The story beats were good, but the actual execution of the story was a big whiff.
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The best compliment I can give it is that it'll join my annual Christmas rotation. I had a big goofy grin and three sizes bigger heart through the whole thing (although it is jarring to have a GOTG entry without Zoe/Gamora - find her soon, gang!)
Technically at most it’s two degrees as literally any actor from this special is now one degree away from him and almost everyone has worked with them via Infinity War/Endgame (except for anyone who died prior to that movie)… so I guess at most its 3 degrees? Unless you claim the MCU having Kevin Bacon in it as a…
It centers the whole story around the male heir. That undercuts the powerful narrative of the women of Wakanda, articulating that their only truly important role is mother.
I think he meant her story WITHIN the movie, not overall for all time
Lazy worthless shit. You don’t deserve the gift of entertainment.
They should be easy to spot with some examination, yes. But:
The Mandalorian does have an inbuilt story mechanism allowing Pascal to not actually be needed on set for a large part of the time.
“Guess, we have Superman to thank for this (Geralt grunt). Truly, wish Cavill could just stay on both but who knows what his new commitment will be to the Man of Steel over at DC Studios. Hopefully, we’ll find out soon as season 3, his final as Geralt has wrapped.”
Between GOTG and Peacemaker, he has shown that he can develop strong characterization and build relationships with those characters that are complex, believeable and enjoyable, while not sacrificing action.
“When are we getting the X-Men?”
It worked.
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special will be out in December.
Current slate for movies is:
‘Significant’ and ‘subtle’ are antonyms, I think.
A little off topic, but that tweet brings up a great point - Square Enix has an insane pace lately with these smaller and more interesting titles. Nintendo’s also killing it and maintaining a strong release schedule while Sony and Microsoft seem to be struggling in that regard. It makes me wonder if the fascination…