Not sure if I said it but I think Top Gun Maverick deserved a Best Movie Oscar. S*** single handedly revived the theaters after 2 years of decline due to COVID and it has what every classic summer blockbuster should have (plot, characters, script). Not to mention the fact that it is amazingly directed.

Incredibly fun movie to watch. Delivered on all fronts.

I don't think we're meant to idealize most of the characters on these shows. Very intentionally written to be flawed and unlikeable people

I understand the importance of representation, and equal opportunity, but when people make arguments like for instance right now on my TL some people have a problem with the Bob Marley movie they’re doing. Saying that they wish they got an actual Jamaican to play him. This is where you lose me. It’s acting . Other than the person needing to physically look the part, the notion that you need an actual Jamaican to play Bob Marley is ridiculous to me. Now if the actor they chose can’t do a believable Jamaican accent then that’s just bad casting.

This is partly why I think actors & actresses going forward should be bilingual at minimum. One it expands their range, and depending on the language it can extend their careers if they so choose. Actors should be putting in the work to learn these dialects if the role is calling for it.

Zero Dark Thirty is better than Oppenheimer. I appreciate Kathryn Bigelow's attention to detail just way more that illustrates how powerful the CIA is just by having a vast network of regular people around the world sharings bits and pieces of intel and it's all coming together like a puzzle to provide the president with the big picture and make a decision. Bigelow's approach works for me because she understood that there was no need for dramatic scenery and music. The story by itself was more than enough. However both movies would have been more interesting if they would have stuck to what actually happened than what directions and cuts Bigelow and Nolan went for ultimately.

Ross was actually THE best character in Friends. David Schwimmer is a great comedy actor and all the crazy stuff that happened with Ross constantly like the dirty girl, the white teeth, the leather pants was one of the best parts of the show – who really cares if he’s “problematic”? 😭

Films need to do a better job at killing off characters; it's getting predictable. Nowadays when you see a happy scene that's too happy, you know some s***'s about to go down. I wish there would be a scenario whereby characters that love each other are going through a rough patch, and one of them is killed off, so that the story is much more than revenge for example, and is mixed with regrets etc.

Might get crucified for it but early Two and a Half Men is honestly not that bad. I think it's a decently entertaining sitcom, better than the likes of something like Big Bang Theory.
Definitely very outdated in how it handles the female characters and all though.
The 2 leads definitely carry it a lot though.

I dont think this is a hot take tbh. I think that show is usually considered decent and definitely better than BBT

Watching films on your phone is better than watching on TV

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sam raimi and robert rodriguez have never made good movies

At this point just watch a documentary lol

there's a massive gap in quality between Heavenly Creatures and the rest of peter jackson's films

Good writing in a film is so crucial that I'd argue it's more important than great directing. Good writing doesn't even mean some highbrow s***, but it just means that whoever is writing looks at the premise of the film and understands the assignment with regards to what the film is trying to achieve.

I realized I hate this tv cliche; teacher is monologuing about some lesson in class to a bunch of students. Right when the teacher ask a question on the subject they’re speaking about, the bell rings and all the students immediately starting packing their things, and leaving. The teacher gives a half hearted answer to the question they asked, and watch with a resigned look as everyone leaves their class while they were talking.

Every teacher I’ve ever had, even in college would always say some s*** like this when the bell rings; “The bell doesn’t dismiss you, I do!” So anytime I see the above scene I just let out an ancestral sigh.

More so a film/tv online thing but

Posting RT scores when there’s only like 9 reviews out

Terminator 3 is a great film

Alien is the “fuck men” movie that people say Barbie is

Breaking Bad can be too derivative of The Sopranos and The Wire and is a lot less impressive than those two giants despite being a decent watch on its own.

care to elaborate on this one?

Ivan's Childhood is only slightly better than Return Of The Jedi

Cool thread

This is why I'll never rate The Penguin that highly. We've seen it all before, and way better written. Modern shows and movies are unnecessarily d***-sucked

Jeremy Renner has practically 0 acting range. He knows how to act one way, and one way only. He does it well enough I suppose. But when you watch him in 3 different projects, playing 3 different characters, you wouldn’t really be able to tell there was any real difference between the way he plays characters.

His role in Mission Impossible, Hawkeye, and Mayor of Kings Town are all the same character, like damn near down to some mannerism.