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🌏Follow us: https://linktr.ee/therankedpodcast #theholdovers #theholdoversmovie Follow along as RANKED reviews a new movie release every week of 2023, slowly compiling the best films of the year into our sacred hierarchical list. Previous Episode 2023 RANKED List: 1. Oppenheimer 2. Killers of the Flower Moon 3. Beau Is Afraid 4. Infinity Pool 5. Talk to Me 6. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 7. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 8. Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One 9. John Wick: Chapter 4 10. Tetris 11. Gran Turismo 12. Air 13. Creed III 14. Sound of Freedom 15. A Haunting In Venice 16. The Creator 17. The Flash 18. Fast X 19. Asteroid City 20. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 21. Shazam! Fury of the Gods 22. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 23. M3GAN 24. missing 25. The Machine 26. Barbie 27. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 28. The Exorcist: Believer 29. Scream VI 30. The Super Mario Bros. Movie 31. Dumb Money 32. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 33. Renfield 34. The Equalizer 3 35. Blue Beetle 36. Evil Dead Rise 37. The Pope’s Exorcist 38. Magic Mike’s Last Dance 39. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts 40. Knock at the Cabin 41. Insidious: The Red Door 42. Five Nights at Freddy’s 43. The Nun II 44. The Last Voyage of the Demeter 45. Plane 46. Haunted Mansion 47. Cocaine Bear 48. Knights of the Zodiac The Holdovers is what they call an “instant classic.” It’s what people are talking about when they say “they don’t make ‘em like they used to.” It’s one of those snapshot of life, full range of emotion type of movies that keeps you hooked from beginning to end because the story flows as naturally as a stream as opposed to the artificial canal of formulaic story structure. It’s nostalgic without being forceful. It’s hilarious in a subtle, very down-to-earth way. And it’s never more melancholic or dramatic than it needs to be. It’s everything that Wes Anderson movies used to be, before he left reality for his quirkily filmed stage-plays. Instead, this movie reads like a classic American novel, with a limited cast and setting and by the end you fully understand (and therefore love) each character because they ARE real people trapped in the tragic shortcomings of real life where the losers lose while watching the winners win and making the best of it regardless. Therefore it’s not triumphant. It’s not even particularly heartfelt or inspiring. Hardly anything changes from beginning to end, other than a greater understanding and connection between a small group of disparate people. And to that end, it is beautiful. Support the show by using these affiliate links: GET A BUG-A-SALT HERE: https://amzn.to/3Cya379 GET ALL THE BOND MOVIES HERE: https://amzn.to/2Vo1JWP If you enjoy our work, here's our crypto tip jar: BTC: bc1qz6s04aw2qdkl946uttpqgtqv06utfd287vmu90 Dogecoin: DKzAwyN3neSeWfSwTBPcDp1NJafypqWooe Our individual channels: Charles: https://www.youtube.com/@Flavorful_Chunt https://www.youtube.com/@FilmHacker McCurdy: https://www.youtube.com/@ryanmccurdy9423

🌏Follow us: https://linktr.ee/therankedpodcast #talktome #talktomemovie #a24 Follow along as RANKED reviews a new movie release every week of 2023, slowly compiling the best films of the year into our sacred hierarchical list. Previous Episode 2023 RANKED List: 1. Oppenheimer 2. Killers of the Flower Moon 3. Beau Is Afraid 4. Infinity Pool 5. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 6. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 7. Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One 8. John Wick: Chapter 4 9. Tetris 10. Gran Turismo 11. Air 12. Creed III 13. Sound of Freedom 14. A Haunting In Venice 15. The Creator 16. The Flash 17. Fast X 18. Asteroid City 19. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 20. Shazam! Fury of the Gods 21. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 22. M3GAN 23. missing 24. The Machine 25. Barbie 26. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 27. The Exorcist: Believer 28. Scream VI 29. The Super Mario Bros. Movie 30. Dumb Money 31. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 32. Renfield 33. The Equalizer 3 34. Blue Beetle 35. Evil Dead Rise 36. The Pope’s Exorcist 37. Magic Mike’s Last Dance 38. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts 39. Knock at the Cabin 40. Insidious: The Red Door 41. Five Nights at Freddy's 42. The Nun II 43. The Last Voyage of the Demeter 44. Plane 45. Haunted Mansion 46. Cocaine Bear 47. Knights of the Zodiac Talk to Me is a refreshing take on the possession genre, taking the essence of an exorcism or seance movie and reducing it to an immature party drug allegory. The premise is so captivating and terrifying that the film doesn’t need to rely on jump scares, of which I don’t recall there being a single one—the mark of a true horror movie. Instead the horror comes when you realize the complete lack of reverence that the young party kid cast has for discovering a method of communicating with spirits of the dead. Instead of falling to their knees and repenting to God having found proof of the afterlife, they film each other freaking out, not under the influence of drugs and alcohol, but under the influence of these ghosts they willingly allow into their bodies. The kids eventually become addicted to the act, including the dopamine hit from carelessly posting these videos online. The horrific thing is that nobody is afraid of the horrific thing happening right before their eyes and iPhones. This of course reflects the age we live in, where nothing is too sacred to post and everyone seems keen to take a video of someone in distress rather than step in and help them out. Carelessly conjuring fiendish spirits for the almighty click is a terrifying glance at how the pursuit of digital attention is slowly but surely dehumanizing and desensitizing all of us digital addicts as we communicate exclusively through our devices instead of face to face, hence the brilliance of the title. Support the show by using these affiliate links: GET A BUG-A-SALT HERE: https://amzn.to/3Cya379 GET ALL THE BOND MOVIES HERE: https://amzn.to/2Vo1JWP If you enjoy our work, here's our crypto tip jar: BTC: bc1qz6s04aw2qdkl946uttpqgtqv06utfd287vmu90 Dogecoin: DKzAwyN3neSeWfSwTBPcDp1NJafypqWooe Our individual channels: Charles: https://www.youtube.com/@Flavorful_Chunt https://www.youtube.com/@FilmHacker McCurdy: https://www.youtube.com/@ryanmccurdy9423

