Ben Meszaros

"Most crucially, both are absolutely jam-packed with secrets, making theorizing about what’s actually happening arguably the most fun part of the experience."

That’s a very liberal use of the word "secrets." I guess the secret is that there’s nothing inside the box?

After Lost, it’s hard to commit to a show full of questions with potentially no answers until the show runners have proven that they aren’t following JJ’s mantra of "shoot first, figure it out later."

That’s an odd way to spell "predictable" but okay.

Riiiiiight. "He didn’t ask for this" and so he generously refused and gave the money to the rest of his employees. What a saint.

We’re in some serious "let them eat cake" territory, and I fear it’s not long before the have-nots take similar measures due to feelings of inequity and hopelessness.

That’s great! Art is funny that way. Sometimes a thing is just what you need it to be. Don’t let anyone persuade you differently if this film really resonated with you.

To be fair, you can have a movie that is very focused on the current political/social climate and still be a great film. This just didn’t achieve that.

This article felt spot on for us. We just got out of the movie and your points here were almost word for word our conversation on the way home.

It had a lot of potential, but in the end it’s a pretty ok movie. Maybe in a vacuum it’s good, but it’s basically as far away from being "in a vacuum" as you can get without being Star Wars.

I’m personally using Amazon Music because of Spotifys lagging behind the times here. Would love to not have to do that anymore