Cinescussion - Episode 15 - Top 10 Lists for 2021

We saw a lot of film projects in 2021 and after some discussions we decided to discuss our top ten lists of the year. Get comfortable and join us as we go through some of our favorite film projects of the year, some of which are a bit unorthodox but hey, we like what we like...right?

Subjects discussed: Honorable mentions, movies we didn't get to see yet, our top 10 lists.

Dune, Midnight Mass, Titane, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Licorice Pizza, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Shang Chi: Legend of the ten rings, Don't Look Up, Dune, Arcane, Malcom & Marie, Mass, Pig, Judas and the Black Massiah, Titane, and Last Night in Soho

Cinescussion Episode 15, 2022

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Hey everyone, this is Dylan.

And this is fortune, also known as a restless mind on YouTube.

Yeah, and welcome to episode 15 of syn discussion, our top 10 list for everything we saw in 2021. And all the things Yeah.

Yes, this is true, because there, I think I mentioned this on the last podcast to you or I mentioned it to you on the phone. 2020 was a weird year where I didn't get to see as many films as I would have liked. But I actually got to see quite a few films, but most of them weren't new films. I spent a lot of this year watching a lot of classics that were on my list that I had never gotten to see. So I've actually caught up a lot on that list, though. So it was very good year for movies. It just it was I was delving into the past quite a bit.

Yeah, I Well, yeah, we both did a lot of that. And then when we were talking about doing this, and I started making my top 10 list, this was a couple of weeks ago, when we really started digging in. I was like, did I even see that many movies this year? And as I revisited IMDb and like the job less I was like, Okay, I did see a lot of movies this year. It's like, yeah, well the rank of

Yeah, and I realized that like, nowadays the movies and television are interchangeable in terms of quality, like some shows are even better. So I don't even do like top 10 film list. I now do like a top 10 film projects. So like some might be shows, you know, like, because or miniseries because there's just so many, like, there's just so much great content all over it like the the landscape has drastically changed. So you get to kind of adjust.

I joined you on that. I also include some shows some non traditional films. So I'm really excited to hear

one of yours this.

I can. Also, disclaimer, I got my booster shot early this afternoon. I'm definitely feeling the fatigue and the slight cough. So if my voice sounds a little funny, or I seem a little low energy, that would be why but we'll be over that a couple days. So don't

worry, guys. It's not like the official COVID. It's the it's the the voluntary code,

right, exactly. So I know that before we like dive into our top 10, we have some honorable mentions. But I also created a quick or not so quick list of things that I really wanted to see this year, but didn't have a chance to. And I'm not sure if you have a few. You have a few as well.

I had quite a few but I only listed three for this. But I have more but it would take forever. Because like I said it did more classics this year. So yeah, what I missed last night. So I'm a huge Edgar Wright fan. So I really, really want to see that went in it is available on prime I believe now. So I will probably watch it within the next week or two. Judas in the black Messiah was one of the ones that I was really looking forward to. I liked Daniel Kaluuya. And I also love lucky Stanfield. He's great, just great actors. And I'm told it was fantastic. The other one was the power of dog. I know the director is really well known for her work. I haven't actually seen her work. I'm just a big Benedict Cumberbatch fan. And I also like Kirsten Dunst. I feel like over time, like she's not she doesn't just do romantic comedies seems like in the last like seven years or so she's been doing a lot more just like dramas and Tana. Whether the movie is good or not. She kind of kills it. She's pretty great. So yeah, she's really I mean, I don't want to say she's grown on me because I can laugh at me. I love bringing it on. I still think that movies fun. But, but yeah, she's really she's a good actress. So like, I thought it would be really interesting to see Benedict Cumberbatch and her together in a film like so. I'm looking forward to say that.

Yeah, awesome. I had literally like 15 So I'm just gonna ramble through them. I'm not going to get too long. But I yeah, all of these are good, or maybe even great. And I wanted to see him

but I didn't get a chance. And these are the ones you didn't get a chance to see. Right? Yeah,

I even organize them so I could be quick. There are a couple of enemies on my list. I didn't get to watch Evangelina three. I really wanted to watch it I know what's on prime I just didn't see the second one didn't have a chance to watch through the other two. Demon Hunter Mugen train I started the show. I haven't so good it

forgot about demon hunter. Oh, yeah.

