Welcome to the club
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My last thought about War of the Worlds. If it wasn’t for the absolutely shameless Amazon plugs in the last segment of the movie, I might have let off for a 2/10 which would have had it 1 point ahead of Emilia Perez. Alas.
Success!
This was great. It’s a unique experience. And it helps that the story is also interesting.
One nitpick is that whoever played the brother is a TERRIBLE actor.
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Josh Safdie 
Timothee Chalamet
Tyler the Creator
Kevin O’Leary 
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Like, Mr Wonderful Kevin Oleary? The dude from Shark Tank?
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That would be him. A clear believer that being an asshole is a valid substitute for having a personality.
Yeah, looks like it could be a cool movie, but boy, I don’t like that it could bring O’Leary positive attention.
Does he have any acting chops? Not sure ive ever seen him credited in anything
Yea I’m not even sure why he’s getting billing. Got to be some bylaws somewhere. I mean who’s like “finally! The shark tank guy? I’ve always wanted to see how he can apply his reality TV show skills to a movie about ping pong!”
Does he have any production credit for this? My first thought was that he financed part of it and then demanded to be in it.
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Gotta be it right
Let’s see if anyone is interested in playing a game. It will test your creativity. The format is basically this:
At its core [x movie] is really a movie about [x thing].
I’ll start.
At its core, The Firm is really a movie about a bad hire.
Apologies if I’ve attempted and failed to get this off the ground before.
I like that idea, but I’m an unobservant ass when it comes to cinema and won’t have good contributions. So let me steal someone else’s:
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At its core, Serpico is a movie that shows how bad having a conscience is.
At its core, Raiders of the Lost Ark is a movie that proves the past shouldn’t be dug up again.
At its core, E.T. is a movie about the importance of using the buddy system on field trips.
I do think the way Bouie put that is really good. I watch Serpico and, as portrayed in the film, he’s clearly a man with a strong moral backbone. He’s also completely insufferable, a trait that naturally worsens as the film goes on. By the back half of the movie I’m desperately rooting for his girlfriend to get away from him, because what kind of life is it to date this guy?
People get screwed over through no fault of their own, they become embittered, in turn they become difficult to be around even to their friends. (I know this is true because I’m a Sonics fan.)
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At its core Hot Fuzz is a movie about how rural areas are much more violent than urban ones.
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At its core, Ready or Not is about the importance of the annulment system.
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At its core, Rear Window is a prescient warning about the male loneliness epidemic
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