Wednesday, June 22, 2022

The Roundup with Jeff Stockton (Season 23 Round 4)

 
Round 4 was a mixed bag for the studio. That and more in The Roundup....

3. Alex Conn
I didn't love The Giver (see below) but I feel like it is a big improvement over Conn's last few films. The story was (mostly) coherent and none of the characters made me want to murder them.

2. Task Force X: Chaos and Madness
While the film struggled a bit with its character development (and simply with figuring out it wanted the audience to root for) I still found it was in improvement upon the first film, at least in terms of story.

1. Haley Lu Richardson
HLR definitely has star potential. Between this performance in Camp Manhood and her role as Starfire in the DC Comics Universe I expect to see a lot more of her in the future.


3. Camp Manhood
Camp Manhood relied heavily on HLR's performance to keep it mostly out of mediocrity for me. I found Jacob Tremblay terribly unlikable in the lead role. He's a talented kid, but he felt overly mopey in this one.

2. Timothee Chalamet
Is Timothee Chalamet officially the newest box office poison in Michael B. Jordan's league? 5 of his last 6 LRF releases have failed to make a profit for the studio. I'm sure his agent can't wait for an Atlantis sequel.

1. Box Office
One out of three films making a profit at the box office is not great (even if TFX 2 was a big hit).

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