Yeah, I have a show. So I didn't watch the movie. A few musicals that I wanted to see on see in the heights. I just didn't prioritize it. I want to see West Side Story because Steven Spielberg is out here still making movies. And I wanted to see Tick Tick Boom because Ektachrome was great is great. Yep. It was one of my honorable mentions actually, now that I think about it. Very nice. Couple animations I wanted to see I want to see in Kanto. I wanted to see Ray on the last dragon didn't get a chance at waffle. I don't

think Kanto

he didn't get seeing cancer either. Okay, no, I want to see that one. A couple other things. You well this one's also kind of animation but stop motion. I really want to see MAD GOD 30 year. I can't remember the director but one of the stop motion masters took 30 years to make his life's work. It's called Mad God apparently it's weird and crazy and scary. Data control.

I actually haven't even heard of this now I need to do some research MAD GOD I'm gonna write that. Yeah. I really want to it's not the same. It's not the same guy that did an anima Lisa, is it?

I don't believe so. No, no. Okay. I hear you typing over there. Look up his name one more time for me. Yeah, it's uh oh, Filter Filter that made it. Mad God movie. Yeah, if

you haven't even heard of this,

like the visual effects for like Jurassic Park. Robocop? Like he helped out on Star Wars Starship Troopers. He's been working on this project like his entire life.

Dude, this looks cool, too. Yep.

I really want to see red rocket. I really wanted to see Macbeth. And Joaquin Phoenix put out a movie this year that I haven't had a chance to see yet. He's my favorite living actors still. And that's come on. Come on. I'll get around to that. Ah, yeah. A few foreign films. drive my car. Really want to see it memoria. And this is not a burial, it's a resurrection. Also, there's a Mads Mikkelsen movie came out that looks like this revenge drama, but I've heard that it goes a little deeper. It's called riders of justice. Looks like the trailer made it look like it could be like a Liam Neeson. Like, gonna catch some kind of movie, but it looks

now that Liam Neeson is retired from Mad Max Exactly.

taken five. There were two shows on my list that I'm really excited to watch. I really wanted to watch hell bound. Which Oh, yeah, drama on Netflix, and create one. Or dragon people all sorts.

Yes. I heard it's wild. A couple of friends. A couple people at work thought

Yeah, it was wild. And then I really want to see yellow jackets. I've heard a lot of really exciting buzz. Yeah, new horror show. So super hard about that. That's my that's my big list of things that I really want to see. But I haven't.

Good. Okay, so So now I think we're also before we give you our top 10s We want to give you some honorable mentions. These are films or or, you know, film projects that we liked. But they just barely didn't make the list. But we thought they were good. And we enjoyed them. So my list of honorable mentions number one is pig. I actually like to pick I like to pig quite a bit. Yeah, it wasn't the top 10 For me, but it was it was very good. It was very well made. I think you had mentioned it was the director's first time directing, I believe you had said it was very solid direction. It seemed like the movie knew what it wanted to be. I was actually I'd say I'm surprised. It's his first film like Like, it didn't like blow me away. But it was very, it felt very, like he had made a few movies already, which is pretty impressive. Um, yeah. And the story went in places that I kind of expected just because I like to cook so when his pig goes missing and there's a spot where in the trailer where it mentions that like, there's some cooking volume, like it's a truffle pig. So, word ends up going in the final moment with the guy and a certain meal that's made though. Oh, that was beautiful. I love that. After life, I found that recently. I love the show. Uh, technically I guess it isn't this year. The third season came out this year but I just found it so I added it to the list because I think it's fantastic. It's Ricky Gervais. It's another show of his where he's the lead but he writes it all too. And it's just very good, very deep. It. He tackles death and guilt and grieving very honestly, from a very specific perspective, which I think is great. At least that's the first season I don't know where it goes after that. Another honorable mention for me was this film with a home girl that I love from Gone Girl Rosamund Pike It was called I care a lot. That was good. Yeah. And this is the film I was telling you where it almost might have been like, number 10. Except I feel like the ending copped out a little bit, because she's monstrous, and I would almost expect her to get away with it. And here's the thing, I took care of my grandfather, for like seven or eight years before he died. So within the first 30 minutes, she played her parts so well, that I have rarely hated a character. She more than I hated her like, and she played it so well that I was actually like, my skin was crawling, I was so angry because she's taken advantage of seniors. And I took care of my grandfather. So for some reason, it's almost like I took it personally. But the fact that she made me hate her so much. I was like, This is so good. My only issue with the movie is I feel like the ending felt like a kind of a cop out. It's like this perfect wrap up and karma is the thing. And you can do that. But I felt like the way it happened just kind of happens really quickly. And it's really convenient. It was like my only gripe with the movie. Um, yeah. Another one I thought Dave Chappelle is the closer was great. I know it is kind of controversial, but I'm a huge Dave Chappelle fan. And whether you agree with it or not, I like the idea of free speech and the fact that people can say what they think. And if you don't like it, that's great. Let's have a conversation. You know, like, I like people who aren't afraid to say what they think some people might not like it, some people might, but I like that. We're in a place where you can say stuff. And if people don't like it, hey, let's have a conversation about it. It triggers a conversation. I think those are I think it's better to have that in a society where cider where you're not allowed to say things because you know, so I think I just kind of like Like what it represented and kind of what happened afterwards. But I also did find it quite funny. There's moments that are controversial, but there are parts of it that are very funny because they use Dave Chappelle. But yeah, I liked it. Another one of mine was actually Ryan the last dragon I yeah, I almost made it my number 10 I really loved it. Yeah, I think Disney kick some ass with that one. The martial arts choreography was really cool. The, the action was actually I'm actually sorry, the acting voice acting was good. Your characters are really great. It did get a tear for me later, which was really nice. That's some great themes. And it's also very different, you know, this this kind of, like Southeast Asian style. You know, it's very different. Like I like it. I like that we're seeing different stories now like in condo and Coco. And like, we're seeing stuff that's not all the same, which is great. And it was really fun. The last two of my honorable mentions I'm sorry, I guess had more. One One was also tick, tick. Boom. I really enjoyed it. And Andrew Garfield learn to sing for this movie, which was really cool. And then the last one was I haven't seen it, but it's like a horror film called The Night house. I believe that's what it's called. I haven't had a chance to see. Oh, we want to do I didn't

