And I say that full-well knowing that it sounds bad. Because it’s the truth. And truth is more important than politics.

I am not about relegating certain types. Give me a good superhero movie and it will be good. Give me a great one and it will be great. But I will not pretend, with the rest of America, that anything black is suddenly the best thing in theaters because it’s black or slightly better than average. You don’t see me…

I’m willing to be wrong, when I see it, but I would be shocked, and I think it’s much more likely that you’re making a bold, stupid statement by saying it is without a doubt the best movie of the year.

Logan, for example, was one of the few Marvel movies that transcended the beat-em-up, thin villain, no characters, no transcendence Marvel rhetoric, and even that was not good enough (not close) to be called the best movie of the year. So all I hear is either a Marvel fan or black pandering, and neither one is about…

Hey, if you like Black Panther as the best movie of the young year, then that suggests to me you only even know about the big box office smash. So, I mean, enjoy the box office, but there’s a world outside your bubble.

I don’t know what I’m saying, here. But I know there is a difference between Kubrick and Get Out, and I know the characters could have been deeper.

It was good, though. Definitely, very good, and fresh.

Yes, thank you. Get Out was good, not great.

Yes, I say it isn’t the type of movie worthy to be there, because it is clearly a by-the-numbers superhero movie with some redeeming features that push it above the Marvel fare. (And I think any “type” of movie can be there, and deserve to. Mad Max should have won the year it was nominated. Etc.) By type of movie, I…

I believe it was decent. But sure, there are other movies that don’t deserve to be there. That doesn’t mean we should shoehorn in some black shit because it is more diverse. How about Moonlight? That’s good. That deserved to be there. More like that. Saying Black Panther deserved to be there, in any year, even a year…

Unquestionably? What about Annihilation? Oscar-bait doesn’t mean art, it means Oscar-bait, and there’s a difference. Black Panther looks good, but come on, if you care about art, and I’m gathering you don’t, you wouldn’t know that Black Panther is the best movie of the year without at least mentioning this other one.

Okay, just wanted to make sure, lol.

We can watch it now, and we can still say, “Yes, Armageddon is better than Transformers, and Transformers is not better than Back to the Future.” Etc.

I’m not sure what you mean by that, but I’m just saying, dumbing ourselves down doesn’t help anyone. There is artistic quality, and if you can’t see it, that’s fine, but don’t say it’s not there. That doesn’t mean Kubrick isn’t making work fundamentally better, saying something deeper, doing something more deeply,…

True, although there is objective value, to some extent. For example, The Dark Knight is much deeper than Batman Forever. Objectively, and then it’s down to, do you see the depth? I don’t want a bunch of people who don’t see the depth telling me Girls Trip is better than Get Out, or Get Out is better than 2001: A…

Which show is that? I’m just wondering.

But if we’re talking about inclusion, let’s talk about breaking down restrictions, not forcing in stuff just because it would be a good idea to be it, there.

I hope you’re not referring to me. I’m not a Nolan fanboy, but I just happened to think Dunkirk was good. Very good, exceptional from what a war film (or any film) usually is.

That is a good point, to see more inclusion, but you just need to have it (and by “it,” I mean nominations) when it’s deserved. The Dark Knight did deserve to be there (and anyone who knows movies knows that, or at least it was an extraordinary superhero film that transcended the genre; Marvels usually don’t, even if…

But I was the bad guy for assuming that, and I hope you don’t feel too attacked, because that was shitty of me, to conflate.