Feels like all the same source material as the original, while missing everything vital to its success. It’s a tale as old as time to see sequels flop, but this does so somewhat worse. Trying to resurrect characters from a 20+ year old film all to continue a storyline that was so well self-contained. You cannot watch it without feeling how forced it all is. Denzel stands out per usual but no other A-listers brought anything memorable to the table. I would love to kind of forget about it and once again consider Gladiator a stand alone film…
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Beetlejuice 1988
Can’t believe I hadn’t seen this before. Michael Keaton goes hard for this role. Tim Burton had some killer set designs, I know it’s not for everyone, but goodness it’s entertaining!
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Mad Max: Fury Road 2015
Just rewatched for the first time in years. Hold up as one of the best action movies I’ve ever seen. Just enough substance/dialogue to allow it to play to its strengths. What a lovely day…
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 2023
Man I’d hate to be chained to the MCU storyline while trying to direct a solid trilogy. James Gunn struggles to find meaning for almost any characters in GOTG 3. We see Star Lord become a side character and unresolved relations between multiple characters. The whole Rocket story just felt like a shallow reach for empathy in a character we are supposed to start seeing as the main protagonist. Might be time to put this franchise on the shelf.
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