We finally have a "MUST SEE" film in Season 25!
2. Troll Mountain
I didn't love the story of Troll Mountain. It felt a bit too much like a fantasy film compilation, combining various elements from earlier, better films into one. The casting though was completely spot-on, so I have to give it some points for that.
1. The Punisher: Last Exit
Writer Dwight Gallo and director S. Craig Zahler have once again nailed the character of The Punisher with Mel Gibson as their conduit. The soundtrack was even better this time. Gibson won't have to go up against Leo's Caesar at this GRA ceremony like last time, so I like his chances to take home some GRA gold.
Both Miller and Spielberg are directors of massive hit films in the past who now are starting to become known for flops at the box office, both in and out of LRF. Miller has had three LRF flops out of three films. Outside of LRF, Miller's massive bombs include Lorenzo's Oil, Babe: Pig in the City, Happy Feet Two, and Three Thousand Years of Longing. Spielberg has fared a bit better in LRF, with only half of his films failing at the box office. Outside of LRF, three of Spielberg's last five films have been huge bombs (The GFB, West Side Story and The Fabelmans), even if he was also responsible for some of the biggest hits of all-time (which were all quite a while ago). Why did I write all that? Am I rubbing it in toward them? Maybe. Well, not maybe. I'm definitely rubbing it in their overrated, past-their-prime faces.
2. No Promises in the Wind
I definitely do not see the same cinematic potential in this source material that writer Rachel Hallett Hardcastle did. Jacob Tremblay's character was annoying and his "journey" seemed unimportant and low-stakes.
1. Box Office
Even with The Punisher: Last Exit performing as well as it did, this round was a rough one at the box office due to the massive flops of Troll Mountain and No Promises in the Wind.
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