Climax, like all Noe movies, is shit. Pretty to look at, but ultimately not worth the meanspiritedness  bordering on nihilism. And Climax is especially egregious in the way it basically boils down to the acid version of Reefer Madness. Anyone who’s done acid knows that the characters’ behavior isn’t believable. They…

It’s far from airtight. As you say, when they leave the house, things fall apart quickly. The way Captain America has to keep repeating “you must get the toxicology report!” aptly demonstrates that it isn’t organic to the plot—Johnson is convincing us, the viewers, that it matters, because otherwise we’d be asking…

Meh, Knives Out was a slightly better version of Clue, which is to say it was one more middling murder mystery.  

You’re going to be blown away when you get to college and learn about “subjectivity.”

It was also hamstrung by not having much of a story for the first 45 minutes, jumping around in time without much explanation, trotting out Scorcese’s same-old mob tropes for the 50th time, not being fun, or exciting, or funny, being about 16 years too long and wasting the shit out of Joe Pesci. 

Sorry, but US is so silly, with a plot that falls apart under even the most passing scrutiny, it’s truly a dumb movie that insults its viewers’ intelligence. It’s very hard to be scared by something that’s so easy to pick apart.

Are you surprised that someone who points out the absurdity of the deus ex ratina in Endgame is also pointing out the absurdity of the Canto Bright mission?  Seems pretty on brand.

Because in your feeble mind posts on the internet and $200 million movies are somehow comparable?

Shazam was definitely the best DCU movie, and far better than nearly all the MCU movies (GotG2 and Thor excluded). It’s funny, touching, and more than anything, not the SAME FUCKING THING FOR THE BILLIONTH TIME.

Tina has long said he’s an egotist that’s compounded by him being on the spectrum, and thus not being very socially graceful. 

Yeah, but then you aren’t getting any Tom Tom Club in the mix.

Whatever the reason, if they pick you for a pat down, you owe it to the universe to make the entire thing as embarrassing and stupid and possible. I (a large, grown ass man) usually start off with some light giggling, try to make some sex noises/ “oh, yeah, that’s it”, and, when they’re patting down my crotch area, I…

Of course.  But then I’m sitting in America watching a movie in English, so when these culturally foreign moments keep popping up, it’s confusing and pulls you out of the story.

The problem with the Canto Bright sequence is that the entire mission doesn’t make sense. First, I don’t believe there’s only one person in the universe that could crack the First Order code, but even if there were, how would turtle lady know that codebreaker was in any particular place at any given time? It’s not…

If ever there were a movie that suffered from trying to play to Chinese audiences, this is it. Every 15 minutes the characters stop to discuss how a particular thing is reflective of their Chinese culture (“Hey, what are those fish?” “Those are coi fish, they stand for strength and honor.” “Hey, I’ll be like a coi…

Hmm, you say its “more of the same,” but the first movie was one of the better family action/comedy films in recent memory.  Definitely better than a C.

If you mean “internally realistic,” agreed. MCU films follow superhero rules, and in that regard are typically internally consistent. But if you tell me you’re fine with your heroes winning thanks to a deus ex machina, well, your standards are different from mine.

Well said.  Joker is like that American Sniper movie--it was designed to do one thing, to tickle the fancy of MAGA dudes (and people who hate MAGA dudes).  Absolute A+ for a quality troll, but as a movie, it’s pure derivative shit. 

Counterpoint:  it’s pure shit, one of the worst if not THE worst “live action” remakes Disney has made.  It misses everything that made the original great, and yeah, it something akin to watching your beloved Grandma being brought back to life as a zombie.

Well said on JoJo Rabbit.  I read the script, which I though was one of the funniest I’ve ever read, but the movie was inert by comparison.  The tone was somehow less edgier, so what seemed biting and sharp on the page seemed flabby and easy on the screen.  I left half-way through.