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Im pretty basic at heart, so if your movie shows infants in microwaves and a credits sequence not of a tie-in superhero, but of a lil therapy doggo falling in slo-mo then it cant be a total failure

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“none of the 30-odd-closeup-of-grunts”

Is this a real thing or is it a reference to Russell Crowe’s band i learned about against my will as a kid?

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It's a way to describe a real thing using a reference to Russell Crowe's band. I try to weave those in as much as possible.

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That's what they teach you in the ivy leagues

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I'm surprised but not surprised - if that makes sense. Both Ezra and the Flash as a character illicit a "meh" response from me but I'll definitely give it a go. Totally agreed about the difference between a film made with some level of care or fun vs one adhering completely to corporate requirements. Now I just need to wait on the Kraven film to see if it's truly another Morbius.

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But did you cheer when the Bat Plane came on screen?

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This movie has had the most bizarre “buzz cycle” I think I’ve ever seen. There was such a whiplash in how people were talking about it, that my interest in it went from nothing to...I guess piqued??

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"Baby shower" I'm still giggling about this. The movie was dumb in some very fun ways. I thoroughly enjoyed myself and only mildly felt the standard yet still excessive 150min runtime.

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"This raised the obvious question: how good must The Flash be for Warner Bros to stand by the movie and by Miller through the almost daily bad headlines?"

This was the exact reason I went to see it!

I thought it was pretty enjoyable for the most part, but the weird super uncanny valley CGI - which was apparently on purpose?? - and "don't forget the tomatoes" at the end made me cringe and lol simultaneously.

Overall just felt too dumb.

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