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One of his best. Maybe even his best?

3 stars from me, 4 stars from Jax. I likeChristian Bale’s work, I thought the ‘Poe’ character was excellent … but in the end, I didn’t really care, even with ‘twist’ at the end.

I wanted to like it … nay .. love it. I really did. But it was not to be. Definitely extraordinary scenes of ‘spectacularity’ within, but they weren’t enough to create a 3 hour movie and even at under 2 hours would have still been a push. Sorry.

A solid Marvel movie. Perhaps overlong?

🎥 MyFilmReviewsand🎬 MyFilmReferences’ are now clearly delineated and once the MicroBlog category filter catches up and gets back into synch it will be a lot easier to find relevant posts.

PS - I am fully aware that only I care about (or even use) the categories.

I wrote an email this morning, responding to something that had been sent to me, announcing - and I paraphrase - that despite the longevity of the work that he had been personally driving for decades, …

I had it at 4 Stars in my head when I first watched the film. I checked it out again recently. It’s dated … and not as great as I remembered. Because I’m older? Or just more considered.

I still like the idea of never quite putting your finger on when it suddenly went the character’s tipping point occured.

Watched on Wednesday February 8, 2023.

Just a great, wacky, fun movie.

I love Wes Anderson … so of course … but even if you don’t, you need to try this one out.