A breath of fresh air. Thunderbolts* is an oasis in the desert that is post endgame MCU and it could also be a positive sign of things to come. Development, development, development, unlike many of its predecessors this movie not only knows how to introduce (or just as importantly re-introduce) and develop characters, but it excels at it. This movie is daring in ways that others are not. It is confident and it always feels like the story is in capable…
Let me get this out of the way. Sinners is fun and very entertaining. If nothing else it’s proof great cinematography and a great score can get you very far on their own. I enjoyed the movie, but I feel obliged to justify why I didn’t seem to enjoy it as much as it seems everyone else did.
When you take away the flashy production and music Sinners is just about as cheesy and clunky a vampire story as you get. That…
This was one of the best animes ever made at one point. This was probably one of the top 3 most disappointing endings of any show I’ve ever seen. Reminiscent of Game of Thrones in some ways. The difference is you can tell the creators still care about this show. Which just makes it even more heartbreaking how bad and misguided this whole final arc was. This was not the same show they spent years setting up. Never in a million years thought they would fumble like this.
The Right Stuff is unfocused and has a knack for being overly hokey and poorly written. Despite that, when it gets it right it really gets it right. It has a great cast and despite macro inconsistency it has moments of greatness. A 3 hour 13 minute runtime that doesn’t feel like a minute over 2 hours is an achievement in itself. The intro, specific character moments, and an engaging visual style make the movie lots of fun to watch, but I…
