I’m literally literally speechless. Sad day.

It does leave me wanting more.

Despite the title, this was not a war movie. Great battles, soldiers with agency, generals making plans and predictions, strategy, tactics, ... NONE of that occurred. Only the execution of warfare occurred.

In the films, particularly the earlier ones, where the Jedi weighed outcomes and methods, they were on good moral footing. When they spouted ‘tenets’ and ‘rules’ and other absolutist judgmental dogma, it was not hard to see their moral footing slipping.

I was literally about to post the same thing.  I love CW.  His natural presence was wasted in the role.

It is like WB put Joker in charge of making a Batman movie. How do you destroy Batman? You do it by destroying his character, by destroying the idea of him, by destroying the ideals he stood for.

Study hard, apply again and again, Bob’s your uncle..., you’re a director.

I’d love to see someone perform the Stanford Marshmallow test with Shyamalan (or his daughter, who’s totally real) fans during a screening.

Dakota Johnson won’t make another superhero movie and Kyrsten Sinema won’t run for re-election to Senate.

Thanks for making the distinction between generative vs performative artistic aspects as well as production vs consumption. Two steps deeper into the weeds.

Some might say the purpose of art is to say something or show something, but all art needs to do is create an ineffable experience. Philosopher John Dewey says that art is an aesthetic experience.

There are several mashed-up canards in OP post. Sure, there are ‘stories’ behind the scenes in sports including the individual player stories and the rise and fall of franchises. Sure, one can say ‘sports’ and encompass figure skating while mostly evoking directly competitive sports.

This is a strange comparison on its face.

Wait, Madame Web Is a Period Piece?

Clothing spontaneously catching fire?  Now we know where George Santos used pants go.  ;-P

Not sold on Wan, but would be happy to see anyone take another shot at JC.

Deep Rising is a ‘Treat’ ;-P

Does it matter if the movie fails? If it’s tedious dreck? If it was a waste of money and time for the studios and audience?

BBTS is a fun watch. The mostly TV cast made it feel more like a small screen product. If you like schlock (and I do), it’s a fun watch.

My favorite two word review is ‘Stupider Rising.’
I’ll probably watch it eventually, if only to see if it’s as much of a vapid regurgitation of ‘all the sci-fi ZS ever saw’ as others are describing. But I intend to watch Battle Beyond the Stars afterward to see which ‘Seven Samurai in Space’ gives me more joy.