Watched some movies that debuted last year right before it turned into last year.
The Suicide Squad: This felt more like a comic book than any other movie based on a comic book. It still had elements that annoyed me that other comic book movies had (Whedon-esque banter, two hour-plus run time), but that didn’t get in the way of the quality.
Matrix Resurrected: I have a hard time recommending this to anyone given its very weird meta nature. What I will say is that you’ll probably dig it if, like me, you’re cynical about the state of the movie industry right now. Plenty of digs at the fact that this movie exists, and one of the characters is a metaphor for Warner Bros.
Don’t Look Up: Unspeakably awful. Needlessly long for no reason other than the fact that Adam McKay really, really loves the smell of his own farts. Also, I’m not one of those “keep your politics out of your art” people, especially since satire is politically conscious at its core. But you have to remember to be entertaining and subtle. It’s neither of these things (hell, there’s one scene where it may as well say “This is what the director wants you to think, you idiotic hogs!” while it’s going on). Don’t you dare watch it.
