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Wicked 2024
I enjoyed myself, but why did they expand this into two movies if they're not planning to add more story? They mostly just stretched out the songs to fill two hours and forty minutes. I wanted all the private classes with Glenda and Elphaba. I at least wanted that damn scene in the poppy field.... where's the scene Jon??
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice 2024
Much better than I expected it to be. It really truly understood its lane as a movie and stayed right in it. Everyone was there to have a good time. My only complaint is that it was juggling 3 too many plots. The new husband should have been cut and it should have focused centrally on the conflict between Lydia and her daughter.
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Gladiator II 2024
Man I was really rooting for this one, cause I love both Pedro Pascal and Paul Mescal's work, but it largely fell flat for me. Joseph Quinn was a surprising stand out. Also, Denzel Washington's delicious chewing of the scenery reminded me of Ian McDiarmid in the Star Wars prequels (I say with affection.) There were some fun action beats and I liked seeing a bloated, failing, Rome. But the movie largely sunk under the weight of its overly complex…
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Alien: Romulus 2024
David Jonsson is the stand out in this one. I was really taken with his performance, especially after the Act 2 turn. Visually this movie is stunning, but it is one of the worst scripts I've seen in a minute. I hate listening to characters telling each other things they already know so we get a completely unnecessary explanation of fuel for cryo-sleep...
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