Darth Lehnsherr

Alright just finished both episodes and my early thoughts are this is the strongest start in a Star Wars since Mando S1. Really liking the table setting and themes they're dealing with. Kevin Kiner's score does alot of the heavy lifting in terms of mood and tone and I actually liked that it took its time showing us the state our characters are in. Sabine is easily the best part of these episodes so far which I think is cause Natasha Liu Bordizzo's performance has the most variance (ironically the other two characters with the most expressive in these episodes are droids). Minor gripes regarding some of the execution of the fights and while this is definitely so far better visually than Obi-Wan some shots do just feel flat with the lightning. I'll also say a certain scene at the end was executed much better in other media and I wished it was alot closer to how it was portrayed there. All in all I'm just in relief the show is pretty good so far!

The release date is gonna help Aquaman 2 alot like there's literally nothing else like it out at the same time. And who knows the test screenings that said this movie was bad could also be the same ones that made WB bullish on The Flash. It still makes no sense to me how successful the first one was so I ain't betting against the sequel necessarily.

Superman is just a hard character to crack for today on film. We haven't had a beloved Superman film since maybe Superman II? Making a well received Batman and Spider-Man film is alot easier when we know what modern audiences enjoy from those characters. Less so with Superman even though I love the character.

Yeah Disney shot itself in the foot with Haunted Mansion killing Indy 5 and Elemental's legs DOM. Still the OS is actually really impressive to me when you compare it to alot of other Pixar films and it's outgrossed Across the Spider-Verse too.

The fact that Fincher, Scorsese, Miyazaki, Michael Mann, Ridley Scott are all releasing new movies this year is giving me reason to go over their filmographies which will probably occupy the rest of the year for me. Also will go over my favourite WDAS films plus all the COVID era ones which I frankly haven't rewatched in anticipation for Wish.

Deadpool 3 has enough going for to stand out from the pack of other superhero films and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine is a legit draw. Can't think of much else as a guarantee hit in the genre other than Joker 2, Spider-Man 4 and The Batman Part II in the next two years.

Yeah with every DCEU release that flops and fails it makes Gunn's task with the DCU even harder. The pressure of Superman Legacy will grow and grow.

Would be cool but no chance Cruise does anything without McQ in the near future

Some early Ahsoka reactions

It will be interesting to see if a multi-year gap will have an effect on the "Part Twos" for Fast & Furious and Spider-Verse. You could potentially add Dead Reckoning Part 2 if the strikes keep going. Normally we see Part Twos follow up within 12 months but alot of that is due to them being filmed back to back.

None of the MI subtitles matter too much Tom Cruise made a good point that no one remembers these films by their name but rather what their big stunt was (which you could argue they overcooked the marketing for the bike jump in Dead Reckoning). But the Part One addition was a mistake definitely.

Yeah I doubt the Thrawn books will play a major role in the Ahsoka show unless the Grysks are involved somehow. It really does feel like the journey for this era of Star Wars will be a (very) loose adaptation of Heir to the Empire.

Lol the last thread when I mentioned JJ Abrams that's the real "He Who Must Not Be Named". I like alot of his films but his career is a good example of what's wrong with alot of the studio system today.

At least The Creator will look and sound nice with Fraser and Zimmer involved.

J J Abrams has been nowhere to been seen since TROS

Yes but this time the discourse will be filled with how bad people thought TLK remake was. Now that may not extend to alot of audiences but it will have an effect.

Go for it would be a bold club

Disney+ discourse has somehow managed to combine my two main hobbies in the most odd way (cricket and movies/tv).

Anecdotally Inside Out has had lasting power for those who were 15+ or above when it came out but not sure it appealed to smaller kids as much so not expecting a Dory or Incredibles 2 performance. I'd be more bullish on it matching the first one if Pete Docter was directing but $750M seems solid to me. Deadpool 3 will be massive sure people maybe tired of multiverse stuff but Jackman as Wolverine is a legit draw unlike old Indy or Keaton Batman.

Still early to tell just like how one failure in Lightyear didn't mean all was lost so the same with Elemental's success doesn't mean all is well for Pixar. Still alot more optimistic this can do $400M minimum if the film is good.

Yeah the whole "just lower the budgets like Illumination and Spider-Verse!" rhetoric for Pixar was naive thinking especially when we found out more about the conditions people worked under for Spider-Verse.

I'm much more confident in Nolan winning Best Director than Oppenheimer winning Best Picture but a combination of an R rated biopic with an all star cast being critically acclaimed and making blockbuster money is very rare. Might be enough to push it above films with similar acclaim.

Pretty sure that article puts to rest what Disney thinks of Elemental's performance regardless if it breaks even theatrically.

Crazy to me this is gunning for Inception which is still by far the most accessible Nolan film other than his Batman ones.

I'm sure Shrek still has alot of relevance amongst zoomers even if a decent chunk of it is meme form. Then again isn't that part of the success of Minions 2 and Barbenheimer? It would be a tight rope to walk but getting the creative team behind Puss in Boots 2 would give huge confidence.