🌏Follow us: https://linktr.ee/therankedpodcast #fivenightsatfreddys #fivenightsatfreddysmovie Follow along as RANKED reviews a new movie release every week of 2023, slowly compiling the best films of the year into our sacred hierarchical list. Previous Episode 2023 RANKED List: 1. Oppenheimer 2. Killers of the Flower Moon 3. Beau Is Afraid 4. Infinity Pool 5. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 6. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 7. Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One 8. John Wick: Chapter 4 9. Tetris 10. Gran Turismo 11. Air 12. Creed III 13. Sound of Freedom 14. A Haunting In Venice 15. The Creator 16. The Flash 17. Fast X 18. Asteroid City 19. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 20. Shazam! Fury of the Gods 21. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 22. M3GAN 23. missing 24. The Machine 25. Barbie 26. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 27. The Exorcist: Believer 28. Scream VI 29. The Super Mario Bros. Movie 30. Dumb Money 31. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 32. Renfield 33. The Equalizer 3 34. Blue Beetle 35. Evil Dead Rise 36. The Pope’s Exorcist 37. Magic Mike’s Last Dance 38. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts 39. Knock at the Cabin 40. Insidious: The Red Door 41. The Nun II 42. The Last Voyage of the Demeter 43. Plane 44. Haunted Mansion 45. Cocaine Bear 46. Knights of the Zodiac Five Nights at Freddy’s is a mediocre attempt to adapt a seemingly unadaptable video game, which is about a guy working a security job at a Chuck E. Cheese-like establishment, only to realize that the seemingly friendly android mascots have a murderous will of their own. Upside: the actualized look of Freddy’s androids is great. Downside: nearly everything else. Because when it comes to the story, it feels like they wrote a draft or two at the most and then decided to go straight into production. Half the runtime is about this security guy trying to solve a mystery about who kidnapped his little brother when they were kids. Meanwhile his little sister is a telepath and can communicate with all of the androids, who as it turns out, are actually possessed by the ghosts of murdered children. At that point we simply don’t need the little brother plot when giant anthropomorphic pizza place animals are threatening to murder your little sister. Let’s focus on what’s actually interesting here. But no, a movie that should have been self-aware of its own ridiculousness spent way too much time telling a completely unrelated story and taking itself too seriously when it should have been telling its own backstory while delivering fun scares. Support the show by using these affiliate links: GET A BUG-A-SALT HERE: https://amzn.to/3Cya379 GET ALL THE BOND MOVIES HERE: https://amzn.to/2Vo1JWP If you enjoy our work, here's our crypto tip jar: BTC: bc1qz6s04aw2qdkl946uttpqgtqv06utfd287vmu90 Dogecoin: DKzAwyN3neSeWfSwTBPcDp1NJafypqWooe Our individual channels: Charles: https://www.youtube.com/@Flavorful_Chunt https://www.youtube.com/@FilmHacker McCurdy: https://www.youtube.com/@ryanmccurdy9423

