Creative Producer, IndieWire
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My thoughts on MAVERICK are tinged by the fact that I’ve seen TOP GUN more than any other movie in my life, as it was one of three Betamax tapes we had growing up (my dad taped it off a free HBO weekend - to also give you a sense of era).
MAVERICK is a cover song in all the best (and worst) ways. It takes aspects of the original and dials them to 11. For example, utilizing the technological…
simultaneously inspires while fostering wells of envy; quite possibly the best film I’ve ever seen.
left the theater feeling as if Daniels had tapped into my subconscious and crafted a movie just for me, which is preposterous of course, but also, is it?!
When I was working in development at The Onion 90% of my job was explaining to industry people why their favorite headlines wouldn't automatically translate into amazing feature-length comedies. If only I'd have been able to point to DON'T LOOK UP and say, "You see that. That's why you don't go FULL SATIRE."
The power of the dog is curious thing, make a one man meek, make another man mean.