remember that coming out too. I should have put that on my. My didn't see less. I want to see that too.

Oh, yeah. Okay. Yeah, cuz I never got to see it. The trailer was kind of interesting. The direction looked interesting. Yeah, I think it just kind of went under the radar. It's like I'd seen a trailer and then I didn't even hear about it coming out. So I didn't, you know, I kind of forgot until recently. So,

yeah. Okay, awesome. So I think the first honorable mention that you said, we totally share it. My honorable mention that I saw that didn't quite make my list Edgar Wright's last night. And so I really enjoyed it. And earlier in the year and especially before I went on this like catching up with the movies, I didn't see a kind of extravaganza over the past two weeks, it would have been on my top 10 list. I don't think it would have been near the top. I think it was a really fun movie. But it was just kind of lacking in some places that would make it incredibly memorable for me, but as like a great time at the movies. It has an overall story and Edgar Wright's music choices, his editing his color palette in the movie, it was really striking. It was a lot of fun with

the trailer thing very striking. Yep.

Um, the power of the dog, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunn's amazing performances. A really great movie that explores, you know, what is masculinity and femininity in the American frontier as well as a lot of classes and I found myself really enjoying the performances, I found myself getting a little drowsy in the middle, unfortunately, but that said, up there with the most beautiful cinematography I've seen this year, the performance Oh, really? And the look of the movie. Were stellar. It also has a lot of scenes that are 1,000% memorable. Just the overall from beginning to end. Yeah, lost me a little bit.

Got it? Was it more in the middle dragged in the middle? Yeah, it

dropped in the middle and then the the climax as well. I could have asked it to be a little less sudden. It didn't it wasn't like a clean wrap up, but it was like alright, let's wrap this movie Up. Kind of.

I hate when it feels that way. No one feels that way. Yeah, yeah. Okay, cool. Good deal.

I got a Netflix movie on here. That didn't quite make my top 10 But I also liked a lot harder they fall by James. Yeah, I

kinda had a feeling you're gonna put that on. I had a blast.

We've talked about this movie quite a bit. And yeah, you're right, because I'll get the issues out of the way the sets like sets. Some of the writing is weird

and weird. The entire third out the entire third act only works silly, mid plot point where someone does something that makes no sense. That's

true, but something else. Jonathan agers Aegis Elba zazzy beats which she probably had my least favorite performance movie but yeah, the only one is it a visually stunning at moments. Western with an all black cast. The entire cast seems like they're having the time of their lives. I was having a blast as well, especially James Samuel coming from the music industry and having these weird, funky music choices. The whole movie really liked it.

I also loved the train scene with Keith Stanfield. I wish I got to that. That scene felt so Taryn Tino by the way like so Taryn Dino like you could have plucked that Frontera to movie and I would almost believed you

the intro to Jonathan majors character Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yep.

