I was such a Raymond Carver dork in high school that when I finally saw this movie in college it was like an Infinity War-level event to me. Seeing all those disparate figures from the Carververse intersecting was this transcendent experience.
As I reflected on that fact just now, two things struck me: a) it’s a tremendously silly way for a teenager to feel, and b) if I was a Carver dork in high school, why didn’t I see this…
It's bad, but I'll admit that it's the best movie I've ever seen about Roy Rogers giving a bunch of people violent food poisoning
Talking about this movie almost feels like a no-win scenario. If I say I had a blast, you assume I mean it ironically, but if I say it wasn’t ironic, you assume I’m a pathetic garbage boy with a brain made of canned peaches. But no, I just think this movie is a crazy good time, and I think it’s actually more aware of what it is than people are giving it credit for. If you go see this movie…
If PTA had actually gone through with casting Jeremy Renner like he originally wanted to, do you think that triggers a sliding doors scenario where Renner goes on to play Doc Sportello and win an Oscar for playing the Joker while Joaquin Phoenix does a bunch of MCU movies and makes an app devoted to himself? [doesn't wait for you to respond] I think yes, anyway -
