Oh hey remember when Gilliam took it upon himself to shit all over Michelle Williams after Heath Ledger died? Or when he also took it upon himself to defend Johnny Depp? He’s always been a dick. Let’s ignore him and celebrate far more interesting directors who aren’t dicks. 

white men to blame for everything?  just b/c they’ve been in charge ever since the beginning of time?  makes no sense to me.

Nah its pretty accurate. He’s made some of a lot of people’s favourite movies, so it’s sad he’s so out of touch and bitter these days, and his status as a film industry underdog makes it even more disappointing.

No I think they’re saying that it’s harder to empathize with people who spent their career pointedly not empathizing with others.

I think that’s part of the answer to the question I’m seeing a lot from friends on FB and Knowledgable People in the Journalism Business: “Why isn’t this film a hit?” Because it’s Fox News and folks are having a hard time separating their feelings about the network from the crimes. No one approves of the harassment…

I was hoping the Spahn Ranch scene would be on here. So much tension in this scene, I’d imagine it would be nearly the same if the viewer had little to no knowledge of the Manson family.

I’ve said this before but my issue with Bombshell is that it’s the story of women who spread propaganda for The Leopards Eating People’s Faces Party for years who got rightfully upset when leopards ate their faces but don’t really care when leopards eat other people’s faces.

Is that sarcasm? Most of us love Star Wars despite the iffy writing, not because if it.

Familiarity isn't want Star Wars fans want. Good writing IS. 

They goddamn better. 

So yes, of course I’ll be seeing this in the cinema. But I’ll be really sullen about it

I truly don’t know why your point hasn’t been brought up more. Abrams’ track record is EXTREMELY spotty. 

Hot take: everyone has been taking Star Wars way way way way way more seriously than they should have been since about 1993 at least, if not earlier, and everyone should shut up about it for a few years.

I like Daisy Ridley and Adam Driver a lot, so I assume this trilogy is still better than Lucas’s plan to make the third trilogy about the little creatures that live inside midichlorians.

Support thread for folks who found both Force Awakens and TLJ boring and realized you’ll never love Star Wars as much as you did as a child and that’s ok

I detect a tinge of resentment in this review, and I suspect that will be the position of most critics, since so many of them absolutely loved The Last Jedi. Fans may well favor the fixes, though, because deep down, familiarity may be what they really want. Star Wars getting a new trilogy at all (when it never needed…

This is a movie directed by the same man who directed Star Trek: Into Darkness

I had problems with TLJ, but bringing back ghost robot palpatine is the most boring story to follow up that movie.

“It’s OK” seems to be the consensus.

I’m always amused by the notion that (a.) there are like, dozens of yet-to-be-released movies screening in the last two weeks of the year (instead of maybe two) and (b.) if lists waited until 12/31, everyone will have magically seen every possible movie by *that* arbitrary deadline instead of a slightly different…