With Jacob Jones making his debut this round, we have now had three new writers make their debut this season already (joining Willem Mainwright and TFW Hallowayne). The continued growth of the studio's writing community in its second year of existence is pretty impressive.
2. Mandingos
I didn't love Mandingos as a film, mostly due to a lack of connection toward the characters. However, I really dug the vibe of the film. I enjoyed that it was part historical drama and part sports film.
1. Shia LaBeouf
I found Happy Nuke Year to be a bit too unfocused tonally to fully work as a film, but one aspect I did not have any issue with whatsoever was LaBeouf in the lead role. He's a commanding, charismatic presence on-screen.
Is there a more inconsistent director around than Oliver Stone? His skill is not in question, but his choices regarding subject matter and tone for certain films definitely is. He has directed masterpieces like JFK, Wall Street, and one of the greatest films in LRF's history, Jonestown, but then he has also directed messier, less sound films like U-Turn, Savages, Snowden, and now Happy Nuke Year.
2. Tim Burton
Speaking of director's with a spotty track record, has anyone fallen harder in terms of quality of films than Burton in recent years? He has made progressively worse films over that time, such as Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Dark Shadows, and now the disaster that is Alternative.
1. Alternative
Speaking of which, Alternative has become the biggest box office bomb in the studio's history - by a wide margin. The film didn't work on a basis of the talent involved. The cast was littered with uncharismatic, questionably talented actors, directed by the uninspired Burton.
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