I was kinda iffy on Birds of Prey, especially because this really should've been called Gotham City Sirens, even if it's not Ayer's film, because the Birds of Prey are a specific team in DC Comics. Also, the marketing never really seemed to click for me. But early reviews are good, and if you liked it Drew, that's good enough for me to go out to a matinee. At the very least, it seems like it'll be a fun 2 hours at the theater, and really, that's all I want. I'm an easy mark.
For example: I loved the first Transformers film. Maybe that's my bar: I don't care if you're a kinda dumb popcorn flick where Bumblebee pisses on John Turturro (speaking of) who by the way is having a blast hamming it up in the movie. I don't even care if you messed up the designs. Make me smile and happy for a couple of hours, throw in an invested Shia LaBeouf performance, and I'm good. Below that bar is Transformers The Fallen, which is a garbage movie that doesn't exist as far as I'm concerned.
I know, weird tangent. Apologies. I was just thinking about how much I liked the first Transformers movie today, and I'm okay totally owning that.
Jurnee Smollett-Bell was amazing on WGN's prematurely-cancelled Underground (I think one can binge it on Hulu). Not surprised about her doing the "big physical stuff" well because of what I saw on Underground. She adds another reason to see Birds of Prey.
Hey Drew, long-time follower here. Just wanted to say it's good to hear your voice on a regular basis again. Congrats to the new gig and also the weight loss (I mean, holy cow!).
Not wanting to sound entitled, but when will we read about Rise of Skywalker? Looking forward to your insight about it.
I was kinda iffy on Birds of Prey, especially because this really should've been called Gotham City Sirens, even if it's not Ayer's film, because the Birds of Prey are a specific team in DC Comics. Also, the marketing never really seemed to click for me. But early reviews are good, and if you liked it Drew, that's good enough for me to go out to a matinee. At the very least, it seems like it'll be a fun 2 hours at the theater, and really, that's all I want. I'm an easy mark.
For example: I loved the first Transformers film. Maybe that's my bar: I don't care if you're a kinda dumb popcorn flick where Bumblebee pisses on John Turturro (speaking of) who by the way is having a blast hamming it up in the movie. I don't even care if you messed up the designs. Make me smile and happy for a couple of hours, throw in an invested Shia LaBeouf performance, and I'm good. Below that bar is Transformers The Fallen, which is a garbage movie that doesn't exist as far as I'm concerned.
I know, weird tangent. Apologies. I was just thinking about how much I liked the first Transformers movie today, and I'm okay totally owning that.
Jurnee Smollett-Bell was amazing on WGN's prematurely-cancelled Underground (I think one can binge it on Hulu). Not surprised about her doing the "big physical stuff" well because of what I saw on Underground. She adds another reason to see Birds of Prey.
Hey Drew, long-time follower here. Just wanted to say it's good to hear your voice on a regular basis again. Congrats to the new gig and also the weight loss (I mean, holy cow!).
Not wanting to sound entitled, but when will we read about Rise of Skywalker? Looking forward to your insight about it.
I'm working on the STAR WARS piece, which is about all of the STAR WARS right now. All of it.
Writing about STAR WARS feels like a political act for me at this point, so I've been wrasslin' with it.
Thank you for answering. I absolutely understand what you mean.