which is like my ideal happy place at this point.

Well, that’s because he would have liked to come and meet us, but he thought he’d blow our minds.

Okay, full disclosure, I don’t watch this show, which is why I saw the headline and thought “Wait, we’re only in what season?” Didn’t the first season debut forever ago? And we’re only just now getting to season 2?

So after reading this and other reviews basically damn this movie with faint praise, the big question for me here is: based off of this movie’s quality, how worried are we about Wes Ball’s next movie being a long-awaited adaption of Legend of Zelda?

I’m a bit wary of this new director Wes Ball based on his track record (known for the “meh” Maze Runner series).

I dunno, The Nice Guys feels like it’s playing the same sport, even if it’s not necessarily in the same ballpark.

Yeah, it’s kind of a crapshoot. Seems like for every Clint Eastwood, Greta Gerwig, Mel Gibson (as controversial as he is as a person, he’s a very skilled director), Ben Affleck, or early-career Kenneth Branagh, there are just as many Olivia Wilde’s, Zach Braff’s, William Shatner’s or later-career Kenneth Branagh’s.

Why does every single facial expression Tom Brady makes look like he’s simultaneously struggling to solve an algebra equation and also smelling a fart?

That is a fair stance to take, honestly. The third film being any good really is kind of a fluke, probably owed largely to it really being its own thing, so yeah. It’s the exception that proves the rule: The Exorcist really is not “franchise” material.

I Care a Lot also has one of my favorite movie trailers I’ve ever seen.

It’s just pining for Fjords! Very lovely plumage, isn’t it?

Aw, no love for the third film? I thought that one, while not perfect, still had a lot of good points going for it.

Aside from the excellent TV show, the only other Exorcist sequel/spin-off I would recommend is The Exorcist III (and none of the rest). If the original is a solid 4-star movie, then this one is the only one that’s a 3-star film (the rest are 2-1 star affairs).

If Margaret Qualley is supposed to be the younger version of Demi Moore, then casting did an excellent job.

Yeah, that’s a very good point. It’s crazy that their default lighting of their “hero” Superman’s costume made it darker than Evil Superman in Superman III:

I’m aged 39 and would like to remind you that you don’t speak for me, buddy.

It will always frustrate me that they consciously did Henry Cavill’s hair to not showcase his *natural* spit-curl. (Just like it frustrates me that his Superman never got to, you know, be in a good movie)

Huh. Didn’t realize that Mike Lindell was just Paul Bearer after faking a death and losing weight.

“Why do we even have that lever!?”

As a failed film director who always had a “vision” about how I would do a Legend of Zelda movie if I could... I’m going to have a very hard time watching someone else tackle the material, especially someone who I don’t know if I trust yet to give LoZ the “Legend-meets-The Princess Bride-meets-Willow-meets-Princess…