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tbh I think Wicked is a near-lock for Best Picture and a large sweep, baring a sudden change in awards momentum but I’m not sure what the upcoming challenger would be. And I’m all for it.

Quantumania was getting last minute reshoots about 4-5 weeks before opening weekend. Of course, that film was a mess. Marvel will tinker as long as they possibly can. There is a valid comparison to be made with The Marvels: Both these films are saddled with the baggage of the MCU. The Marvels was a sequel to Captain Marvel and two D+ shows, as well as the Fury-In-Space setup from Spidey 2 and Secret Invasion. Cap 4 is a follow up to the Cap trilogy, Falcon+WS show, Incredible Hulk, and Eternals, along with a few other Ross appearances. No wonder these films are clusters. At least MCU films used to be mostly self contained, with the universe elements being secondary and used to support the stand-alone story

If I was Disney, I would have kept this taking place in 2000-ish Feel like this property would have finally been right for some throwback Y2K-era homages/style and humor. Self-parodying nostalgia in line with this tongue-in-cheek brand.

May be my favorite film of the year (previous leader being Late Night w/ Devil) For context, I’m a musical theater fan and thus a longtime fan of the musical who has been keeping track of the 15ish year journey to getting this made. I thought the early marketing was iffy but I was still excited. Was not prepared for how breathtaking the experience of this film would be, and the long runtime in addition to being just part 1 is more justified than any recent 2-parter film I can think of other than Spiderverse. The camerawork was especially spectacular. Always in motion but never losing the mise-en-scene of the moment. My biggest issues relate to the handling of Defying Gravity. I appreciate the choices they made to make it more cinematic, I think they could have made two or three less choices there. But it’s minor quibbles. Can’t wait to see it again. I can see it having good legs over the holiday season.

Fallout Ghost Protocol Rogue Nation MI3 Dead Reckoning: Part Only The OG MI2

*chefs kiss* As much as Brave New World can use experimental editing to great effect, there’s no comparison to just existing as beauty. Nearly every frame of this is stark, and I second those who are noticing more vibrant colors than DR. I don’t like the name though tbh. I would have either stuck with DR2, or move away from “reckoning” altogether” or at least jettison the “The”.

I'm curious if the trailer's tone and editing style is representative of the film's edit. It just feels so strongly designed, and this film was going to be edit-f'd either way what with all the reshoots, like we've seen with other recent MCU projects. Maybe why not just lean into it and use experimental editing and sound design to make an atmospheric A24-ish experience, which would play more to Julius Onah's strengths moreso than any of the actual comic book stuff. Also, it occurs to me now that Feige having had the Russos back in the building since seemingly the late spring, perhaps they've had some input on how to recapture or even advance the 70s political thriller vibe that they established with Winter Soldier, that this film is claiming to recapture. Russos can be a benefit here.

Same Disney exec who approved of the strobes in Incredibles 2, probably,

I was incredibly harsh on the teaser, but this one is fairly impressive. Hell, it even felt “prestige”. All about dat fat TONE, and it sold it well. But as we all know, studios can churn a gold trailer out of a rotten tomato. So let’s see… but “this” film is more compelling than the marketing too date has presented.

Dead Reckoning is a great movie in a great franchise that happened to be preceded by Fallout, an absolute masterpiece, itself topping the studs that were Rogue Nation and Ghost Protocol. DR is just a tad overstuffed and underdeveloped on the edges. The core of the film is as great as the previous installments, it needed some tightening up. The film gets perhaps a bigger slam in the niche box office discussion communities because it underperformed. But it's $170m domestic, $570 global looks solid after seeing The Marvels, Joker 2, Furiosa, and other tentpoles be dead on arrival.

I've decided that my Halloween costume this year is going to be "Academy Award Nominee Todd Phillips". A raggedy 'Joker' costume, terribly applied face paint, a crayon-written name tag, and a paper bag of half-burned fake cash

The difference between Joker 2’s type of bombing and Borderlands’ type of bombing is that it was an open secret for years how terrible Borderlands was shaping up to be, with low expectations to begin with, with questionable casting and choice of director. No one was surprised by the result. Whereas Joker 2 is the high-profile sequel to an Academy Award winning, pretty much $1b earning R-rated blockbuster, and Todd Phillips went “some people just want to watch the world burn” mode. He chose to pour the gasoline on the money pile and light the flame. It’s stunning.

I’m a Cloverfield diehard, who thinks 10 Cloverfield Lane was fantastic. I watched Paradox immediately after I was done partying that Super Bowl night. It was absolutely terrible. Edited to crap, derivative of other space horror films, the connections to Cloverfield were clearly slapped on so the film could be marketed as Cloverfield, to salvage the stinker. I was flabbergasted when Onah was fired for Cap 4.

The RT Critic and Audience consensus blurbs are written as if the RT is still at 64%, not literally being halved and sitting at 32% (audience score also) Those are not accurate summaries lol

I think they knew what they were sitting on at that point and needed to keep word of the turn out of the ViewerAnons out there. The “prestige” rollout at Venice not withstanding, as not doing that would have raised more red flags and you can easier manage divisive festival reactions than the toxic WOM now spreading