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‘Eternals’ vibrant plot full of big ideas held down by MCU-enforced technical weaknesses
4/10 Eternals has long been built up as a shift in direction for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and boy, is it ever. There’s a new production mentality, a new story mentality, new story directions and relaxed series rules. It’s more … Continue reading
After three movies and an hour and a half, ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ delivers
8/10 Godzilla vs. Kong ends with a 20-minute sequence of Godzilla and King Kong beating the absolute tar out of each other, and that’s awesome. I mean, that part absolutely rules. But that’s 20 minutes out of 113, and that’s … Continue reading
Somehow, the Snyder cut is even worse
0/10 Zack Snyder’s Justice League opens with a title card reading “This film is presented in a 4:3 format to preserve the integrity of Zack Snyder’s creative vision.” The words “Zack Snyder” literally come before the Warner Bros. logo. In … Continue reading
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‘Wonder Woman 1984’ is deranged and obscene
3/10 Wonder Woman 1984 is not a film, it is a composite abomination in the spirit of Victor Frankenstein’s blueprints, a shambling patchwork horror of not just its surface-level influences, but the insane business practices and technological shortcuts that brought … Continue reading
Posted in Entropy
Tagged Atomic Blonde, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Breaking Bad, Chris Pine, Christopher Nolan, DC, DCEU, Disney, Donald Trump, Feminism, Gal Gadot, Gal Gadot can't act, HBOmax, HBOmax same day streaming, Hillary Clinton, Kristen Wiig, Marvel, MCU, Michelle MacLaren, Patty Jenkins, Pedro Pascal, Stranger Things, Thor: Ragnarok, Warner Bros, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman 1984, WW84, Zack Snyder
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Unfortunately, we live in a society
5/10 Joker has been the talk of film media pretty much constantly since its Venice Film Festival debut Aug. 31 where it earned an eight-minute ovation and the Golden Lion. Between critical adulation and emerging worry that the film’s release … Continue reading
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Tagged #aurora theater, #batman begins, #bernie sanders, #donald trump, #hillary clinton, #man of steel, #martin scorsese, #robert de niro, #suicide squad, #the dark knight, #venice film festival, #warner bros., 13 Reasons Why, Contrapoints, DCEU, Golden Lion, Heath Ledger, Hildur Guðnadóttir, incels, It's extremely both, Joaquin Phoenix, Joker, Lawrence Sher, Scott Silver, Taxi Driver, Todd Phillips, We live in a society
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