Well, Vice Admiral Holdo called him out as well, and Leia actually stun-blasted him during his mutiny. But it never felt like the narrative was presenting him as being in the wrong, at least until the very end when the Resistance had been whittled down to a medium-sized dinner party's worth of people. He was more the loose cannon cowboy cop who's usually proven correct to have chafed under the police chief's by-the-book restrictions.

I disagree about Poe not being called on it. Leia demotes him, Holdo dismisses him, then he spends the next 18 hours avoiding her so he won't get caught, then Leia stuns him so he can't do any more damage. And yeah, we've all been trained to expect that guy to save the day (and he's one of our POV characters and he thinks he's right all the time), but I don't think the narrative is ever really on his side.

Agree with Jess. We, the audience, get carried along with him as he learns that he's in the wrong because we're so conditioned to expect the loose-cannon-saves-the-day arc. It's a nifty trick.

Poe still ends up getting a lot of people dead and doesn't really show any remorse for it, but on reflection I will agree he doesn't get a pass, either, and actually learns something by the end.

There's a bunch of griping online about Holdo not letting Poe in on the plan and that it's her fault the transports get blown up because of this, but they seem to conveniently forget that Poe kept his own plan secret from her. If keeping secrets is bad (and I agree that she didn't owe him an explanation anyway) then Poe is just as guilty.

I will say I thought it was a great character moment that when Hux found Kylo Ren possibly dead his first thought was to blast him just to be sure (until Kylo woke up and he noped right back out of that plan.)

All those complainers have totally bought into the narrative of the loose-cannon-saves-the-day trope and zero concept of military standards of conduct. Admirals do not explain things to insubordinate captains. In a military context, when a higher-up explains something to you it is because they believe you need that information to carry out your duties and orders OR because they are grooming you for greater leadership roles and teaching you what they know. Since Leia and Holdo had recent evidence that Poe was not meant for Greater Things and his current duties included getting off the bridge to let the grownups talk, Holdo owed him zero explanation.

The Shape of Water! I finally got to see it tonight, and was enraptured. Just wonderful.

Golden Globes, the only two things I cared about: Get Out didn't win anything, and I am PISSED about it.

Guillermo del Toro won for best director! Eeee!

That speech by Oprah was something. Everything else seemed to pale in comparison.

Film Twitter is alight with Three Billboard discourse, which is making me weary.

Film Twitter is alight with Three Billboard discourse, which is making me weary.

My favorite part of that is the people I've seen policing others for months about not going out of your way to diss other people's faves, are now all "let me tell you why Three Billboards is the worst film ever" (insert loud sigh here).