I actually paused it after the opening and went looked at who the director was. Because I was like, I was like, I don't know who this director is, but I just want to know it's like, okay, I haven't heard of him. I was like, okay, he loves Terrans you know, like after the opening that was literally what I said. I said it out loud. I was like, this person loves Terrence even like, like, Tracy diamonds. I'm like, You

Totally and by extension, Sergio Leone, we've uh, Joe Yeah, I've been watching 60s movies and we watched once upon a time the West and Good, the Bad and the Ugly back to nice.

My favorite Western of all time, Once Upon a Time in the West

number three, the IDS aren't ordered for that three more. Adam McKay don't look up another movie. Um, I have a feeling that's going to be somewhere on your list but no spoilers please. Love the performances laughed a whole lot. The most memorable part of the whole movie for me was the ending scene and it stuck the landing and that was probably my favorite part of it. I don't I love the messages if I had any complaints. And it's hardly a complaint because it's it's against the intention of the movie. I just, you know, for my tastes. Sometimes a little more subtlety goes a long way. Yeah, I get it. I had a blast. Number two speaking of movies that aren't subtle at all, and contradicting my last point, cop

cop shop and I need to look up who directed this movie shop shop cop shop. This was on weird, low budget, like action thriller starring Frank Grillo and Gerard Butler. And I just whoa the other day. Oh,

a guy at work wanted me to see it. He said Doesn't that turn the look right and I thought that's the one where that yes, I know what you're talking about. Actually, I know exactly what you're talking Oh,

for anyone who doesn't know and I just looked up the director to it's directed by Joe Carnahan. Well, I'm not familiar with

but I like shoot him up vibes even though I never saw that either. Like from the truth it gave

me like the movie feels a lot like smokin aces, which is a big deal. Yeah. It's a good one. But the concept is Frank Grillo plays a con man that's on the run he did a bad bad thing to some bad bad people. And he intentionally gets himself put in prison and the people one of the assassins who are after him intentionally gets himself put into the same jail not prison and then there's you know multiple assassins with different boundaries were after him and then you just get this crazy mash up of all of these crazy personalities trying to kill each other and a small

is it all in jail?

I was super low budget and super fun and I loved it. I'm gonna have

to Yeah, like you know, it's funny you just said that I forgot that movie existed till now but yes, I did watch the trailer. It did look fun. It looks it looks wild. But

it was one standout character who is by far my favorite and I think he'll be your favorite to that's all okay, and one that I was actually shocked that this didn't make my top 10 list and actually wrote out my top 10 was like three times seeing if it made sense, but I was going but feel regardless of like how good I thought the movie was my last honorable mention was Spider Man. No way. I don't have a whole lot to say because this movie was so much fun, and it gave me so much of what I never thought I'd see again. You know, the Willem de foes the Alfred Deleon as the Tobey Maguire is via the Andrew Garfield's and I, I, I loved it. It just there were 10 projects this year that I loved a little more.

Now. Yeah. I just won't say anything. I'll say. All I'll say is it. You'd actually be surprised a couple of movies that end up on my list. But a big part of that I did say is there are some films I didn't get a chance to see. And I'm convinced of like the four or five that I didn't get a chance to see they probably would have been honorable mentions. But because I haven't seen them they are on my list. So

very nice. Well, let's get started. Man. I'm I want to hear what your number 10 was. Let's kick off our top 10 list.

My number 10 was Malcolm and Marie. And was Washington. Oh my God, my mind just went blank. I literally just got it. John David Washington. Denzel Washington, son. Yes. I really liked it. I expected to like it. I didn't think I'd love it. I loved it. I was very surprised how much I liked it. I liked how visceral how use that word lately, but it just it's just perfect. It's very visceral. It's very, the fact that it was also a quarantine projects really cool because it feels like you're watching essentially a very good double monologue stage play. Like that's what that's what it feels like because it's it's all one location. The group quarantined they shot it very small crew it's just two actors. And the script is very simple. It's it's it's very destructive. It's essentially to people. Something that happens sometimes in relationships when there are problems. It's it's two people who seem to love each other but they are tearing each other apart. Like really it's always what's happening. So it's it's very destructive, but I liked it. I like the fact that it felt very real and not real at the same time. Like, it feels very real. But it also feels almost like a play. But I don't know how to describe it cuz it's a lot of monologuing you know, not monologue. I'm sorry. It's a lot of speeches to each other, basically. But, but essentially, the, the performances were fantastic. And I also feel like how deep they get with trying to hurt each other is it's so honest, and it shows how well the two characters, they clearly love each other because they know each other so well, like, like, you know what I mean? And they're both very broken people in different ways. But there's just something about that film that I really liked. I just did. So it's my number 10.

