I meant in the traditional sense of “dramatizing” something, which does not usually mean “placing in a montage.”

Neil Casey did a good job with that character’s self-obsessed victim mentality. I thought he was actually scary. There are millions of guys like that out there.

Here’s the thing that grinds my gears about SM3, more than Venom or the dancing or Harry’s magic butler telling him the truth of Norman’s death: the Sandman story and how it affects the overall Spider-Man mythos.

There’s a lot to dislike about X3, but the one thing that’s always felt off to me is that it seems like it was made to be the end of the series, simply because it was the third movie and trilogies have 3 parts so why not. So most of the characters get killed or fuck off because whatever it’s the last movie in the…

I’ve always loved Superman’s personal drama not being that he’s ever vulnerable, but that everyone else is. That he lives by a code of honor that says he has to be a paragon of virtue and has the power to uphold it, but how can he truly save everyone, even those who don’t want to be saved? I think it’s something that…

This movie gets two things right. That plane rescue sequence and casting Brandon Routh. His turn as Ray Palmer in the Arrowverse shows he has exactly the right amount of “Aw, shucks” type charisma to play the Big Blue Boy Scout but the script and direction of Returns doesn’t let him show that.

Yeah, that plane rescue sequence is still thrilling. Superman just flying through debris, instead of dodging it, was a nice touch. What’s especially agonizing is how early in the film that is, and then it’s almost nothing after that. It never truly soars again. It’s a frustrating experience. I’d been hyped for the…

The Joker was hilarious, in a terrifying way:

I used to be of this line of thinking but at this point, honestly, I’m OK with how much we got, because what is there is goddamn perfect Harvey Two-Face that I don’t think extended screentime was going to improve on it. That last scene with Gordon and Batman is just not gonna be topped with that character for me.

People are imagining the Nolanverse’s grimdarkness through the prism of the genuinely dour and self-serious Snyderverse films. The quip-quotient isn’t quite as high as your average Marvel movie, but Nolan’s films are anything but humorless. They even have not one but two non-stop quip machines in Alfred and Lucius…

ultimately it’s focused more on Joker rather than any other character.

I see what you’re saying, but the MCU exploded because of Avengers, not Iron Man. People forget that Thor 1 and Cap 1 were solid but unspectacular successes, and Hulk was a middling performer. I just don’t see how one could argue that Iron Man as a film made a more indelible impact on the culture than The Dark Knight.

COMMISSIONER GORDON: You’re gonna have to give him a moment. Batman has to think about his entire life before he fights crime.

“Monsieur Incroyable!”

Underminer is an all timer of a villain name

*Batman’s parents, once again, are murdered*

He’s one of those guys with a very distinctive voice who can shade it well — there isn’t a hell of a lot of difference between Syndrome and Brodie in Mallrats, they’re both obnoxious fanboys, but Brodie is ultimately too much of a slacker to be a real problem to anyone; the petulance in Syndrome’s voice is far more…

can I add two more reasons why this is the best superhero movies? The production design (flawless mid-century modern meets Ken Adams Bond) and the music. God I love the music - just a perfect groove on 60's Bond with a bit of Bernstien that swings like Basie. Too bad none of the Marvel movies have music as memorable.

The whole jungle fight scene (and to a lesser extent the final Omnidroid fight sequence) is still, for my money, the best action sequence in any superhero movie.

A feature-length musical about ordering lobster at a New York City diner.