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Yeah, we watched this last night. Gotta say, the trailers made it look a lot more interesting than what the final product produces. Once I realized what I was in for, my eyes drifted off in opposite directions and I completely zoned out. Even having seen it less than 24 hours ago, I struggle to remember anything substantial about it. Milquetoast disguised as intrigue. I don't tend to be overly critical when it comes to individuals' contribution to cinema, but more and more, Chris Pratt brings a stigma with him that I lower my expectations. Mayhaps its my recent viewing of The Tomorrow War contributing to recency bias, but anything he's in, my knee-jerk reaction is "hopefully it's not horrible."
A ★★★★ review of A League of Their Own (1992)
“What if at a key moment in the game, my uniform bursts open and, uh, oops! My bosoms come flying out. That might draw a crowd, right?” “You think there are men in this country who ain't seen your bosoms?” Based on the real-life story of the All American Girls Professional League, formed during...
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I think whatever clout Pratt farmed during his Marvel & Jurassic run is running out, and his tepid string of direct-to-streaming/limited release potboilers - The Tomorrow War, The Electric State, Mercy - proves that whatever success he ever found at the box office was no thanks to him. To me he has such a bland, mean presence he's like a parody leading man in a parody movie playing at the end of a real one.
I also call fraud on the movie for depicting him standing up and toting a rifle in the poster. He's seating down and strapped to a chair for 99% of the running time.
A ★½ review of Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
“I don’t mind talking to myself, but when you guys cut me out of the conversation, that’s when it begins to get a little...strange.” There's not much to note about the production on this one, other than the fact that it was the debut film for Glen Powell in a random cameo. With that, on to the...
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Guardians of the Galaxy did more for him than he did for it. He had some douchbag energy that served him to an extent, but as soon as he tried to go legit leading man the veil was off. You can tell that in every movie poster he's on now he tries very hard to not have the 'Peter Quil/guy from Parks and Recreation' face, but seemingly doesn't get that's all he ever had going for him, and now that's gone too. Guess he'll still have Super Mario.
And I'm positive he got Mario because a few years ago a board room of Nintendo elders took a look at a pie chart, handpicked the cheapest option with the highest combined box office gross and went "Watashitachi ga hoshi no wa Corissu Porattu". Mario is Protagonist. Chris Pratt is Protagonist Man. It's a no brainer!
Send Help - 7/10
Rachel McAdams plays an underappreciated office worker that gets stranded on an island with her boss after their private jet crashes in the ocean. McAdman's character is nerdy into survivor stuff so she essentially knows how to do everything on the island while her boss got injured during the crash and doesn't know how to do anything, thus the movie is mainly about the changing dynamic between them. Overall, a solid Sam Raimi movie and he really loves putting his main characters through the ringer and that is no different here. The movie is a touch long, should be trimmed by like 10 minutes.
Rachel McAdams plays an underappreciated office worker that gets stranded on an island with her boss after their private jet crashes in the ocean. McAdman's character is nerdy into survivor stuff so she essentially knows how to do everything on the island while her boss got injured during the crash and doesn't know how to do anything, thus the movie is mainly about the changing dynamic between them. Overall, a solid Sam Raimi movie and he really loves putting his main characters through the ringer and that is no different here. The movie is a touch long, should be trimmed by like 10 minutes.
I'm pretty sure he didn't have that in the room where Ryan was showing what Earth looked like nor during the virtual classroom scene. Unless the astrophage are drastically different in the book (in their composition), I really don't think they make any sense whatsoever regardless on how much more time is spent developing the science. Just little things like we wouldn't be able to tell the other stars were infected because it takes lots of time for the light to reach us.
A ★ review of Expend4bles (2023)
“But you are a selfish prick.” “Really?” “We all are. We have to be, to choose this life over friends, over family. We do this for money? That’s the definition of prickism.” After the failure of The Expendables 3 with both audiences and critics, production on the fourth film stalled out for...
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A ★★★★½ review of The Secret Agent (2025)
“This is like those American witness protection programs.” “Over there, things are done with a lot of dough, and by their government. Over here, it’s all a bit improvised, Brazilian style. And to protect you from Brazil.” With a script written over the course of three years by Kleber Mendonca...
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I'm gonna say it, if Pine ranks first on the Chris scale, Pratt probably comes dead last.
And then you bring in the Christophers, and Guest/Walken blow them both away.
ETA: And for Chrises specifically, Sarandon clears.
ETA: And for Chrises specifically, Sarandon clears.
Can't say I ever really thought of Kit as the protagonist. That honestly goes to Dottie in my opinion. We start on her, with her flashback kicking the movie off, and her dynamic with Tom Hanks' character feeling about as important as with Kit. Even Kit's stuggle with not measuring up feels framed from Dottie's perspective.A ★★★★ review of A League of Their Own (1992)
“What if at a key moment in the game, my uniform bursts open and, uh, oops! My bosoms come flying out. That might draw a crowd, right?” “You think there are men in this country who ain't seen your bosoms?” Based on the real-life story of the All American Girls Professional League, formed during...
Also, good thing Debra Winger dropped out, because Geena Davis just radiates athletic confidence in this movie.
The room had sound so he wouldn't need it pointing at the screens all the time. Astrophage is a sci-fi element, but it's not treated like magic in the book or the film even if the latter offers less explanation. And it takes a long time for the astrophage to infect stars, so there is time for the information to arrive too.
How to Make a Killing
Remake of Kind Hearts and Coronets, about a disowned schmuck who goes about pruning the family tree in order to inherit billions. In the original all of his victims are played by Alec Guiness, whose many deaths and costume changes are kinda the whole selling point. No such gimmick here. Glen Powell plays the familicide, and this time around it's more about seeking justice/revenge/whatever for his maligned mother. The darker angle comes courtesy of Margaret Qualley as Powell's shoulder devil. The kills themselves aren't very creative (perhaps realistically, half the time it boils down to dosing a drink) or particularly funny. Powell is a solid, likeable lead and I enjoyed the movie just fine, but it never quite took off for me because there isn't much tension to the story until we get to the home stretch.
Remake of Kind Hearts and Coronets, about a disowned schmuck who goes about pruning the family tree in order to inherit billions. In the original all of his victims are played by Alec Guiness, whose many deaths and costume changes are kinda the whole selling point. No such gimmick here. Glen Powell plays the familicide, and this time around it's more about seeking justice/revenge/whatever for his maligned mother. The darker angle comes courtesy of Margaret Qualley as Powell's shoulder devil. The kills themselves aren't very creative (perhaps realistically, half the time it boils down to dosing a drink) or particularly funny. Powell is a solid, likeable lead and I enjoyed the movie just fine, but it never quite took off for me because there isn't much tension to the story until we get to the home stretch.