Yeah this throws out my “Marvel has 3 great movies in 2025” prediction.
I liked this movie more than most but I can’t pretend it’s great. The flaws of this are VERY easy to point out, and the reshoots are almost painfully obvious, but I like Mackie, Ford, and Lumbly enough to give it a pass.
It was cool seeing this in IMAX, but did anyone notice how quickly this ended? It’s like they told the director “ok pal wrap it up, you’re done!”
You know it’s funny there was a period around the late 2000’s/early 2010’s where I thought Ridley Scott was WASHED. But then movies like The Martian and The Last Duel came along to show us that he is still great.
It’s pretty clear why this movie is coming out now of all times and yeah when you see the parallels to how accusations of sexual misconduct are handled today, it is scary to see how systematic misogyny hasn’t changed a…
