Sometimes a movie comes at a time where it hits a little harder than it might normally, and in a time where the place I live is making active efforts to make schools a less safe place for students, a movie talking about how deeply important arts can be to people in times of hardship is exactly what I need to see to know that what I do matters.
The arts are a place of solace for people. An ultimate…
It is April 2020. The Covid Pandemic has just begun, as Adam McKay scrolls through twitter. He sees a few public health warnings, a couple memes about the situation, and then reaches a section of angry tweets by conservative politicians and citizens about how this is all clearly fake and we shouldn’t worry about it. He chuckles. All of a sudden, a lightbulb goes off above his head (LED of course, for McKay is too in tune with the environment…
Yeah, I’m still not a fan of this. As much as I can respect the campy nature and cheesy over-the-top energy here, I also just don’t like the story itself enough, and so it all feels really jumbled and inconsistent here. But hey, I got paid to watch this with a bunch of 10th Graders, so at least it’s got that going for it
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
When you’re so angry at science that you just die
My dude gets shot in the brain from less than 10 feet away, and then makes a full recovery, and the only side effect is he becomes a better person. What the fuck JJ Abrams
