I’m coming across this comment two years later, but I wanted to say I did the same thing (anime, prologue film), and loved every second of it. I’m only just now getting to play Royal with all the DLC and I’m so excited.

Kakashi’s dad and the second-shittiest Uchiha after Sasuke made it onto this list, but Shikamaru didn’t? Absolutely criminal.

The thing about LoFi Girl is that the “livestream” aspect of it is just a bunch of soothing lofi songs playing while the animation has a small loop. So, no streamers, no promotions really, it’s more just a chill radio station that she’s essentially the visual mascot for.

Not for nothing, but while he seems to be incredibly confident in himself and his art to the point of unbearable arrogance, he does also seem to be a stand-up guy. https://www.cinemablend.com/interviews/guillermo-del-toro-wants-to-clarify-a-misconception-about-james-camerons-role-in-his-fathers-kidnapping

I'd say it's *bittersweet* news. I really liked Cara Dune as a character, and it's a bummer that Gina Carano turned out to have really terrible views that she wanted to double and triple down on. Hoping to see more of Cara in the books/comics at least.

It's also my favorite of the Craig Bonds. Two of us! Two of us!

It wasn’t a matter of surviving the bomb blast. The issue was that the nanobots on him made a continual ticking time bomb death sentence for Madeleine and his daughter. It was transferable through touch, so even if he chose not to see them again, he couldn’t touch ANYBODY for fear it would continue on and potentially…

I genuinely loved Top Gun: Maverick and Avatar: The Way of Water, but don't think they should have been included in Best Picture. So if films can be recognized for "Best" because they're pop culture and financial marvels and little else and because EVERYONE saw it, I don't see why a genuinely great performance…

I unironically love Zack Ward in everything I see him in. I mean no disrespect when I say he’s my favorite C-list actor, because he tends to have only small roles in larger projects or big roles in terrible projects, but whatever it is, he makes it better. He’s very briefly, like, the roommate(?) in The Curse of…

I actually quite enjoyed Don’t Worry Darling. I wasn’t a fan of the twist, but I thought the rest was pretty good, and the cinematography was terrific.

No mention at all that this is based off a novel by Paul Tremblay, who also wrote A Head Full of Ghosts and Disappearance at Devil’s Rock?

The only similarity between Cabin in the Woods and The Cabin At the End of the World (the book title) is that a sacrifice is needed to avert the apocalypse, and even then it’s a number of people fitting specific tropey roles vs one random family member, and it’s freeing/awakening the old gods vs a potential undefined…

You don’t need to see Knives Out to watch, understand, and enjoy Glass Onion. I do recommend Knives Out as also a good film.

There are a few villains, actually. Arlo and Bo Crowder were both more than one season, and I’m pretty sure Theo Tonin, Dickie Bennett, and Wynn Duffy all survived to the very end.

I actually LOVE Man of Steel in a way I’ve never appreciated Superman before, but yeah, that’s probably my only complaint, and it is a loud one.

Calling it average IS charitable.

This is a remarkably reductive take. I actually actively dislike Superman, but he’s been a pillar of American Mythology for almost 90 years and is, for many, a symbol of hope and optimism. But even then, if Superman isn’t the project you want to see, it’s one of a number of projects that will collectively form Gunn…

I also liked Thor 2 as a dark fantasy film, especially with the Loki/Thor interactions and the gravity of Freya’s murder.

I think she meant this more as a response to the vocal minority upset about “pandering” MCU projects that are skewed to younger crowds (Ms Marvel) or have female leads, or are more comedic (Thor: Love and Thunder). That the projects, even if they include something that doesn’t necessarily appeal to us or that we think…

I found this to be an interesting take as well. There are some stone-cold classics that I personally found to be overrated (despite a terrific performance by Gloria Swanson, I could do without Sunset Boulevard), but Dial M For Murder, Shane, On the Waterfront, 12 Angry Men? As you said, the darker, more ethically…