I came here to kick ass and eat chocolates. And my box is all out of chocolates.

This is the internet, he’s talking about all of us on it.

I’ll let Todd Phillips’ wallet talk regarding what political side he’s on:

He was just so good you never found out he existed before he retired to become a lumberjack.

He was a hitman, he killed people for money.

I decided to look Todd Phillips up at Open Secrets:

I think by “the realities of the world we live in” he’s referring to “the discourse” created by people like himself. You can’t just tell clickbait writers they’re off-base!

Hey, Jared Leto’s Joker was inspired by David Ayers’ gritty realistic research into Instagram gangsters :)

I’m sympathetic to your POV, but I’m also a pedant so I must make some “technically...” points.

As I won’t be seeing the film until Tuesday, I can’t be sure, but my understanding from the reviews I’ve read is that Joker starts out retaliating against specific people who wronged him. He then gets positive feedback from people who don’t actually understand who he is or what his motivations are, and this encourages…

I don’t recall Philips ever declaring himself to be a conservative, and I’m confused about how anything he’s done constitutes “wrapping himself in the flag”.

I can grant any side you want for the sake of argument, as it has no bearing on what Phillips said about the overall merits of any side.

I thought even spambots varied their comments a little.

The AV Club actually gave it a higher grade from A.A. Dowd, one of their actual critics rather click-generators.

I agree we can distinguish them, but once that point is granted it’s still debateable whether Joker’s approach is actually worse:

I don’t think she’s seen the movie, as it is my impression that a lot of that stuff is not in it.

In that quote he’s not comparing the overall merits of the far left and right, but just saying that they can sound like each other when it suits their agenda.

John Wick doesn’t just kill “the specific people” who invaded his house, he kills an enormous number of people. He’s supposed to be a retired hitman, who “earned” his retirement with some ginormous act of killing that helped permanently cement his boss in place. Said boss’ son (played by Alfie Allen) screws up and…

I’ll agree about Rogue One.

So Disney didn’t even accomplish the one thing they were aiming at while sacrificing everything else?