Still insane that he has such a devoted fan base off the back of only having 2 watchable movies, and even then I’m probably being kinder to 300 given that I have childhood nostalgia for it
The old RT ratings split between “all critics” and “top critics” almost feels obsolete now; it should be between “chronically online critics” and “print only critics”, since it almost feels like each group is carrying completely different baggage with them
I’d add Apes to that too; feel like ROTB feels like the obvious parable but for some reason it’s giving $35m OW vibes for me…. maybe I’ll be way off haha. Think Furiosa is probably most likely to bomb from these three, with Apes the least
I think Plemons exemplified a specific breed of bigotry that can only be read as distinctly American, and the photograph that develops in the credits feels like something right out of the Bush era too. It almost feels like Garland was using War Journalists as a proxy for a non-American view on what American life is like from a third party POV, since the characters we track never really show allegiances to anything beyond capturing the moment. The crossover between photography & film only strengthen that connection too
I loved Civil War; my GF absolutely hated it. FWIW I’ve only lived in America for the last 3 years while she’s been here for the last 10. Idk how much of that played a role in our differing outlooks on the movie, but I will concede that between this and Men, I’m starting to think that Garland struggles with writing women
Monkey Man was so fucking sick. So insanely propulsive, so rich in texture and steeped in culture. Patel can shoot the shit out of a great action scene, and I loved the little moments of levity sprinkled in between the beat downs. So happy I got to see this on a Dolby instead of my TV, regardless of box office haha
April ‘24 might not be amazing for the box office, but it looks really great from a quality pov imo. Hopefully we got a breakout or two as well, but considering how dry the year has been so far outside of Dune - it’s pretty cool to finally have projects to look forward to
This could be good or terrible, but it sounds so conceptually interesting and audacious that I have no choice but to be extremely excited. I think it’s so fascinating to see that urban city planning & architecture is the lens that FFC is using to tell a story about the future of America, but I’m sure it’ll also be some metaphor for film-making as well haha (“what if the architect… represents… the film-maker 🤯)
I was gonna make a joke about how Twisters appealing to middle america was ironic given its director, but then I remembered how Minari felt like one of the quintessential “American” movies of the last few years - and makes the fact that it got a Golden Globe nomination for best foreign picture even more, uh… strange haha
Yeah, I was initially not very bullish on DP3 given the Shawn Levy of it all, but it’s pretty clear the buzz is there in a way where it just isn’t for a bulk of recent mcu stuff. $400m dom feels likely?