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Message: [QUOTE="Mano, post: 3225604, member: 3300"] [B]Dumbo[/B] (2019) - I knew it would be bad. There's no real way to adapt the animated feature. The nonsensical garbage they came up with completely took the focus off of the freaking elephant, he really seemed like a total afterthought. Tim Burton is about 8 movies away from having lost his touch now, maybe 10 idk. [B]A Star Is Born[/B] (2018) - The chemistry was great and the whirlwind romance was believable. If it weren't for the half dozen or so instances where Gaga's acting totally took me out of the scene I would've thought this was a really good movie. It was still a beautiful and tragic love story but that had a lot more to do with Bradley Cooper's stellar work both in front of and behind the camera. [B]A Simple Favor[/B] - Thinks it's more clever than it really is. I generally like Anna Kendrick in most things so that helped and Blake Lively is gorgeous (Ryan Reynolds lives a charmed life) but I didn't buy her as a conniving badass. Tone is this movie was all over the place, needed to figure out if it was a comedy or a thriller. It never did, which undercut both attempts. [B]Shazam[/B] - This was a fun movie. I get the beef [USER=7894]@nwhoopfan[/USER] but besides the creature feature bits I thought the light hearted tone worked well when you consider our heroes are really just children. I liked the nods to the greater DCEU as well. I hope a sequel gets a green light. [/QUOTE]