🌏Follow us: https://linktr.ee/therankedpodcast #killersoftheflowermoon #killersoftheflowermoonmovie Follow along as RANKED reviews a new movie release every week of 2023, slowly compiling the best films of the year into our sacred hierarchical list. Previous Episode 2023 RANKED List: 1. Oppenheimer 2. Beau Is Afraid 3. Infinity Pool 4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 6. Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One 7. John Wick: Chapter 4 8. Tetris 9. Gran Turismo 10. Air 11. Creed III 12. Sound of Freedom 13. A Haunting In Venice 14. The Creator 15. The Flash 16. Fast X 17. Asteroid City 18. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 19. Shazam! Fury of the Gods 20. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 21. M3GAN 22. missing 23. The Machine 24. Barbie 25. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 26. The Exorcist: Believer 27. Scream VI 28. The Super Mario Bros. Movie 29. Dumb Money 30. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 31. Renfield 32. The Equalizer 3 33. Blue Beetle 34. Evil Dead Rise 35. The Pope’s Exorcist 36. Magic Mike’s Last Dance 37. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts 38. Knock at the Cabin 39. Insidious: The Red Door 40. The Nun II 41. The Last Voyage of the Demeter 42. Plane 43. Haunted Mansion 44. Cocaine Bear 45. Knights of the Zodiac Quentin Tarantino has said for years that he’ll make ten films and then retire because directors only make worse and worse films as they age. Somehow the old-timer Martin Scorsese is a rare exception to this general rule, of which Killers of the Flower Moon is further evidence. Showcasing the lengths to which people will go to obtain money and power is certainly a central theme of Marty’s more iconic films, and here’s another for that list. Only this time it’s a significantly more subtle approach than the likes of Goodfellas, The Departed, or Wolf of Wall Street. Murder and death isn’t handled with style and flair set to a Rolling Stones soundtrack, but with deference and care and a cold objectivity because the victims aren’t gangsters, but members of the Osage Nation, bumped off one by one by white men looking to gain control of oil discovered on Osage tribal land. It’s hauntingly tragic, shockingly inhuman, and beautifully rendered. Not so coincidentally, as Marty’s time on this Earth elongates, so too do the runtimes of his films, the last two being 3 and a half hours. I for one consider this a blessing from a master filmmaker with nothing left to prove. So if you have a problem with it, watch it on Apple TV+ so that every 20 minutes you can pause the movie to take your damn ADHD medication, sit back down, shut up, watch the movie and be thankful that Martin Scorsese still has plenty to give. Support the show by using these affiliate links: GET A BUG-A-SALT HERE: https://amzn.to/3Cya379 GET ALL THE BOND MOVIES HERE: https://amzn.to/2Vo1JWP If you enjoy our work, here's our crypto tip jar: BTC: bc1qz6s04aw2qdkl946uttpqgtqv06utfd287vmu90 Dogecoin: DKzAwyN3neSeWfSwTBPcDp1NJafypqWooe Our individual channels: Charles: https://www.youtube.com/@Flavorful_Chunt https://www.youtube.com/@FilmHacker McCurdy: https://www.youtube.com/@ryanmccurdy9423

🌏Follow us: https://linktr.ee/therankedpodcast #theexorcist #theexorcistbeliever #exorcist #exorcistbeliever Follow along as RANKED reviews a new movie release every week of 2023, slowly compiling the best films of the year into our sacred hierarchical list. Previous Episode 2023 RANKED List: 1. Oppenheimer 2. Beau Is Afraid 3. Infinity Pool 4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 6. Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One 7. John Wick: Chapter 4 8. Tetris 9. Gran Turismo 10. Air 11. Creed III 12. Sound of Freedom 13. A Haunting In Venice 14. The Creator 15. The Flash 16. Fast X 17. Asteroid City 18. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 19. Shazam! Fury of the Gods 20. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 21. M3GAN 22. missing 23. The Machine 24. Barbie 25. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 26. Scream VI 27. The Super Mario Bros. Movie 28. Dumb Money 29. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 30. Renfield 31. The Equalizer 3 32. Blue Beetle 33. Evil Dead Rise 34. The Pope’s Exorcist 35. Magic Mike’s Last Dance 36. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts 37. Knock at the Cabin 38. Insidious: The Red Door 39. The Nun II 40. The Last Voyage of the Demeter 41. Plane 42. Haunted Mansion 43. Cocaine Bear 44. Knights of the Zodiac The Exorcist: Believer ups the exorcism ante by giving us not one possessed little girl, but TWO possessed little girls. It follows the original Exorcist film’s true to life approach, honing in on the human drama of the characters and using this knowledge to heighten the intensity of the exorcism scenes. But does it go far enough? Not quite. Like Creed III, the final fight feels just a beat short of truly earning its payoff. And that payoff was designed to come down to a simple choice that the odd team of exorcist superfriends (a witch doctor, a catholic priest, a baptist minister, the parents, etc) were forced to make, only that choice was written as to be stacked in the favor of one of the girls over the other, thereby weakening the emotional significance and intended tragedy of the climax. So just like The Creator, the movie is very effective and creepy up until the third act where it comes off as rushed and contrived, and therefore doesn’t hold a votive candle to its predecessors. Speaking of which, they brought back the original characters and for some stupid reason did absolutely nothing with them. Support the show by using these affiliate links: GET A BUG-A-SALT HERE: https://amzn.to/3Cya379 GET ALL THE BOND MOVIES HERE: https://amzn.to/2Vo1JWP If you enjoy our work, here's our crypto tip jar: BTC: bc1qz6s04aw2qdkl946uttpqgtqv06utfd287vmu90 Dogecoin: DKzAwyN3neSeWfSwTBPcDp1NJafypqWooe Our individual channels: Charles: https://www.youtube.com/@Flavorful_Chunt https://www.youtube.com/@FilmHacker McCurdy: https://www.youtube.com/@ryanmccurdy9423

