“If you've ever found yourself walking out of a Marvel movie and said to yourself, "I liked it. It was fine. But I don't know. I can't help thinking it could have used...just you know a lot more vivisection," then rest assured your tastes have finally been catered to, you sicko freak.””
That review — whether ultimately fair or not — certainly puts form to my preconceptions. I remain hesitant about watching this film, though my heels aren't dug in. Tell me more about this dog character, Cosmonaut or whatever her name is. They wisely put her on the poster, but I haven't heard anyone mention her after seeing the movie. Is that because to do so would be to blatantly spoil the finest moments of the narrative? Or is it because she's barely there?
She is without doubt the best character in the film and part of the best running gag too. She deserves more air time than she gets but is definitely still present enough to be memorable.
I had a little smile when I saw the trailer for this last week as it reminded me of the last time you mentioned the franchise in a podcast, discussing the ever-decreasing title lengths. I’m glad you jumped straight in with an early viewing.
Love that you finish with the ‘Go or don’t go?’ question after starting with the statement, ‘This movie didn’t need to happen.’ I think you set your stall out pretty early in the review.
Keith and I are in disagreement over just about everything here (apart from the incomprehensible nature of the plots of Fast movies). I absolutely struggled to see what was so winning about Terrifier 2 and, despite being a huge fan of disaster movies, I thought San Andreas was awful. I am also resoundingly coming in on the side of Maverick. We loved it and I would go as far as to say it was our favourite film of last year and really stood out against some otherwise pretty mediocre offerings. I know it played shamelessly on nostalgia for the original film but it did it so well that I am unashamed in my love for it.
Maverick is a very good film and we’re going to have to address it here soon. The schism between the two of us on this subject demands examination. It’s a good practice target for some larger axiological questions.
Incidentally, we went to see the Guardians of the Galaxy movie last week. I agree with you in principle about the MCU and was fairly unenthusiastic at the prospect but my husband refuses to let Marvel die. Turns out it was a good decision. Thumbs up from the whole family.
you only mentioned it briefly but thought you might enjoy this review of guardians - https://www.npr.org/2023/05/03/1173031662/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3-review-marvel - choice quote,
“If you've ever found yourself walking out of a Marvel movie and said to yourself, "I liked it. It was fine. But I don't know. I can't help thinking it could have used...just you know a lot more vivisection," then rest assured your tastes have finally been catered to, you sicko freak.””
It’s probably not that unfair a review. I think my heartstrings are easily manipulated.
That review — whether ultimately fair or not — certainly puts form to my preconceptions. I remain hesitant about watching this film, though my heels aren't dug in. Tell me more about this dog character, Cosmonaut or whatever her name is. They wisely put her on the poster, but I haven't heard anyone mention her after seeing the movie. Is that because to do so would be to blatantly spoil the finest moments of the narrative? Or is it because she's barely there?
She is without doubt the best character in the film and part of the best running gag too. She deserves more air time than she gets but is definitely still present enough to be memorable.
I had a little smile when I saw the trailer for this last week as it reminded me of the last time you mentioned the franchise in a podcast, discussing the ever-decreasing title lengths. I’m glad you jumped straight in with an early viewing.
Love that you finish with the ‘Go or don’t go?’ question after starting with the statement, ‘This movie didn’t need to happen.’ I think you set your stall out pretty early in the review.
Keith and I are in disagreement over just about everything here (apart from the incomprehensible nature of the plots of Fast movies). I absolutely struggled to see what was so winning about Terrifier 2 and, despite being a huge fan of disaster movies, I thought San Andreas was awful. I am also resoundingly coming in on the side of Maverick. We loved it and I would go as far as to say it was our favourite film of last year and really stood out against some otherwise pretty mediocre offerings. I know it played shamelessly on nostalgia for the original film but it did it so well that I am unashamed in my love for it.
Maverick is a very good film and we’re going to have to address it here soon. The schism between the two of us on this subject demands examination. It’s a good practice target for some larger axiological questions.
Incidentally, we went to see the Guardians of the Galaxy movie last week. I agree with you in principle about the MCU and was fairly unenthusiastic at the prospect but my husband refuses to let Marvel die. Turns out it was a good decision. Thumbs up from the whole family.