I always assumed that the next film would be called Fast and Furious: This One Goes Up To 11.

Err...did you not see the mid-credits scene?

Star Wars? Are you sure you’re not confusing Sight & Sound with Empire?

Well I’m British and I don’t recognise it.

What the hell does “It’s been a grip” mean?

It’s not “on the eve of the film’s projected victory lap”. It’s the eve of the film’s release. You do a victory lap after you’ve already won the race.

You’re talking about this one, i guess?

Based ON.

Casting idea off the top of my head: Ethan Hawke.

I get that, but certain constructions also rely on logic, and not just the amount of people using them. Something is “based on”, because it’s on a base. That’s what bases are. People also say “literally” when they mean “figuratively”. The fact that a lot of people do it doesn’t stop it being nonsense.

Then people use that as a justification: “lots of people say it so it must be right”. And people who say that they did something “on accident” are even more incomprehensible to me.

Based ON. Not based “off of”. FFS.

Seeing a thing acted out in front of your eyes is very different from reading a description of it.

I assumed he meant commercial failure.

Have you seen Armageddon?

I accidentally bought 4DX tickets when i took my kids to see Jumanji, but in that case I felt it actually worked. A relatively short, dumb rollercoaster ride kind of film can benefit from this treatment. three hours of angsty, broody detective drama, maybe less so.

It’s a creative choice rather than incompetence. But I agree that it’s too dark.

Every older film you named there was, in turn, influenced by something that came before. And how the hell does The Last Jedi = Battlestar Galactica? One or two similar ideas doesn’t make something a rip-off.

Thing is, in industry parlance the kind of in camera stuff you describe is known as “special effects” which is distinct from “visual effects” which are done in post-production and add things that weren’t physically present on set.

A VFX award for Tenet makes no sense when, as you admit, a lot of the most impressive images were created in camera. In fact I was surprised it was even nominated.