Jumping from one to the other makes sense if Harrow liked the power but got sick of always providing justice ‘too late.’

I’m not sure ‘he can kill at will’ automatically means the ritual is fake. It seems entirely possible that Ammit acts through him when he conducts the ritual, but he can also use the power she gifted to kill people when convenient.

I’ve been assuming Harrow lived through some version of “Khonshu refused to preemptively punish someone and that person killed my (spouse/kid etc.),” and that the rest of his followers have some similar story of society showing mercy and it resulting in a loved one being killed.

I mean, I found the message was well done enough to make me cry thinking about what dispossession did to my own grandmother, and thought the emotional ah-ha moment resonated back through the movie pretty well. But I accept that different people can take different things from the same story, and I’m genuinely glad you…

I haven’t seen Luca, but Encanto resonated with plenty of people too - it had some really interesting, subtle things to say about refugees and the generational trauma caused by dislocation and loss.

The ‘worth’ of the movie is not the point, except as it affects ticket sales. The economic argument is that a significantly longer movie means fewer showings / fewer sold-out theaters. So, for example, instead of selling 100 seats each for 6 showings at $15 ($900), they’re minimally recouping some of the losses from…

“deep level funny” is a stretch, but I can totally buy “deep level fun” - it’s so intentionally, lovingly, on-the-nose noir that I can easily imagine everyone from Pattinson to the cinematographer to the composer to the costume designer saying “oooooh, wouldn’t it be cool if...!?” There’s an indefinable quality to…

Honestly, I don’t understand why everyone* isn’t on A-List at this point. With movie prices what they are, as long as you see 2 movies a month you’re saving at least $10, and if you have an off-month where you only see one movie you’re only losing about $5, so over the course of a year it’s a clear win.

Actually, I thought he did some interesting work with the voice. Since we don’t get anything of playboy Bruce, the only distinguishing factor we have is his voice, and whenever he’s not in the mask he sounds noticeably softer and more boyish. 

Tangentially, I actually thought the most recent Charlies Angels reboot was way more fun and layered than it had any right to be. 

...I read Arrowe77's “but had no good offer on the table, so they picked the least worst of the bunch” as clearly implying “no one in overwhelmingly-male Hollywood is making any decent action movies for them.”  Framing absolutely matters, but I don’t think this particular comment is a clear case for that. 

I’ve heard that as well. It certainly makes more sense, both in terms of the rest of the lyrics (‘let nothing you dismay’ is unnecessary if you’re already merry) and basic grammar (‘god rest ye’ is incomplete, like ‘may you always be...’ - be what?)

In the Bleak Midwinter is getting slightly more well-known over here, mostly due to occasional use in WWI related film/TV.

There’s definitely a place for fun drinking songs in the Christmas Music repertoire - I’m fond of Here we come A-Wassailing myself.

Riu Riu is fun.

You mean what’s wrong with his opinion, other than the icky implicit accusation that all the people who liked Squid Game were just weirdo sheep jumping on the ‘we like Korean stuff now’ bandwagon?

The live action Peter Pan from, oh, about 20 years ago had a really interesting take on parenting. They cast Jason Isaacs as Mr. Darling and Hook, and actually made Hook a somewhat sympathetic* (if still villainous - and super stylish) character that was basically a metaphor for being beaten down by the burdens of…

Huh, I can’t remember the second one at all but I’ll always remember the third Jurassic Park movie as ‘the one that made birds terrifying.’ I guess I found pterodactyls more memorable than a city rampage.

I get the ‘it was fine, I just didn’t like it enough to get around to it when it came out’ outlook, but I can’t help but think - if that’s how most people felt, then they cancelled it too soon. I’m not saying it absolutely deserved a second season (though I would have loved one), but the whole point of Netflix is that…

Everyone I know who saw it - which is admittedly just my nephews, my orchestra conductor and me - thought it was just plain fun. Okay, so it wasn’t some philosophical masterwork like the anime apparently was (haven’t seen it), but it was stylin’ as hell.