Yeah, very nice. A moment in our memory. It didn't make it to my list or my honorable mentions. But I liked it a lot, too. I really liked John, David Washington's performance loves into his performance. And the thing that I didn't expect, like so much was the cinematography. I think that oh, and I think the soundtrack was incredible. And I think that movie had a lot of style. I really

did. Yeah, for being so small and simple. Like it was handled really well. Like, hmm, for sure. Um, what is your number? 10

my number 10 is also a movie that only has four actors that takes place in one location. And it was masked by Fran Kranz. Ah,

that's not the one that's on my list. Yeah, actually.

Is that on your list? I just wanted to see it. Sorry. Did you see it this year?

I have not seen it. Okay, now your top 10

must be like, movies to watch.

And like when I had said I had more to watch. There's a there's about eight. It's one of the eight. Yeah,

gotcha. So this was directed by Fran Kranz. I didn't know who Fran Kranz was I had to look it up. Do you know who Fran Kranz is I actually do not know Fran Kranz is the stoner character from a cabin in the woods.

Go guy like we all love he's like everyone's, I don't know, a single person. That's not their favorite character. He was definitely the best character for sure. He's awesome.

Here's what I'll say about this movie. It's also first thing for anybody who is interested in writing or directing movies and feels like they don't have the resources to do something great. This movie takes away those excuses. It's four people in a room. And the entire movie revolves around conversations between these four people. I don't want to go too deep in what they discussed. But I'll say yeah, this is the discussion after a very severe tragedy, and both of these couples to people and yeah, have some sort of relation to that tragedy.

And the trailer kind of, if you do just if you want to, I'll just say I'm not trying to cut you off. But I do want to say that if anyone does decide to watch this movie, you don't want to know do not watch the trailer, because I feel like the trailer will make you put certain things together with I don't want to say yeah, like like, like, I have an idea of what it's about, which is why I put it on my list. I thought it was really interesting. So if you want to be completely note, nothing, not spoiled, but not even have an idea of what it's about. Don't watch the trailer is what I'll say.

Yep. Yeah. Okay. I actually haven't even seen the trailer. So lucky me. I will say a couple things about this movie. Um, I think for me, this movie had the strongest performances of the year. Pretty nice across the board, I think especially Jason Isaacs, who plays one of

the one of the four characters, Jason Isaacs is always great.

Yeah. Good old Lucy anopheline.

Yeah, yeah, exactly.

He's, he's not a villainous presence in this movie, believe it or not. Oh, sure. Um, but we'll always be here to save the day. Yeah.

This movie has loved monologues and every character really gets so much to do. I don't even know if there's a specific stand outside of my favorite character in the the moments that affected me most, most coming from First of all, Jason Isaacs, and secondly, and out, especially in the scene of the movie, a conversation comes from endowed that really comes out of nowhere. And this movie requires a significant emotional investment. Like it really, really puts you through the wringer if you allow it to like if you don't close yourself off to what these feelings and kind of actions that they've experienced could mean. Yeah, it requires a lot. It's heavy. And I was definitely kind of in a down mood for a couple hours afterwards. I just kept thinking about it. Yeah, um, but I think in our current time, it's an important film to watch if you are willing to put yourself through that. And I think that one of the couples in this movie it would be very easy to not empathize with, and I think that this movie gives you every point of view and every human person spective that I can have something that really felt inevitable. That's what I'll say. Yeah. It's probably Yeah, definitely the heaviest movie on my list. But it was it was fantastic.

That's probably why I haven't watched it like mood because you know, me I deal with moods, mood stuff, you know, and like, I have to be in the mood to, and I was pretty sure I knew what it was about. And I think that's one of the reasons why it's on my list and I plan on watching it, but I do have to be in the right mindset.

Like yes, yeah, for sure. Also, funny thing about your top 10. Um, I remember being so excited for that when it came out. So I was like, wow, you know, we're gonna start getting these kind of new kind of film projects that really have to do with a kind of a reaction to the pandemic, like, what a movie? Yeah, for sure. And then I thought there was only going to be a couple but here we saw

Oh, it's psychologically messed up people for like, two years, and now we're going into not as bad but things are still kind of mildly quarantined, because there's just new, like, I just read an article about the something that's now another variant. And I'm like, come on. No, but I know. Yeah, yeah.

Can I start with my number nine? Because it's a great transition.

