This felt sort of impotently didactic to me. What are we trying to say here? That treating people as expendable is bad? That classism is bad? That chainsaw murdering is bad? But dressing the situations up cartoonishly so it's all couched in dark humor? Is it meant to convince, to illuminate, to entertain, or to justify existing emotions? Make it make sense.
That said, Robert Pattinson is great. Loved the music. Production design and visual effects were standout, especially the…
Why do the writers have to give Anthony Mackie so many lame inspirational speeches and pep talks?
I give it a heart, though, for breaking out of the aesthetic rut Marvel movies have been in. It felt like a Cap movie.
I've noticed that I'm more tolerant to long runtimes than many people I talk to. I'm not sure why that is, but this is a great example of a movie that uses its runtime well. Somebody could have taken this same plot and made a 2 hour flick out of it, but there just wouldn't have been as much meat on the bone, so to speak.
I look forward to watching this again to try to understand better the relationships…
