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Wow, who knew Paul Newman was an asshole even after he died?

I'm never really good at this stuff, but I'll try and answer without going into spoilers. It's definitely exciting and has a lot of heartfelt moments, but I wouldn't really say it's a crowdpleaser. There's a lot of downer moments and an emphasis on both politics and a feeling of "how little we have come". I guess the best comparison is BlacKkKlansman in terms of themes, tone, and emotion, although Black Messiah is far more leftist and radical and far less action-oriented. From what I can gather, people really dug BlacKkKlansman, so I think there will definitely be an audience for this, even if this probably would have done ~25M in normal times (not a bad thing mind you). Really, I think most people who will see this will know what they're going in to, and I think most will have a good time here.

This has really bothered me throughout the whole show. The only TV I watch is sitcoms, so this should be my thing, but almost all the jokes fail to land for me. Maybe if they had some comedic talents in the parts this could have worked (Kathryn Hahn is the only one to really pull off the jokes here), but I just kind of smile and just kind of wait until we get to the mystery box stuff at the end. At the very least, the mystery is decent enough I guess to pull me through.

So...why is Kaluuya going supporting in this? Having seen the movie...this is his movie. He is the focus of several scenes, he has top billing, Fred Hampton is the driving factor to just about every scene. Dude's a total lead.

The non-Hampton material could have been more engaging, but this was still pretty great. Daniel Kaluuya is absolutely incredible in this. It'll be hard for any performance this year to top it IMO. But Shaka King truly is marvelous when it comes to crafting an ensemble because everybody is great. I had no idea who Dominique Fishback was, but I really hope she is everywhere in the next few years. Including how wonderfully staged many sequences are, I see a bright future for Shaka King. Really sad the film hasn't done better in the awards circuit.

Was actually just about to make a thread as I'm about to see it in a little bit. Got it up for ya

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Did they announce when Last of Us starts filming? Either way, Pascal was filming Wonder Woman about the same time season 1 was and he had stand-ins for certain scenes. The value of a faceless character is you just need somebody with the same build for the job if Pedro's unavailable.

Now @Kathleen Kennedy, give Amy Sedaris her own show! Please!

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