Okay, that makes sense. That was how I read it at first, but then reading the above comment made me wonder. Thanks for replying!

So are we crapping on The Big Short now? It received overwhelmingly positive reviews, a fair number of Oscar nominations, and one Oscar win. Now it’s a “frequently frustrating movie?”

I’ll be honest. That kind of hurts.

Oh, I didn’t even connect that second clause to 500 Days. I think the writer is way off base. Calling the character despicable strikes me as ridiculous, particularly when drawing connections to what’s being described in this show.

Thank you, Dowd. I’ve always enjoyed your reviews and will miss seeing them here.

That makes sense. It’s not the word I would have used (due to the denotation of the word), but if that’s what she meant by it, then I get it. Thanks for the reply.

I the word safe is what is confusing to me here. I didn’t feel respected sounds more like what you’re describing. When she says she didn’t feel safe, that sounds much different and more serious than what you’re describing and is presented in this article. I’m curious if there were also issues of safety he was causing.…

“In her first scene, Helly is filmed from above. Her hair is disheveled and her legs splayed out on the conference table as if she’s been the victim of an assault, which is exactly what’s happened.”

Good points on the crime element, bfred and Citric. I hadn’t thought of that.

“They died. It was natural causes/accident/criminal.”

Holy cow! That just seems ridiculous.

Well, he did become the Big Bad at the end of TLJ. He killed Snoke and Hux wasn’t going to do anything to stop Kylo. And that was really intriguing. It’s just too bad JJ (and a lot of fans) didn’t like it.

Isn’t that a popsocket? They did mention it in the article.

I bought the iPhone mini for that same reason. The only issue I’ve had is that it falls through my cupholder, which is where I would put my phone when using the GPS. Also, everyone comments on how small my phone is. haha

“By the sounds of things, he’ll still get that—but with much wealthier new neighbors.”

This reminds me of the recent Planet of the Apes. There’s no realistic situation (once you get past dinosaurs being around) where the government wouldn’t have completely obliterated these creatures by now. It’s just so stupid.

Thank you. I guess I really didn’t remember anything.

2001's effects are simply incredible. I think the stand up even to this day.

I don’t remember the train sequence or pretty much anything else from the movie. Wait, did Jabba the Hutt show up at some point?

I agree. The Mandalorian started losing me when they killed off Kuiil - who was a new character with an apparently interesting past. And then in Season 2 they just went further and further into the callbacks and connections to other Star Wars movies and shows. It didn’t feel like they had a lot to say beyond Mando and…