As a general rule, I try not to nitpick the things I watch based off of social norms that have changed, but this one was so offensive at it’s core that I had to weigh in with my thoughts.
It’s interesting to view this film as an artifact of the pre-#MeToo era. At the heart of this vile teenage romance comedy is a distillation of men into two archetypes: Joey, the “popular guy” (allegedly the object of a woman’s default…
Cinema can be described as a heightened or romanticized reality, dramatically set apart from the lives we lead and yet so deeply influenced by them. There is a symbiotic relationship between movies and existence that touches our soul in a way that can often be hard to put into words. It has the unique power to communicate emotionally on a level transcendent of language; the moving image itself carries an unspoken meaning simply because it exists to reflect our experience…
The distillation of Bay’s particular, uh, “talents” in filmmaking working in the best way they possibly can.
I mean, I wouldn’t have put this in the Criterion Collection but I’m almost certain it’s not the worst thing in it.
For something that tries so hard to be THE movie of 2018 (Trump references, phone jokes, Buzzfeed name dropping, and random drone footage), this film could not be more disconnected from reality.
The people who wrote this thing are as out of their element as Logan Miller’s character is when he wears a dress to a high school Halloween party. This is a disaster that so desperately wants to be liked and sympathized with, it practically begs for attention.
The…
As a pilot myself, I can confirm that the information here is very accurately presented.
Just less enthused by the way it’s presented (never been much of a fan of glossy made-for-TV, borderline sensationalist docs like these)