🌏Follow us: https://linktr.ee/therankedpodcast #thecreator #thecreatormovie Follow along as RANKED reviews a new movie release every week of 2023, slowly compiling the best films of the year into our sacred hierarchical list. Previous Episode 2023 RANKED List: 1. Oppenheimer 2. Beau Is Afraid 3. Infinity Pool 4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 6. Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One 7. John Wick: Chapter 4 8. Tetris 9. Gran Turismo 10. Air 11. Creed III 12. Sound of Freedom 13. A Haunting In Venice 14. The Flash 15. Fast X 16. Asteroid City 17. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 18. Shazam! Fury of the Gods 19. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 20. M3GAN 21. missing 22. The Machine 23. Barbie 24. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 25. Scream VI 26. The Super Mario Bros. Movie 27. Dumb Money 28. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 29. Renfield 30. The Equalizer 3 31. Blue Beetle 32. Evil Dead Rise 33. The Pope’s Exorcist 34. Magic Mike’s Last Dance 35. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts 36. Knock at the Cabin 37. Insidious: The Red Door 38. The Nun II 39. The Last Voyage of the Demeter 40. Plane 41. Haunted Mansion 42. Cocaine Bear 43. Knights of the Zodiac The Creator checks the box for our ration of quality high-concept science fiction that today’s audiences only receive on an annual basis. Appropriately set 100 years after 1970, the film is a futuristic retelling of the Vietnam War (but this time against robots) in a frightening but probably accurate vision of the future of artificial intelligence as the inevitable next step in human evolution centered around a human/robot hybrid messiah figure in the form of a little girl named Alphie, short for Alpha Omega (as in Jesus’ final words in the book of Revelation), and her parents Mary and Joseph, I mean Maya and Joshua, sent by the Creator to end the war and bridge the gap between humankind and AI. So yea, there’s A LOT going on here. The only downside is that even with this amazing intersection of themes, the overall story is bogged down by too many ideas and unnecessary twists and turns and would have benefited from some streamlining because with so much to get through it oftentimes feels a bit rushed, which only compounds confusion and dampens the emotional significance, which is too bad because the conceptualization and production value is so damn high. Don’t let that deter you from seeing it, but unfortunately there’s lots of room for improvement on this one. Support the show by using these affiliate links: GET A BUG-A-SALT HERE: https://amzn.to/3Cya379 GET ALL THE BOND MOVIES HERE: https://amzn.to/2Vo1JWP If you enjoy our work, here's our crypto tip jar: BTC: bc1qz6s04aw2qdkl946uttpqgtqv06utfd287vmu90 Dogecoin: DKzAwyN3neSeWfSwTBPcDp1NJafypqWooe Our individual channels: Charles: https://www.youtube.com/@Flavorful_Chunt https://www.youtube.com/@FilmHacker McCurdy: https://www.youtube.com/@ryanmccurdy9423

