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I feel like I *really* try with these superhero films, but they always end up feeling like I’m watching someone else playing a video game. There’s probably loads of worthy stuff I’m missing in that synopsis, but at the end of the day – it’s a superhero film.
What would you call her – an anti-daterape vigilante? Quite a well-assembled if somewhat confronting film centring around the notion that even the niceguys behave like total dicks when they think they can get away with it. Important points to talk/think about? Yeah. Depressing comment on the state of humanity? Fuck yeah. Triggering defensive feelings…
Described to me as “The Groundhog Day remake that nobody asked for” – am I just getting too old/cynical, or is it fair to describe this as Groundhog Day mashed up with a “best friend’s wedding” trope? I thought Cristin Milioti did a genuinely believable job of holding the story together, providing the canvas for…
Thunder Farce. I reckon they came up with one implausible scenario/joke for this, then built a film around it. I could never understand the opprobrium out there aimed at Melissa McCarthy, however after seeing this and Life Of The Party the picture’s starting to become a little clearer. 👎 👎
Ben Affleck as former-basketball-superstar turned coach of church high school team. Felt a bit like a by-the-numbers underdog-comes-good tale with a mixture of tragic father figure. I don’t think I’m ever gonna think of this other than “a film I saw”. Made me think a lot more highly of The Accountant, I guess.
I love a good “girls strike back” film, only it genuinely pisses me off that this kind of female empowerment has to come as a result of guys being complete dicks. Why can’t we have a story where the alpha-jock types are supportive and respectful of women from the get-go? I suppose it doesn’t leave…
Haven’t seen any of Bilbo’s solo work in YEARS, it turns out – Tinselworm could’ve been the last one I went to? – and it was a delight to see him on form and resolutely odd here. Interesting that he’s a household name now through his constant participation in panel shows – and that there’s…
Merchant’s a genius, and uses his stature, profile, and appearance to pinball his status around like a trapeze artist. The material here was pretty solid, but I think I could’ve done without the contrivance to thread it all together. But then, you’ve gotta write a show around something, don’t you. That aside, this was an…
I put this on late one night out of morbid curiosity, expecting VERY LITTLE but at the same time looking forward to seeing the performance of Chris Diamantopoulos as Moe… and was actually quite pleasantly surprised! When you consider how 2-bit an original Three Stooges film was, I feel like the 2012 facsimiles actually did…