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Canāt believe more popular than Shaun of. Will have to check it out!
How many have I seen it? At least 15 at this point. Where it sits on my all time list is harder. Im bad at ranlimg and always forget something but easy top 5
I envy you getting to see it for the first time.
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Foolās Paradise
I am a fan of Charlie Day, so was interested to see the first film he starred and directed in. It has an absolutely loaded cast with
Charlie Day
Kate Beckinsale
Adrien Brody
Jason Sudeikis
Ray Liotta
Jason Bateman
Edie Falco
John Malkovich
Dean Morris
Common
Glenn Howerton
Ken Jeong
Charlie Day tries to portray a character along the lines of The Tramp or Peter Sellers in Being There.
One of the most fascinating films I have seenā¦in the fact it just doesnāt work
I think the major problem is Charlie Dayās character in this is pretty much an absolutely empty shell.
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I think LKJ was simply commenting on your grammar.
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In the words of Angela Martin: that doesnāt sound like me.
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As it turns out, itās already hitting Prime next Friday.
I mean, as Iāve digested it Iāve grown to feel that even my faint praise for it was probably still too generous, so Iām not really recommending it, but I know youāre interested to see it.
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Thatās the Kojima game they decide to adapt? Gross. Youāre basically a glorified mailman in a post apocalyptic world.
Seems like this came out of nowhere
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yeah idk, Iām not too hyped to see A24 doing action movies and video-game tie-ins, even if Kojima is involved and you know Kojima is cooking up some ridiculous stuff
Gotta say, this is one time where a multi-decade gap might make me a bit more willing to give a franchise installment a chance. Original was good, thought part II was a throwaway (Eddie himself agreed), and I think they at least did a part III but I didnāt bother with it after the quality of II.
Seeing that they not only have Eddie, but it appears the whole band is back together, makes it intriguing since it creates a lot more space for the characters to get meaningful updates.
I suspect I may owe all of this optimism to the unexpectedly high quality of Cobra Kai.
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Iām concerned from the trailer that the new Beverly Hills Cop is more of an action movie than a comedy. I know the original is a blend of both, but itās still a comedy at heart. The first half of the trailer makes it look like they did the old āletās take something people liked and make it DARKER.ā
I assume itās at the initial elevated price, I would either wait till it drops to like a $5 rental or on a streamer. But honestly Iām like that for any movie. The more distance I have from the movie the less I like it personally, had some fun in the moment, but I felt like EF heard the criticism of people hating the ending of PYW and said hold my beer on this one.
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That sounds like itās for me. Maybe it will complete my trilogy of wtf endings next to No Country for Old Men and Promising Young Woman.
I really appreciated the directorās explanation for the PYW ending when she said any time a woman brings violence into the picture in the real world, things turn catastrophic.
I also think PYW had a great ending after that most controversial scene.
As a fan of the endings of NCFOM and Promising Young Woman: no. This ending to Saltburn sucks.
But Iāll be curious to hear your thoughts when you get a chance to see it.
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Iāll let you know!
Also wanted to tell you The Filmcast has high praise for Poor Things, calling it one of the bravest roles of Emma Stoneās career. I continue to hope the movie is a better fit for me than the trailer.
I will have an informed opinion of Poor Things ready to clear my throat and utter in approximately 176 hours.
My fear that I could maybe really not like it can honestly only help. I tend to always just let my expectations be whatever they honestly are instead of trying to control them, but low expectations always put you in the best place to like something.
The flip side is that I went into The Holdovers thinking it was a near-lock that I would fucking love it, seemed like something that would land squarely in my wheelhouseā¦and then I merely liked it. By all means, itās a good movie, and the ending of it moved me. But it unfortunately it landed weaker for me than I was planning on. If I had just gone in blind as a blank slate then I wouldnāt have to shake off that part of my reaction. High hopes can be a curse.
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Youāre so cynical about your optimism 
I havenāt heard of The Holdovers, but I can see why you went in with high hopes. I love most of Alexander Payneās movies. I might be the only person in the world to have an irrational preference for Downsizing.