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I don't to spoil but so far this film falls into each every single modern writing pitfall, particularly when it comes to the fan film / established lore instinct.... GOOD GRANOLA.
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That was everything I really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really dislike in a movie.
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Replying to @FilmCritHULK
Did we watch the same movie? I thought it was extremely functional, economical, and indulgent (but in an earned way!). I'm trying hard to figure how we had such polar opposite reactions
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Economical? It takes an hour to get to where the first film got in 10 minutes. It's hell bent on prequelitis - no actual conflicts, just positioning characters to eventually hit the beats of their starting points as "end catharsis." The illusion of arc. A tournamentless tourney
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Who cares what the first movie did? This is a different movie! If this movie wasn't interested in having a tournament, then I'm not either. Instead it gave me something like the Avengers; interpersonal conflicts that escalate until a catharsis
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I'm not saying it has to say the same movie, I'm saying that's a movie that showed economy and this movie is disturbingly lacking in it. And the interpersonal conflicts are all STALLING until we get to the endpoint the audience already knows. That's not cathrsis. That's...
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using the most cynical prequalitis bullshit to imitate writing instead doing the actual work work of drama. And I'm calling it out for what it is.
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