🌏Follow us: https://linktr.ee/therankedpodcast #dumbmoney #dumbmoneymovie #gamestop #gamestopmovie #GME Follow along as RANKED reviews a new movie release every week of 2023, slowly compiling the best films of the year into our sacred hierarchical list. Previous Episode 2023 RANKED List: 1. Oppenheimer 2. Beau Is Afraid 3. Infinity Pool 4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 6. Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One 7. John Wick: Chapter 4 8. Tetris 9. Gran Turismo 10. Air 11. Creed III 12. Sound of Freedom 13. A Haunting In Venice 14. The Flash 15. Fast X 16. Asteroid City 17. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 18. Shazam! Fury of the Gods 19. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 20. M3GAN 21. missing 22. The Machine 23. Barbie 24. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 25. Scream VI 26. The Super Mario Bros. Movie 27. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 28. Renfield 29. The Equalizer 3 30. Blue Beetle 31. Evil Dead Rise 32. The Pope’s Exorcist 33. Magic Mike’s Last Dance 34. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts 35. Knock at the Cabin 36. Insidious: The Red Door 37. The Nun II 38. The Last Voyage of the Demeter 39. Plane 40. Haunted Mansion 41. Cocaine Bear 42. Knights of the Zodiac Dumb Money was a tough watch for me because to this day (and to my deep shame) I’m a diamond handed ape, so reliving the 2021 GameStop saga meant I had a pit in my stomach from beginning to end. Of course one can’t help but compare this to the other comedic, “stick it to those wall street bastards” film: The Big Short. But the core difference is that the characters in The Big Short were primary players in the story of the 2008 financial crisis whereas the GME saga involved millions of individuals (known as apes) all banded together across the globe following the lead of a hilarious madman named Roaring Kitty, AKA Keith Gill. Unfortunately, this movie chose to tell the story of a select few of those apes where it should have just been the Keith Gill vs Wall Street movie coupled with random people around the world interacting with them on Reddit and Youtube. On top of that the film is way too immature for its own good. For a movie telling a true story, everyone behaves like they’re in a mid-2000’s Judd Apatow film. This is precisely how Wall Street Bets of Reddit should have been characterized, not every character in the film. In total, this movie manages to take one of the wildest stories in history and suck most of the meaning and fun out of it by bypassing important events yet emphasizing unfunny moments with characters that we don’t care about, and then pissing me off by showing them showing off their paper hands while Tik Tok dancing. Support the show by using these affiliate links: GET A BUG-A-SALT HERE: https://amzn.to/3Cya379 GET ALL THE BOND MOVIES HERE: https://amzn.to/2Vo1JWP If you enjoy our work, here's our crypto tip jar: BTC: bc1qz6s04aw2qdkl946uttpqgtqv06utfd287vmu90 Dogecoin: DKzAwyN3neSeWfSwTBPcDp1NJafypqWooe Our individual channels: Charles: https://www.youtube.com/@Flavorful_Chunt https://www.youtube.com/@FilmHacker McCurdy: https://www.youtube.com/@ryanmccurdy9423

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Follow along as RANKED reviews a new movie release every week of 2023, slowly compiling the best films of the year into our sacred hierarchical list.

Previous Episode 2023 RANKED List:

1. Oppenheimer
2. Beau Is Afraid
3. Infinity Pool
4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
6. Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One
7. John Wick: Chapter 4
8. Tetris
9. Gran Turismo
10. Air
11. Creed III
12. Sound of Freedom
13. The Flash
14. Fast X
15. Asteroid City
16. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
17. Shazam! Fury of the Gods
18. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
19. M3GAN
20. missing
21. The Machine
22. Barbie
23. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
24. Scream VI
25. The Super Mario Bros. Movie
26. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
27. Renfield
28. The Equalizer 3
29. Blue Beetle
30. Evil Dead Rise
31. The Pope’s Exorcist
32. Magic Mike’s Last Dance
33. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
34. Knock at the Cabin
35. Insidious: The Red Door
36. The Nun II
37. The Last Voyage of the Demeter
38. Plane
39. Haunted Mansion
40. Cocaine Bear
41. Knights of the Zodiac

A Haunting in Venice once again puts Hercule Poirot to the task of figuring out who-dun-it, but this time with an interesting supernatural element that somewhat turns this story into a horror film.

The movie does a good job of presenting questionable events involving spirits and ghosts to the point that their realness is arguable either way based on one’s personal interpretation, while also thematically plugging directly into Hercule’s personal story of having lost his faith in God because of the horrible things he’s seen over the course of his career.

However, in the end it is a very subtle movie, as really nobody is heavily suspected by the audience or otherwise up until Hercule figures everything out after a single conversation per suspect and exposes the killer in one fell swoop and then immediately regains his faith because he believes he saw a ghost.

So just like the aforementioned faith theme there are two interpretations of this subtle quality to the film: one that it is simply and classically told, and the other that it is tired and lazy.

I lack a strong emotional connection to this movie, so it wouldn’t take the world’s greatest detective to figure out where I stand…

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