A pretty uneven episode. It got off to a really rocky start until the "gay robot" sketch, which was a rather brave satire on on how diversity politics can turn into out-of-touch sanctimony.

I like M&Ms as a movie snack. Smarties have a greater shell-to-chocolate ratio, or at least the shell seems more prominent due to its texture. I also think Sausage Party looks irritating, though.

I couldn't care less about Marvel vs. DC agendas and I'm not mistaking dark moods for seriousness of purpose. BvS is the deeper movie because it's actually felt, and is conveying those feelings through emotive aesthetics. So, yes, it's actually an angry movie, and that makes it darker, fine, but Civil War gives…

Not substantial, because the Marvel movies after the era of Raimi's Spider-Mans/Del Toro's Blade II all have the same easy centre-leftist politics and use the same TV-level cinematic language.

I never said anything about it being "dark." Tell a Nolan or Fincher fan; the exact people who condemn Snyder but fall for such trivialties.

I didn't even like the first scene of 31 very much.

BVS is a storytelling mess and is barely watchable in places, BUT it's the only comic book superhero movie this year that's actually auteurist, and it's visually beautiful and thematically courageous.

Reviewing movies by checklist is what's really lowered the bar of thoughtful criticism. It's possible for a movie to fail the Bechdel Test AND be progressive, but that requires a willingness to actually experience something and then an ability to think about it.

I'd like to see more of her, because she's, well, pretty easy on the eyes, but she's constantly cast as the "sassy best friend" and maybe doesn't have the ability for caricature that helps SNL performers. In fact, I'm not sure she's ever said or done anything funny on the show in three years, but this may be because…

I've seen it. I think the things I said I think about it.

Ariel, Alice, and Lilo are fallible. If we're branching out beyond the female and human lead-combos, Pinocchio, Bambi, Dumbo, Kuzco, and Aladdin are very fallible. But Moana isn't attempting to get away with things Disney did in the past. Ever since Frozen (if not The Princess and the Frog) Disney has wanted its…

I tend to get annoyed by the "white people" criticism myself, as it's usually a sure sign I'm dealing with a lightweight who is most certainly also white (and I realize the intellectual bind I've created here). But there's also a real problem I'm seeing in movies wanting so badly to be representative of diversity that…

I don't want to come across as too harsh on the movie, as I think it's fairly good, but to answer your question, movies can start by prioritizing human beings over topical issues. I understand that the point of the lead in Moonlight is that he lacks "identity," but because of this he never comes across as a fully…

Yup, and the thing is the "teen movie" is a genre unto itself, and not merely movies about teenagers. The Edge of Seventeen is the only one that really constitutes a take on the teen movie. American Honey is just a privileged older person approaching (lower class) teens as wildlife anthropology. Moonlight is…

I agree with this. I'm a fan of both the Waters version and the movie musical, and if they're politically resonant (I think they are) it's because they're about ongoing issues. The past is just a veil.

I'll concede I poorly phrased that line: No sane person has an issue watching movies with women or POC in them. Trump voters have all sorts of bigoted shit going on, but the majority of them probably enjoyed The Force Awakens.

Look, there are idiots in the world, but by making the thoughts and actions of an EXTREME minority on some unswept corner of the internet into a news story, you're exacerbating an issue and creating distrust between people. This happened with FURY ROAD, THE FORCE AWAKENS and GHOSTBUSTERS. No sane person gives a shit,…

I'm not blaming identity politics. I'm blaming Trump supporters for thinking identity politics posed a threat (which, as much as you insist otherwise, is a fear many of them have), as well as the Clinton campaign for not reaching out beyond i.p. to the working class and the working poor (which I gather you might agree…

The reason the Democrats lost the election isn't simply because they couldn't reach the working class. Those who voted for Trump for reasons of economic reform have no excuse, either. They need to demand a Universal Basic Income, not vote for the party that consistently undermines employment benefits. So if that's the…

I disagree that they have a persecution complex. They're the most open-minded filmmakers in the mainstream. I'll even admit there's a clunkiness to Sense8's hyper-earnestness (and its lapses into action movie mode are insecure), but the Wachowskis aren't faking their message either. They really believe this stuff. As…