I’d call this feature something else, except that I’m pretty much locked into it at this point. Anyway: Arrival is coming out on DVD in two weeks, and if you missed it the first time then you should correct that. This is the kind of science fiction flick that will infuriate you about Hollywood, because they can clearly make movies like this, but won’t. And there’s no excuse. It was a hit. It racked up a bunch of Oscar nominations, including some of the ones that the studios most like to brag about. I am an unrepentant blow-em-up, popcorn-movie guy, and I raved about Arrival. And now Hollywood will go back to making stupid (in both senses of the word) movies that nobody likes, because God forbid they should challenge their audi… sorry. I’ll stop ranting, now.
Arrival. Awesome flick. Go pre-order it.
And so, adieu to Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
Remember, at last half of their audience lives in a China, where anything interesting is forbidden by censors.
Really this explains much of the current suck-age. If you think you are no longer the primary target-audience, you’d be right.