…to “Repeating “Maverick” Mantra: Lightning Can Strike Again“:
Friendo: “This is a really good post, but I’m not feeling the Maverick-wins-the-Oscar scenario.”
HE: “Nor am I. It would be great if it happens though.”
Friendo: “It just didn’t catch fire as an Oscar movie.”
HE: “The #1 reason being that it ISN’T a traditional ‘Oscar movie’. Or even an untraditional one.
“But at least it (a) delivered on its own terms, (b) went the extra mile in terms of gutslam action realism and (c) wasn’t a woke instructional. And audiences really loved (c). And that fact — entertaining drama, well-jiggered actioner, no woke instruction — provided a lesson that the all-but-dead megaplex film industry needs to heed: Show Joe & Jane Popcorn a really good time with a little heart and pizazz, and they’ll return the favor in spades.”
Friendo: “Agreed.”
