Eric Prime

Mike Ryan made a banger article a couple weeks back about how messed up pacing is in movies these days. I feel like every movie this summer had the exact same issue of not knowing when to call it quits and it's infuriating stuff. Is Hollywood afraid people won't get their money's worth? Do they think folks hate watching short movies? There are some weirdos who are all "epic runtime" whenever a 2:30 movie hits, but I doubt they're the majority. But I guess judging by how people are doom and gloom over...*checks notes*...Venom 2 being short, maybe I'm the idiot here. https://uproxx.com/movies/modern-movie-endings/

Still kind of unsure if I'll love it, because Wan's films all kind of fall under a "that was nice I guess" for me, but I'm glad that reviews and reactions here indicate that Wan was allowed to play with his toys. Dude knows how to make some inventive setpieces when he's left alone and hopefully the parts of the screenplay that lead into these moments are actually worthwhile.

https://deadline.com/2021/09/summer-box-office-2021-covid-disney-hbo-max-streaming-black-widow-1234828431/

https://deadline.com/2021/09/summer-box-office-2021-covid-disney-hbo-max-streaming-black-widow-1234828431/ LMFAO @ PAR ACTUALLY INCREASING FROM 2019

https://deadline.com/2021/09/summer-box-office-2021-covid-disney-hbo-max-streaming-black-widow-1234828431/

https://deadline.com/2021/09/summer-box-office-2021-covid-disney-hbo-max-streaming-black-widow-1234828431/

https://deadline.com/2021/09/summer-box-office-2021-covid-disney-hbo-max-streaming-black-widow-1234828431/

Not sure why people are so offended at 90 minutes. It's two goofy symbiotes clashing with one another, so it's not like there's some grand story here.