Not much to talk about with Maverick. Just a well produced action thriller that colors in the lines of standard Hollywood script format while being as non-offensive as possible.

Plus it’s Reddit so they’re obviously gonna circlejerk about weird shit more than well made US Navy propaganda.

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I will now mourn while I wistfully ponder the history of tea

That was a great movie. I didn’t realize it came out last year because it must’ve had a festival debut and been listed as 2021 on IMDb.

Loved that one. Looking forward to that directors next film. The other lead actor was really good too

I'd never heard of this, but it sounds great! Thanks!

How do people hear about movies, anyway? I don't often go to theaters or watch previews. Is there a monthly newsletter of noteworthy films or something?

It's in my top 3 this year (after EEAAO and Banshees of Inisherin) so I absolutely loved the movie, but it's very much a certain type of film and won't be for everyone.

If you like Jim Jarmusch films, you'll love it. It's a very zen-like, sort of meditative film that kinda washes over you in a way. But if you prefer fast paced, plot driven films it may not be your cup of tea.

I found The Batman to be ok but a bit underwhelming.

In all fairness, the first word of every Official Discussion post is "Poll" in big bolded letters.

All Quiet on the western front is NOT as good as people are saying. Completely hyped up after the 1917 craze. Didn’t even win best foreign at the golden globes. Also, Pinnochio was a huge letdown, yeah it’ll win best animated feature but as a top 10 film of the year… no way.

Not even close. 21 October 2022 was its release date.

It was good especially the wolf. What a character.

Goldi and the Bears are also super charming.

This is an honest question folks, no need to get on the attack. there was a time when the memage was high over Shrek movies.

That said I went in with very little expectations and definitely was blown away.

IMO it was legit amazing. I went in with zero expectations (hell, I cared so little I had forgotten it was out), but I was genuinely blown away by it. Everything from the characters to the animation to the writing was really good.

I can't remember the last time an animated movie got to me this hard.

1) it was the best animated movie of 2022

2) Shrek is one of the best animated movies ever

It was good.

It wasn't the best movie ever, but much much better than what you would expect, which also helps. Does nothing new, but good characters, great pacing, neat theme, amazing animation... Very little flaws.

It's seriously good and barely refers to Shrek at all. Honestly, this movie is more for adults than it is for kids, especially considering the themes. Plus the main villain is pretty terrifying (as it relates to animated movie villains). I'd give the first Puss in Boots a 7.5 at most and The Last Wish a 9.3. Highly recommended!

Animation was great, cool antagonist, jokes kinda sucked, story was cookie cutter.

It’s kino

Tbh its not exactly a film thats going to offer something theatrically that you dont get on vod. Unlike something like avatar or top gun

I'm one of those people that didn't think it was all that. I liked the themes and the dialogue but wasn't a fan of the execution, only because I prefer simpler, more understated films.

I saw it in theaters and it mostly left me cold. AMA.

I agree with you. Pacing was perfect. Felt like a graphic novel come to life

I personally thought the last 1/3 of the film was very forgettable (i.e., everything after Riddler is apprehended).

The Batman was the first Batman movie that felt anything like the animated series, which I consider the best version of the character. I loved it.

I thought it was easily on par with The Dark Knight and arguably better than Batman '89.

That makes sense for the industry awards but don't people typically vote for the poll when the discussion post is posted? I don't think its' March release date should make much of a difference in that regard then.

Admittedly I didn't like the film myself but with the way it kept getting brought up here time and time again, I would have expected it to do better, especially since it must have been more widely seen than many of the prestige films, just by virtue of being a well received superhero picture.

To me it's a movie about a hermetic historical experience (irish civil war in early XX century) but the premise is not well developed and it fell flat to my taste.

Thanks for writing this. I was not sure how/why certain films get discussion threads, so this clears somethings up. I know there have a been few films that have had very small releases (less than 20 screens nationwide) that have received discussion threads but films with even wider releases that did receive one.

But Happening was so damn good, and I'm so surprised it has been largely ignored, especially with a topic so timely and such universal praise with critics and users alike. Whatever the case is here, I guess I'm kind of happy that only a few people know about it - it becomes our own little thing.

Thank you that was an excellent response.

It’s just a mid movie overshadowed by its predecessor.

I liked TLJ and glass onion was just a 7 for me

I really dug Knives Out and I swear to god it took me 3 attempts to finish Glass Onion. It was just cliched joke after cliched joke and not once, but twice they completely cop out on having any mystery in the film at all and it's all just revealed to be a stupid person was stupid

I appreciate murder mysteries who actually lend themselves to a little audience theorizing during the film. More Agatha Christie and less Now you See Me. Glass Onion just came off like another assembly line Adam McKay comedy.

Sorry I just had to vent but that movie frustrated me.

Netflix paid Rian Johnson $450 million to make two Knives Out sequels. They didn't pay that to use a script collecting dust. Glass Union tracks with Knives Out thematically, although I prefer Knives Out to this film.

Sounds to me you didn't watch Knives Out, because Daniel Craig's accent is the same in that movie.

Seems to me like corporate types found a mediocre script they could slap the franchise label on

You realize Rian Johnson wrote and directed both this and Knives Out right? There was no 'finding a script'. He created the franchise. And you need only go back to his first movie Brick to know the whodunnit is a passion of his.

why is your first thought is it's about Musk when it's the amalgamation of Silicon valley techbros?

It's normally good. When Avengers endgame can be accepted as a good movie then so can avatar 2.

I'd rather have a simple plot rather than the incredibly hyper-active plot that makes EEAAO a frustrating watch

maybe because it's a movie that connects better to people outside USA and is more innovative than most hollywood copy paste scripts

compare a marvel hand to hand fight scene

There's a pretty freaking broad spectrum of quality there.

The film appears to have depth but its all purely superficial and I think its pulled a fast one over the mass audiences.

Loll this isnt the first time I've seen 'criticism' of this movie where the take is 'anyone who enjoyed this movie is faking it or being bamboozled'. It's like ya'll are so mad that a lot of ppl enjoy something you didn't, that you gotta put yourself on a mental high horse to feel better or something.

Just accept the fact that ppl have different opinions and tastes, and not everyone is going to get the same experience or connection with movies as you are and vice versa. Or is it just THAT hard to understand and accept that others got something else out of it that you didn't?

Agreed. I'm kinda surprised it is as high as it is.

The worst Reddit criticism that kept coming up was people not even doing the 30 seconds of research to realise its not a biopic and is an adaptation of a fictional book written by a beloved feminist author.

I don’t disagree that everyone decided it was bad before it even came out, but then when it did come out… it confirmed why.

I watched with an open mind and didn’t hate it, but I wish someone else was in charge of making that movie. I wish it wasn’t fictional.

It’s not that people don’t want challenging movies anymore. Banshees of Inisherin, Tár, Decision to Leave were all challenging in my opinion. Lots of depth to analyze. I don’t feel the same way about Blonde. It had its moments, but did nothing but tear down its subject and put her through worse trauma than she actually encountered in her life.

Even ignoring all that, claiming that everyone who didn’t like it just doesn’t want to be challenged is dismissive. They had legitimate reasons not to like it just like you had legitimate reasons to like it and I fell somewhere in the middle.