Instead of following franchises and getting excited about new films in them, maybe start following your favorite directors, and getting excited about new films from them?

From what I recall, the encounter with the ghost army plays out a lot more efficiently in the book. The movie definitely took a few liberties for dramatic flair. I always felt that the Ghost King just thought it over and had a change of heart by the time they got out of the cave.

The avalanche of skulls does piss me off somewhat

You're certainly entitled to you opinion and I actually appreciate that you didn't really go on any sort of angst filled rant and gave an honest assessment on why you don't like the film. Having said that, I really do think you fail to realize just how awful 1970s NYC was. How depraved it was prior to sweeping law enforcement changes in the 1980s. This could actually be said of most of America's major metro centers in the mid to late 70s. So yes, it's a social commentary that when looked at through today's lens seems so very alien but for the time was a largely honest assessment by Scorsese on how far the city he loved had really fallen. Which brings me to a larger issue we have a society today which is that we all insist on only looking through the lens we have right now. Books, music, cinema, history -- so many of us only view these things through today's lens and when it doesn't line up we discard it. I offer up that we should instead consider evaluating those things both how the world is today and how the world was.

Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for the Hot Take!

It’s releasing on Apple.

We're still 20 years from even considering remaking this again.

Any notice how Paul Bettany’s accent changes throughout the movie.

Really enjoyed this movie. I’m a fan of Simon Baker and I was watching The Mentalist at the time I watched Margin Call. Really showed what a diverse actor he really is.

I wouldn’t bother comparing with Big Short though. Both amazing movies and both very different.

> Letting actors can walk around everywhere without masks, but forcing crewmembers to wear them was dumb

Masks on crew stop them from giving it to the leads. If the leads get it somewhere else, it's going to shut production down anyway. It doesn't matter if the key grip gets it from the lead actor. We're 3 years into this shit and you still don't understand masks.

Technically she was in "Sugar & Spice" magazine, but it was owned by Playboy Press. I did a deep dive on that crazy rabbit hole after I watched Atlantic City, same director as Pretty Baby. Those photos are online, legally. It's insane.

Truly a weird coincidence as Ive been working through the criterion Wong Kar Wai set and just watched Happy Together for the first time last night

One of these days I'm gonna get my paragraphs organizized

Good point, and I don’t want to wallow in negativity. I think out of all of those movies you mention, Shang Chi was the best of them.

Well haha thanks

It's an adaptation of the nonfiction book about the murders of dozens of Osage Indians back in the 1920s. The land the Osage ended up on turned out to be rich with oil, and greed lead to a conspiracy of murder to obtain their head rights to the oil. It was one of the first big cases tackled by J Edgar Hoover's Bureau that led to the rise of the FBI. I actually just finished reading the book yesterday and can't wait for the movie.

It's an adaptation of the nonfiction book about the murders of dozens of Osage Indians back in the 1920s. The land the Osage ended up on turned out to be rich with oil, and greed lead to a conspiracy of murder to obtain their head rights to the oil. I actually just finished reading the book yesterday and can't wait for the movie.

I live in Oklahoma where it was shot so I can’t say that

Yep. That’s why I have to be really excited to see it.

This book is so good. Excited to see what they do with the movie.

For anyone who likes this book, check out Empire of the Summer Moon. That book was incredible as well.

OK - I gotta see it. I thought the previews just made it look like a video game, but this might be a fun thing to see with the kids.

Brooke appeared in Playboy fully nude at the age of 10! Her mother signed off on it. I think her mom was one of those stage moms that will sign off on anything for money or fame.

I liked “The Batman,” so that’s a good point!

I wish she wasnt forgotten.

Im a guy and she was a very important bit of representation for me. It was good for kid me to see that back then.

Absolutely- I have seen some great films in the last couple of years. But here I’m talking about that one movie that you know is coming that you just can’t wait to see.

Yeah, I can't read that wall of text, but the post title is something I strongly disagree with, so I'll say you're (in my opinion) wrong.

He’s so good in Once A Thief, such a great action/comedy