i find music biopics incredibly tiresome. i haven't seen a complete unknown and probably won't even though it's probably pretty good. and like most americans, i barely even know who robbie williams is. so there's 0 chance i would've bothered to watch this were it not for its one major selling point, which also made it a source of ridicule for certain unimaginative types.
beyond the fact that i'm a sucker for CGI apes in general and the obvious appeal…
this movie genuinely made me want to grow the fuck up and get over myself
there was probably a time in the past (i don't know, i wasn't there) where it would've been obvious to everyone that something like a comic book movie about ancient space angels fighting weird monsters would be meant for a very specific audience. it would be a frivolous thing, no more deserving of vicious screeds and takedowns than of breathless, reverent praise. it wouldn't warrant much attention from serious critics, and if you weren't interested in it, you just wouldn't…
