It’s a MASSIVE disappointment. I’d give it a D- as compared to his other outings. The biggest criticism? It’s boring. All adventurism has been dropped to the wayside, and now Parker is turning out mid-tempo, tired tunes with bland lyrics. It’s so bad in comparison to his earlier work, it reminds me a lot of the…

“All fashion, no substance” is the literal definition of most every Wes Anderson movie.

He would never be allowed to make one any more than an MCU director would be allowed to make a Wes Anderson movie.

Yeah, except those other filmmakers movies often have something to say, and stick with you after you watch them. Anderson is like afternoon tea—enjoyable, diverting, and instantly forgotten.

At this point, Anderson is the high-minded, visually intriguing MCU:

Such blatant trolling. In a time when MAGA-driven gun violence is at an all-time high, let’s make a “both sides” movie where she show the left being the violent gun nuts.

So Mulan doesn’t have the funny Dragon and doesn’t have the awesome bad guy.  Sounds serious and boring.

My wife and I got divorced last year, and my kids, ages 7 and 10, though this was the best movie ever.  They called out the dated aspects (“Why can’t the dad cook? The mom doesn’t have a job?”), but were enthralled.

Harley Quinn is like Black Widow or Arrow Boy: she doesn’t have any powers, I just can’t believe she’s pulling off the shit she pulls off (and manages to stay alive).

And you should check out the name of the movie to which I’m referring, which is presented as the VVitch

I mean, this looks like a bare knock-off of the VVitch

I don’t think that word means what you think it means.

You’ve certainly got your brand.

And congratulations to you for being a smug dick for no reason.

I did some digging after these posts, and I learned two things:

No, I definitely agree with your take on the movie. It seems to be presenting a tale of female liberation, and then at the end kills her for being liberated. The message seems to be “stay in your box” (or maybe “don’t go chasing waterfalls,” haha).

Super interesting, thanks for sharing that.

100 times this.  The only thing more diabetes-inducing is the “Yellow Snow” treat they sell at the Abominal Snowman shack over at DCA.  It’s like a dole whip with 1000 packets of sweetener dumped on it, I threw 75% of it away.

I was rolling hard at California Adventure one time and I gotta say: that view of Radiator Springs racers out of the V8 window is some seriously captivating shit, haha

Richard Gere has his 70's moment in Looking for Mr. Goodbar, which has sadly been lost to history.