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They look and sound great, with plenty of style -- but aside from being clever at times, most of the writing is subpar and not compelling at all. The best writing is still to be found within what's left of "Peak tv" and maybe an indie film here or there.
But as always, what's offered is a reflection of what the masses prefer to consume.
Great songwriters but grossly overrated as a "band" (no small wonder why they stopped touring and became essentially a studio project with other musicians). And George Martin deserves a lot of the credit, in the same way boy bands today are molded into pop stars by someone behind the scenes.
Good, but not without Layne.
Yes.
Yes.
MLB has always been a regional sport. If the Yankees beat the Guardians and advance to the WS, most Guardian fans aren't going to lock in to watching the Yankees vs the Mets or Dodgers. MLB is not like the NFL. Of course, MLB is rooting for a Yankees-Dodgers WS, if only for the more broad appeal of stars like Judge and Ohtani.
I love Marty, but they sucked otherwise.
He was never as iconic as those two, but if he's coming behind them, he's still in the upper crust of actors as a whole -- and certainly more impactful than all those "next James Dean" actors who never actually became the next James Dean. Do you think those young people know who Paul Newman was? Do you think they know Brando from anything other than The Godfather, if that? Dean crossed over where scant few have. And the fact that you've been keeping tabs on his memorabilia presence for 30 yrs says it all.
165mil and counting, after foreign added another 38mil.
The Sweet Hereafter
Meatballs
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
I think it will. The foreign typically gets reported weekly rather than daily. Expect a boost from 121mil tomorrow afternoon.
Braveheart
Many don't stick the landing with what I call final seasonitis, tough to hit a HR with a finale. But the better ones usually have a pinnacle beyond their 1st season, once they hit their stride.
And it's not surprising that so many actors now gravitate towards these cable/streaming serials, since they're not constrained the way most films are. Juicy roles, juicy writing (b/c writers are usually the showrunners), that can develop and evolve in interesting ways across all those hours, going places most films steer clear of. I find most mainstream films to be boring and too predictable, like a pop song ripping off the last pop song. I find my personal connect rate to be the worst with those, better with indie film, best with Peak TV. And I don't find that hour to be a time suck, since my theater attendance has fallen off a cliff in recent years, the next episode has taken its place.
I prefer "Peak TV". And I've never considered runtime to be an issue. If it's good, why wouldn't you like more?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yH6-CIt7DE
Furiosa
Hope it's as good as The VVitch.
Eggers has been trending the wrong way with each film.
You used to say the same thing about Rodrigo, under your old account.
Not. She's a poor man's Hayden Panettiere
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