I enjoyed Andor but I think that has more to do with it seemed to focus far more on telling a good story than relying heavily on all of the tropes that make Star Wars content Star Wars
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My suspicion with Forrest Gump is more that it appeals to the people who saw live the news clips it parodies and lived through some of the times and experiences it depicts, since it depicts past events in a nostalgic tone, without ever trying to change how one might feel about any specific political policy that influenced the events, and it never tries to change anyone's mind about anything. It's just a story that never really challenges you
You can also see this when watching films from the 50s and 60s as they were really designed to cover a variety of genres at once. Has a little romance sub-plot for mom, action sequences for little Tommy and some cool cars/gadgets for dad. Y'know because everything had to be stereotyped to hell and back. But it is jarring seeing how much of variety films old movies really were
I'm currently reading the LOTR books because I've never actually consumed any LOTR content and holy crap it's very long-winded. Entire conversations that could be just a couple of sentences go on for pages. I appreciate the incredible scope, the sense of scale and the creativity that goes into it but reading these books I can only think how perfect they are for adaptation into film or any other format really. Or if authors "covering" another's works like musicians do ever becomes a thing LOTR would be a fantastic candidate, because Tolkien's writing style is such a slog to read through
It feels like it should've been 2 films. The last quarter or so of the film just felt a bit rushed and overly-convenient. I absolutely loved the world building and general lore to the movie though
My wife addores early Adam Sandler films, and I've really never seen any of them. She had me sit down and watch one Adam Sandler film one evening and while I could not stand his character in Billy Madison and turned it off within a few minutes, Happy Gilmore was quite enjoyable and a fun subversion of golf tropes.
I enjoyed Don't Look Up for the comedic pacing mostly. Where every time you seem to get a feel for the mood and direction it has something subversive to throw you off. Definitely could've been less on the nose with the allegory but some people just need some things shouted into their face for a chance at getting it
I enjoyed Interstellar, but I also went into it expecting so-so sci-fi and instead got an interesting story with really cool world building. I guess my expectations for anything space in media are low enough to not be disappointed by most films
Makes me wonder about a guy I knew about a decade ago who would dab like its a nervous tick. Learned from a friend who went on a date with him that he did so even more often after a few drinks
The cursed Will Smith eating spaghetti wasn't the best video AI model available at the time, just what was available for consumers to run on their own hardware at the time. So while the rate of improvement in AI image/video generation is incredible, it's not quite as incredible as that viral video would suggest
I can read! Honest!
Okay, y'know how vanilla is very mid? Go buy a pint of vanilla yogurt, a bowl and a spoon and have it for breakfast or brunch. Or as a late night snack. My wife had a pregnancy craving for vanilla yogurt one evening and we've just kept a pint in the fridge ever since