I quite liked it, but I feel like Flanagan’s style of empathy horror is just going to be divisive.

The wine bottle bit came off to me as illuminating Kendall’s coked up narcissism and selfishness in Rava’s eyes, rather than building some rift with Naomi.

Better movie!

This movie stands with IT Chapter 2 in its level of baffling awfulness. The mob scenes alone are something from a Simpsons episode. Bringing Lonnie back and that random nurse in the station wagon? There’s also some truly atrocious dialogue, and not just the Simpsons-esque ‘Evil Dies Tonight!’ chant.

Damn you, anyhow, Arthur Aurelius Dowd! (Am I close?)

More Tugg Speedman nonsense from our dear Mssr. Emmerich. 

Penn Badgley seems like a solid dude. He tweets solely about social injustice it seems, and responds to fan pleas of “Kidnap me, Daddy,” with a solid “No.”

All them English actors, stealin our jobs and puttin on flat accents that sound like dubs from a 70s karate movie...

It seemed folks were disappointed in some aspect by the return to the status quo for these characters - but it seems that was precisely White’s point. Even Armond’s horrible death is easily glossed over by the appearance of a new guy in his place. Pretty damn depressing! 

I’ve been seeing some Twitter anger that Paula didn’t get a ‘happy’ ending, but she’s just another destroyer to come to the island and leave. If we’re supposed to feel sympathetic because she’s a WOC and presumably doesn’t have Olivia’s advantaged background, that ain’t working on me, bubba.

How on earth does the movie navigate the twist of the previous film? 

I don’t think Paula’s being framed as poor or sweet - convincing a vacay fling to commit grand theft for ???. She doesn’t even know why she’s doing it, outside of sticking it to the Mossbachers. 

This sinks it. Humanity is a net negative.

I don’t find Paula particularly sympathetic, considering the way she treats people she doesn’t value (Armond, Quinn) as a servant and/or messy room. I feel like she’s a sketch of performative wokeness as well - whether that’s intentional, who knows, but I have far more empathy for Armond’s addiction struggles than…

I do wish this was RE7 kickstart of the franchise rather than a remake - still excited to see the end product, however, and whatever Callisto Protocol turns out to be. 

Any trustworthy client would give her a pass til she got home. Knowingly having some work on their honeymoon is some wage slavery bullshit. 

As someone with a barely above average freelance writing career myself, any client that would drop you for not taking an assignment on your honeymoon is a shit client you don’t want to begin with. God help me, but I agree with Shane on that much.

Let’s not get crazy!

Pretty fun flick all told - though I would’ve like Snyder to chop about 20 minutes and go full high-octane action schlock. He’s just not good at the heavier emotional beats, even with Bautista doing what he can with the material.  

The man can emote! He’s a treasure.