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Was pleasantly surprised by Justice League. Some pretty bad CGI in spots, but otherwise really enjoyable.

Justice League November 24, 12:00 PM, 80% full Trailers Jumanji (No reaction) Tomb Raider (No reaction) Rampage (No reaction) A Quiet Place (Some talking/interest after) Star Wars (No reaction) Pitch Perfect 3 (Groans)

Epicly awful hair. Wonder how mannered Meryl Streep's acting will be in this?

Is the dialogue natural sounding in this or is every other line some clever and witty retort like in Edge of Seventeen? Loved Saoirse Ronan in Brooklyn (loved the film, too), but this looks like a movie made for critics and people on the coasts. And any political sucker punches in it? Business was pretty slow for this at my theater today. Surprised we got both Lady Bird and Three Billboards. Nice variety of choices for moviegoers.

If you want to watch Rooney Mara eat a pie for 10 minutes, sure. That movie just collapsed under it's own pretentiousness, and I was on board with the thing for half of it. And the guy at the party rambling on and on and on and on....just awful.

Suburbicon with a D- Cinemascore

Saw the trailer before Blade Runner and some of it looked like a cartoon. And, yeah, the song was grating.

Really enjoyed it, too. Was funny watching people move closer to the screen (myself included) so they could read the messages being sent.

The main commentary from people leaving the theater last night was, indeed, the length of the film. People seemed to enjoy it, but the comments were all along the lines of "it was pretty good, but really long." Personally, I think you could easily trim 30 minutes.

Honest to blog?

The subjectivity of what someone finds scary is always interesting. The only movies that creep me out are The Exorcist and The Entity. I suppose The Exorcist works for me because I had an aunt who was a nurse (in the 60's) and dealt with a patient who exhibited signs of possession (a priest was called in) and that probably makes me susceptible to that film. If you think the whole subject is nonsense, I'd imagine the movie seems silly.

Is Friend Request really that bad? I didn't mind Unfriended, and can find things to like in almost any horror film.

Did the kids drop as many F bombs in the book?

I don't know, I'm as far right conservative as they come, and imo, WW was a success in spite of the always annoying SJW's. The movie wasn't political at all (closest thing was her PC group of friends that checked every diversity box) and didn't push the feminism angle as hard as something like ABC's TV show Agent Carter did. They made that main character so unlikable that audiences gave up on the show.

So Paramount says the movie is "audacious and brave." I'll give them "audacious." It most certainly is that. But in no way is a movie "brave." "Brave" is a cop going into a drug house or a firefighter risking his life going into a burning building or a soldier fighting ISIS. This is people play acting and making millions of dollars. I'm not sure why they would release a defensive statement like this.