In some ways, Thor’s initial blandness actually helps him as a character, because it actually gives him somewhere to go over the course of the MCU franchise. Thor develops--fairly organically--into a funnier, humbler, more haunted and dinged-up character by the time he arrives at Infinity War... Unlike Tony, who…

Yeah, Wahlberg seems like a grade-A douche, but he can be good. He was, no bullshit, the best thing in I Heart Huckabees.  And while Kang fucking hates that movie, it had Isabelle Huppert, Dustin Hoffman, and Lily fucking Tomlin.

Yeah it feels funny to root for someone who really hasn’t ever been a good actor(and dear lord his attempt at an...uh...English accent in ‘Dracula’ is something that should be hard for anyone to live down), but here we are.

Thinking back to ‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’... It’s pretty neat that through the sheer perseverance that finally led him to John Wick, Keanu has managed to complete the unlikely evolution from ‘woodenest pretty boy actor ever’ to ‘beloved authentic action star’. By all accounts it sounds like Reeves is a very decent,…

This always seemed like a dumb excuse to not embrace the Green Goblin. The story, in its essence, is about a boy who becomes a man, vs. a man who regresses into a petulant child. They easily could have used Osborn’s mental illness as excuse for him to put on a weird halloween costume.

IIRC, that monologue to the mirror was Dafoe’s idea when he auditioned (yeah, they made him audition!). Sensibly, Raimi hired him.

The thing is, mechanical webshooters weren’t just evidence of Parker’s genius... they were a great hook for suspense scenes. Because that motherfucker was ALWAYS running out of web fluid at the worst moments, much to the readers’ delight. ’60’s Spider-Man’s web-shooters had about the same battery life as my stupid…

The thing is, Raimi DID try the ‘costumed wisecracking’ Spidey in Spider-Man 1, in several scenes. But only in fits and starts, and it seemed a bit forced. In the next movie, instead of fighting against Tobey’s performance, he harnessed Maguire’s actorly ambivalence to highlight Pete’s existential crisis, and it…

Also, LOL-typers account for 99% of self-upvoters.  

No relation!

Meant to type ‘actually’ not ‘acrually’. Kang was NOT doing an offensive Asian stereotype character. Just FYI in case any actual racists try to use it to get me fired from my job.

They should keep it in the news because it’s acrually a legitimate stress point that overlaps pop culture, internet ethics, and the cynical weaponization of political correctness to punish people who are actual valuable creative voices.  Roseanne and Gunn are NOT equivalent cases and there cannot be enough words typed…

Fun fact: People who type LOL to punctuate their posts are, ironically, the saddest of garbage people.

Yeah, the one main takeaway from this whole thing is that Dave Bautista is a loyal, awesome dude who tolerates zero shit. Particularly impressive since he’s the least powerful actor in the original Guardians cast.

Yeah, ‘she ticks off all the boxes’ AVClub... except being even remotely charismatic onscreen.

Couldn’t have happened to a nicer pile of hate-engorged meat!

Dave Bautista is the man.  That is all.  

‘Grammer at least had the courtesy to alternate the stoking and puncturing of his ego. Here, Harry must be revealed not just as a redeemable guy who made a series of mistakes, but a great guy who deeply regrets his one and possibly only mistake.’

James Gunn is not remotely a pedophile, so one can only wonder what you’re projecting about.

You’re right. In a just world, someone... let’s say a time-traveling conqueror, would use his immense power to magically cure talented, suffering people like Bourdain of whatever torturous anguish that drives them to kill themselves and leave their families bereft.