What’s your deal, “Aquaman?” What’re you up to? Do you know you’re a bad movie and you’re leaning into it, or are you a bad movie by accident? I kept going back and forth between the two while I watched you, and even now I’m not sure. You are definitely not a good movie. Not…
In no particular order… -The best “Spider-Man” movie. -As good as the original “Avengers.” -Funnier than any comedy this year. -Visually stunning. -The best superhero movie of the year. -Nah, let’s say the best one in a few years, actually -Unbelievably well written. -Just a touch guilty of ripping off “Overwatch’s” D.Va. -The second superhero…
It’s been a few days since I soft “finished” RDR2’s campaign (I’m most of the way through the second epilogue), and it’s still haunting me. It is not a perfect piece of storytelling: it takes too long to get going, detours too often, and repeats itself, but underneath all of that is an American tragedy…
UPDATE: I somehow completely spaced on “Succession.” Lord forgive me. Slide that one in here somewhere and call it 10. 9. TOM CLANCY’S JACK RYAN–Popcorn entertainment, no doubt, but after several failed attempts to get Jack Ryan working, Amazon finally cracked it. Part of it is having John Krasinski, and part of it is understanding…
In no particular order… –A sympathy-baiting scene where bullies pick on a young version of our hero, then said hero demonstrates some skill that makes them back off. –The phrase “it all makes sense now” (no one ever says that) –Anything where a wife/female character sits at home and watches a man do something…
While talking with a writer friend about his script tonight, he described a potential scene for his climax that we agreed was awesome, but he didn’t want to write because, well, I’ll let him explain it… “…as awesome as it would be to see [secondary character] go berzerker on these guys at the climax (hooked…