You actually can because yeah, just go ahead. Sweet.

My number nine is inside from Bo Burnham.

Ah, I love that. That's, that's on my list

that's on the list, too. I'm excited to see where it landed for you. But um, okay. So for me, I think especially for when it came out and watching it when I did. And like it did for so many people it really articulated and kind of poked fun, but also empathize with how so many people are feeling right now and what this really, really fucking weird, strange time feels like to be like, choosing to be inside a lot of the time that also interconnected through the internet. So it's like you're never like fully unconnected, but you always feel unconnected, you know? And it's, it's all of these conflicting feelings. And it's people just telling you it's gonna be fine all the time. And then you feeling like it's not going to be fine. Yeah. And just putting that the way he did was beautiful. It was probably my favorite piece of media, like, based on based on what we're going through right now. There was no

Yeah, yeah, I It was very touching. It was also very it, I can empathize with him a lot. And I've always liked bowburn a minute, and It honestly feels like more Bo Burnham than anything. Like, it's I feel like this is what he would do. But like, you know, and he did, obviously, and he filmed the entire thing himself. He put it all together. He clearly edited the entire project and put it on Netflix, because why not? I'm stuck inside for a year. Right? Yeah. Why? Like, you know what I mean, but it just feels so Bo Burnham like like, the crazy thing is when I saw the trailer, I was like, it's like, I'm not even surprised. Like, I'm like, yeah, yeah, this is gonna be this is gonna be good, you know. And it's actually quite funny, but I actually find it less funny than his other ones. Even though it's funny. It's more interesting. Like, there's definitely some really funny moments. But it's, it's also interesting. And also, I feel like you're also seeing his psychology, you're seeing his depression from time to time you're seeing, you know, just trying to cope with that isolation. Like, there's just so much within the film that it covers that. It's interesting, too. And I had had like the I liked the end the end of it, too, with the door. Yeah. Yeah. Yes. It was a cool way to end that. I was like, yeah, yeah, that's probably that's about right.

So my number nine was actually Spider Man. No way home was. Because, because the truth is, I didn't expect even though I, you know, I liked Marvel movies, but I don't love them. But there were actually two Marvel movies that came out this year that I actually quite enjoyed. And even though I feel like spider man, no home has some issues. Like it's still pretty solid. Like they did a pretty good job. It's one of the few movies. I feel like some of those movies where Marvel did a pretty decent job. You know, like, I enjoyed it, it was a lot of fun. I think Tom Hollands performance was the best that's ever been, or some cliche moments, sure, but also just then installs of having some of these characters back on screen like, like just duck back on screen. And the Green Goblin William Defoe just eats up every minute. He's on the screen. And what I love is he was actually in it quite a bit. These weren't just like cameos where they come and go. And I remember there was a lot of conversation between us about like what we think could be happening from the trailer. And it's funny because we were kind of spot on with pretty much everything. And the funny thing is, and it didn't hurt the movie that we're spot on, because I was saying things that I thought would be cool. So it's hard for me to hate the movie because like some of them actually happened. And I thought it was cool. Like, I liked it. I liked it. The cameos aren't just because a lot of the things that people do nowadays, even Disney is very guilty of this is when you have callbacks, that's all it is. It doesn't even really matter. It's just to get a quick Oh, this will get people in the theaters but they actually made this part of the story. And there's actually Development not just for our heroes, but the villains as well. So I'm like, I like that there is so much. And it's not just it's not just rewriting. It's giving arcs to people who deserve them. Although I feel like once again the lizard men get shafted. Just like in the movie. Like no one gave a shit about the Lizard Man even in this one. He's just gonna be there. Yeah, yeah, writing writing wise. It has some, like, serious issues lately. Like, I mean, the Lizard Man. Oh, he just decided to wait in the car. Yeah. Literally, like, that is so stupid. Like, it's like, if this was any other movie, people would be tearing that shit apart. Like, it's just cuz it's Spider Man. But yeah, it was fun. It was very fun. It's one of those. It's probably one of the Marvel movies. I could like Ragnarok I could watch it again. Like and yes. I don't say that about a lot of Marvel movies. Most of them after I see him once. I don't really have much interest in SAM again, because they were okay. But I could watch this one again. And I feel and still feel like I would have a good time with it. And again, I would say Marvel movies probably wouldn't be on my top 10 list if I had seen some of the other ones I wanted to see. But since I didn't it is there. I found it even more enjoyable than some of the other movies in my honorable mentions. So yeah, I didn't expect this. But it was fun. So

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