Uncharted (2022) Review
Uncharted (2022) rates 3 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. A film adapted from a series of games that were already adapting films, which means it is a photocopy of a photocopy. The cargo plane sequence is lifted directly…
Tom Holland came from the West End production of Billy Elliot, where he danced the lead, and the physical training is visible in how the Spider-Man performance moves.
He was cast at nineteen and is the first actor to play the character at approximately the right age, which is why the Marvel films could use high school as an actual setting.
The Impossible, made when he was fifteen, is the dramatic performance and remains his best, carrying long stretches opposite Naomi Watts.
The Devil All the Time and Cherry were deliberate attempts to move away from the franchise, with mixed results, and he has been candid about the difficulty of that transition.
Antonio BanderasUncharted (2022) rates 3 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. A film adapted from a series of games that were already adapting films, which means it is a photocopy of a photocopy. The cargo plane sequence is lifted directly…
Ewan McGregorThe Impossible is the best disaster film of the twenty-first century. Naomi Watts plays Maria Bennett, a doctor on Christmas.
Donald GloverTom Holland's age-appropriate Peter Parker, Michael Keaton's working-class Vulture, John Hughes-influenced high school direction. The 7 reflects honest evaluation of one of the better Phase Three MCU entries and the best Peter Parker since Tobey Maguire.
Cobie SmuldersJake Gyllenhaal's Mysterio, the European tour, the basketball court Blip gag that confirmed the franchise wouldn't engage with its own catastrophe. The 6 reflects honest evaluation of a competent Phase Three closing film that operates as the franchise's first major…
Alfred MolinaFlorence Pugh's Yelena carries another film that fails. Mental health as decorative content.
Anthony MackieThe most contrived blockbuster of the decade. The 4 reflects honest evaluation of one of the most commercially successful films in cinema history.
Benedict CumberbatchTwo billion dollars on the strength of accumulated franchise capital. Forty characters, the Snap that wasn't depicted, and structural failures.
Anthony MackieThe Phase 3 inflection point where moral clarity became moral confusion. Spider-Man and Black Panther's introductions as franchise expansion vehicles.
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