Letterboxd — Your life in film

I guess it’s a tall order to ask for a superhero movie about witches and magic interuniversal portals to make sense, but they whiffed some real slow pitches on this one.

I went in with no expectations, and one of the expectations I did not go in with was the imminent cultural revival of “Absolutely (Story of a Girl)”

Great fun, good stunts, satisfying final altercation, one very long snake.

Some of the weirdest casting choices live here, but it’s such a vibe you can kind of go with it?

I tell ya, the number of tropes I thought this was going to subvert that it ended up just…having…

Have Disney movies always been this heavy-handed on the metaphors?

An adorable piece of speculative cinema set in a fantasy world where high school is a fun and accepting space with no homophobia, no studying, and no student government positions besides president.

It’s okay to not do the defensive metacommentary thing, guys. We all know what we signed up for.

Cole Sprouse is the new Matt Perry.

On the other hand, did an incel write this?

I’m not having fun anymore.

The only thing I didn’t hate was the Cobra Kai crossover. And Matthew Lillard, weirdly.

Listen I like people but this had too many