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Just finished the very beautiful A Most Violent Year, starring the very talented Oscar Isaac. This is also probably my favorite Jessica Chastain role.
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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)​

Nicolas Cage plays himself, as an over the hill actor who goes on an adventure. It was ok, watchable, not great with surprisingly good reviews at Rotten Tomatoes.

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Captain Marvel (2019)- Marvelous! A top tier Marvel Infinity Stone entree. Kree vs Skroll, a story of misdirection with a delightful twist. Guest appearance by Ronin. By virtue of absorbing the power of the Tesseract, Captain Marvel is one of the strongest characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Sequel estimated release Summer 2023.

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Watched Top Gun Maverick. Did anyone else feel like the climax was strangely similar to that of Star Wars Episode IV? A small group of fighter jets (X-Wings) need to fly through a narrow valley (equatorial trench) to avoid SAMs (turbolasers) in order to fire at a small (less than three meters) target, which is a ventilation shaft (exhaust port). And one of the main characters is trained by a man who was involved in his father's demise (Obi-Wan). Anyway, regardless of that standing out to me, it was a worthy successor to the original and very well shot. I think it did have less emotional weight because none of the good guys died in combat, but that would be my only major gripe.

There are already memes about just that...!

I am watching the OG Top Gun right now...
 
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And I thought it was garbage.

How it was so highly rated is beyond me. I know people, are, were, are starving for entertainment and to get back to normal. Might be why it was monetarily successful.
The story was cliche and predictable, shallow characters you've seen dozens of times but without any chemistry, nothing really memorable. Unlike the original which made it a classic, this one is completely forgettable.
 
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And I thought it was garbage.

How it was so highly rated is beyond me. I know people, are, were, are starving for entertainment and to get back to normal. Might be why it was monetarily successful.
The story was cliche and predictable, shallow characters you've seen dozens of times but without any chemistry, nothing really memorable. Unlike the original which made it a classic, this one is completely forgettable.
It had action and lots of CGI. That's often enough. Add in Tom Cruise and you have a blockbuster. People often aren't looking for deep stories or characters and just want the boom-booms.

I was reading the reviews of Star Wars-Rise of Skywalker and I was amazed at the predominately bad reviews. I think they tied up the story pretty well but most people seemed to find it weak.
 
I was reading the reviews of Star Wars-Rise of Skywalker and I was amazed at the predominately bad reviews. I think they tied up the story pretty well but most people seemed to find it weak.
It was.

I guess I feel no sympathy for Hollywood when they claim to be hurting, when they turn out garbage and expect people to just switch off there brain for a couple of hours and basically come away with watching a FX demonstration.
meh...🤷‍♂️ Glad I lived through the 80's when movies were great.
 
I somehow never watched this one until last night. It was very short (<90 minutes) and very graphically violent. I had fun watching it.

Rambo (2008)

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I also watched this and enjoyed:

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And second viewing of this. What a great film.

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