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Film: Blackhat

Probably the worst Michael Mann film and I still prefer to rewatch over any MCU movie. I remember liking and defending the movie when it came out because there are parts that are memorable - the set pieces, in particular. But the casting in the film is off. Hemsworth seems to be playing some weird amalgam of Val Kilmer and DeNiro from Heat with hacking skills. And the first act has no flow or rhythm. The scenes just jump into each other. It's odd. Also, the 3rd act conceit of Hemsworth going it alone feels beyond implausible. But still...I fully plan to rewatch the directors cut at some point.

Film: Coda

The film grew on me. And I love, love, love the Academy voting for it for best picture. It was a completely subversive, fuck you move from within the Academy to the toxic combination of people now employed in the town - the strange bedfellows of the business school MBAs/careerists who are in tenuous alliance with the woke sociopaths. It was a call for help from within the house of sappy old movie lovers who were like: look, this is how you make a Hollywood movie. We are going to need a lot more of this type of political rebellion to make Hollywood great again.

TV: Selling the OC

Never again.