Right, if you’ve got enough content to span roughly a generation, like 25-30 years, you can just perpetually cycle through it introducing new generations to the same content.
Controversial opinion, In the Heights is better than Hamilton. Miranda seems a bit too much of a try hard rapper in Hamilton while rapping about history is corny, while in In the Heights it matches up with who he is, a nerdy wanna be rapper.
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I actually kind of agree. Part of it is, In The Heights is a much more personal story, based on his own lived experiences, and you can see and hear the heart he put into it.
It looks like they are updating the social issues aspect of it for the times, so I’m looking forward to that.
I read some articles yesterday about it by people who have no idea what ITH is, and even they really enjoyed the trailer, so I think this is going to do really well. It’s a phenomenal trailer in its own right.
I think the reason Hamilton did so well is because the album is easier to listen to without having seen the play, whereas ITH is much more visual, and you really need the stage production to understand the story.
Marriage Story was very well-acted. Do not watch with your partner if your relationship is rocky.
I guess the whole class of kinda modern kinda arty movies is just full of this, but it seems like every movie my wife has ever wanted me to see was either about kids dying or divorce or both.
Have not yet brought myself to watch that one yet.
On the flip side of your description, watch the Amazon anthology series Modern Love if you want to go to sleep grateful for a merely rocky relationship.
The Nightingale. Just watch it.
The Report is good too.
Saw Richard Jewell. As a film it’s pretty good. Maybe a B+. As a political document it’s very conservative in that it plays heavily on the white cis man as victim troupe.
Don’t get me wrong, what happened to Jewell was brutal and unforgivable. However, it’s not an accident Eastwood choose this story at this time.
Ad Astra was terrible miss at all costs.
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Worst film I saw last year and it’s not close.
They’re remaking The Grudge again. I hate you Hollywood.
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Sucks that Ad Astra sucks. I probably won’t be able to help myself though if it gets on Netflix.
Obviously I haven’t seen Rise so I’m not yet sure about this take…but Last Jedi was an absolute embarrassment Force Awakens was barely better. I really had high hopes for Abrams.
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The prequels are worse (just over the top cartoonish) but I’ve come to hate the sequels for actively sabotaging Stars Wars themes.
Side rant: (or maybe main rant): Why is the internet gushing over fucking baby Yoda? Its BB8 all over again, take an established Stars Wars character that’s already quirky (I mean a bleeping little robot or a literal muppet) make it as cute as possible and print money I guess? A smaller Yoda isn’t any less dumb than a bigger Death Star.
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Yep lol me for letting other people ruin something but all the baby Yoda love really makes me not want to watch the show
Show is complete nothingburger space cowboy nonsense with no story somehow, I don’t get it at all.
I’ve seen a few episodes as my son has watched and don’t really care one way or the other, but goddamn baby Yoda is cute as fuck.
I’m afraid I won’t be satisfied until they do an Old Republic trilogy, because then they can actually be free to do other stories.
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6 Underground is Liberal fetish porn. Only a billionaire can save us. Horrible continuity, writing and characters. Parkour. Fucking Parkour.
The effects are interesting and CGI almost makes you believe the did a lot of brutal things to bad guys.
You’ve been warned.
6 Underground is a Sneaker Pimps song. It can never refer to anything else.
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