I imagine a lot of you are very curious to read my reaction to Jack
Ryder's latest failed attempt to belittle and antagonize me and my
profession. There will be a little bit of that. Firstly, Lewis Tan was
BARELY in Deadpool 2, so if that's what he's most known for,
well, that's sad. He didn't ruin The Grind, but his wooden acting didn't
help the film in any way. I'm not sure why Jack refuses to acknowledge
that. I'm sure some of you are also curious to read my reaction to the
latest brutal Jack Ryder soundtrack. It's in The Roundup....
3. Benicio del Toro as White Tiger
Benicio del Toro is an actor who hasn't had many chances to shine in recent years (aside from the awesome Sicario films). He's mostly been stuck cashing checks for showing up in small, thankless roles in Marvel and Star Wars movies - and that's a damn shame. While I didn't particularly dig White Tiger all that much (it's much better without the soundtrack), I did appreciate the casting of the role.
2. Box Office
Aside from the recent disaster of Lost Planet, the box office has been pretty strong of late. Even R-rated fighting game adaptations like Mortal Kombat are making big money at the box office. It's definitely an encouraging sign after the studio's all-time biggest bomb, and the down box office numbers of last season.
1. George Clooney as Philip Marlowe
How genius is this casting? Clooney perfectly plays the Coen Brothers' version of Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe character. He has all the qualities of the classic detective leading man Chandler wrote, but perfectly filters it through the Coens' darkly comic perspective. Rumor has it that the studio is not done with the character and that studio president Phil Dolan is trying to get Dwight Gallo to write another entry for the Coen Brothers to direct and Clooney to once again star in. Take my money now.
That's right. The entire bottom three is the soundtrack to White Tiger, now here's a lengthy response as to why...
First a little response to the Jack's defense on the horrid soundtrack choices for Standing Back (although White Tiger has now taken Standing Back's place as my most hated soundtrack in the history of the studio, so at least the Standing Back soundtrack has that going for it - it's not as bad as White Tiger's soundtrack). Just because the songs have soccer themes, doesn't mean you should put them in your soccer movie. In fact, that's my entire point. There is a thing called subtlety! The songs in movies very rarely describe what's going on. Music is supposed to set the mood, not simply fit a pre-determined theme. Just look at the films of the great Martin Scorsese, arguably the best in the business at adding pre-existing music into films. Was The Aviator full of songs about movies, planes and pissing in milk jars? Was GoodFellas full of songs about organized crime? Was Casino full of songs about, well, casinos? To use a more current example, look at the Guardians of the Galaxy soundtracks. Are all the songs about superheroes, talking raccoons, hot chicks with green skins and Alyssa Milano? No! The songs set the mood for the story, they don't simply mirror the story. That's lazy and heavy-handed. I imagine if Jack Ryder ever wrote a Superman script, he'd request Three Doors Down's "Kryptonite" be on the soundtrack. It honestly feels like Ryder set up the entire soundtrack of White Tiger just to troll me and get on my nerves. The soundtrack to Hawkeye wasn't just a bunch of songs that mention superheroes, so why do it with White Tiger? Why, Jack, why? You might as well have added in "Eye of the Tiger" for full measure... Take note, Jack. The movie wasn't bad, just the soundtrack.
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