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The Lars Ulrich Barbenheimer report is pleasing me.
I was already on the fence about Oppenheimer and super excited about Barbie, so no change I guess? More of both, maybe? Can I be more intensely on the fence, does that make sense, because I think that might be the case.
I was already on the fence about Oppenheimer
This is where I was going into the whole thing. When it was announced they would screen the same night and my critic friend had already committed to Oppenheimer (and another friend of his had "called" that one long ago, as I had with the Barbie +1), I wasn't even sure I wanted him to pursue a +2 for the former. But, in the end, I'm glad he did, though I'm even happier that they added another screening for Barbie. It was actually good to see them close together because they share a similar ambitious nature and both explore existential crises of a sort; however, I might reverse the viewing order if I was getting tickets myself.
The 1988 film Tokyo Pop is being shown in theaters for the first time in over 30 years. It's the first movie directed by Fran Rubel Kuzui, who went on to direct another film you might have heard of.
Blue Beetle was fun! Best DC movie in a long time.
Blue Beetle was fun! Best DC movie in a long time.
Right on! I think I'm taking myself to a matinee on Sunday. I keep hearing good stuff about it.
Blue Beetle was fun! Best DC movie in a long time.
Glad to hear it. We had to cancel our tickets because my wife got COVID. Hopefully we'll all be healthy by next weekend so we can try again.
I finally saw the Barbie movie. First there was some work travel and then COVID, so this was pretty much my first chance. I was a little worried it was overhyped, but that was not the case. I really like it.
Blue Beetle was seriously really good.
I appreciated that even though they didn’t directly copy the plot from the comics, all the visuals were spot-on. I especially geeked-out when George Lopez lowered himself from the bug on a rope, exactly like Ted Kord.
Going in, I was afraid I'd be disappointed because it wouldn't be exactly like the mid-/late-2000s Blue Beetle run, because that was a great run of comics. And the movie isn't like that run of comics, but it didn't matter. All the changes worked for me, and worked for the purposes of introducing a new character to the DCEU and sticking to a 2-hour movie plot. I appreciated that the movie kept the initial body horror of how fucking weird and literally inhuman it is when the beetle suit engages.
Jaime Reyes is forever my Blue Beetle, but I really appreciated all the Ted Kord references, because I do dig Ted Kord, too.
Susan Sarandon's character was a little much, honestly. She was only lacking a mustache to twirl. But, you know, I don't see comic book movies for subtleties of characterization, so it's whatever.