I initially read the conclusion to your post as “spooning ham” and I was fine with it

This is an amazing fucking piece.  Thanks Michael

Hahaha!  This comment made my day.  I love it.

Furiosa is heroic in such a unique and, dare I say, FURIOUS way. God I fucking love that character. Is there a more badass action hero in the history of cinema?

Terminator 2

Point Break and T2 were 1991! 

This was my takeaway as well.  Befuddled.  It just ... isn’t funny.  It’s “edgy” for the sake of being edgy, I guess, but man it just wasn’t fun.  I was really looking forward to seeing it and I’m super disappointed.

I finally got around to watching this and, seriously, what the fuck?  This movie is entirely bereft of laughs.  It’s just not funny.  I think I might have chuckled once or twice.  To compare this to Superbad is just ... no.

It’s a tough one, right? Can we hate the artist but love the art? I was absolutely blown away by the album ... quite possibly the best album they’ve ever made in terms of front-to-back consistency. But, yeah, Jesse Lacey is evidently a garbage person and pedophile, and that’s despicable.

I’m at that age where The Black Hole left a big impression on kid me. And I’m also a huge horror movie buff. I’ve always thought that Event Horizon “feels” like The Black Hole, and I’ve always assumed that was purposeful.

We could probably be besties. I agree with everything you’re saying here. Also, “Lonerism” but not “Currents”?! Here’s a few I would add:

Plus the lead singer screams like a mother fucking banshee. It’s like, “here’s some really accessible shoegaze stuff and some other things you might like, but I’m going to go ahead and screech my fool head off on top of all that so we can call this ‘eclectic.’”

Maybe that was my issue with the movie. It was advertised as this riotous comedy and ... it wasn’t. I’ll have to give it another try. I bailed out after the first 45 minutes or so.

Can I add my scorching hot take to a little-commented-upon movie high up on the list? The Immigrant can suck my BALLS. What a piece of trash. It’s so fucking empty and dumb, and worse, it’s SO pretentious. Such a wanna-be prestige pic. You can almost hear James Gray jerking off in the background.

A couple comments on your comment: I quite enjoyed The Loneliest Planet, but your observation that Force Majuere tackled the same theme in a much stronger way is SPOT ON. Couldn’t agree more.

Quite possibly my #1.  Just a perfect film.

I was wildly disappointed by Lady Bird.  Saw it a few months after the hype machine had hyped the shit out of it.  It’s just ... ok.  

Oh may I offer a counterpoint?  Everybody Wants Some was pure garbage!  Man, it just wasn’t funny.  At all.

I felt like The Social Network was a thing maybe worse than garbage ... it was just kinda meh.  I also love Fincher.  But that movie ... I don’t know.  Not so great?  It was FINE

“Extremely overrated” Fury Road?