many slower moments. When you compare it to something like Dune, there's no comparison. The reliance in modern filmmaking on CGI sucks the oxygen out of scenes. The tone of something like Dune is grim and pompous while Star Wars is actually fun. The stakes are high but it's light and airy.

Star Wars is obviously a little rubbish on the dialogue front but it's night and day against most modern blockbusters. There's a sense of grandeur, which can be attributed to a mix of location shooting/brilliant model/effects work, the soundtrack and Alec Guinness. The pacing is great. There aren't

I like these types of games. Added spice with having home nations teams. They've essentially sung the games for TV money.

And finished. Great stuff. Lots of different elements. My favourite Uncharted.

Imagine being a satirist in these times?!

from the perspective of a watching fly?

He missed a trick. Much cheaper to make illegal immigrants fight to the death in gladiatorial combat than deport them.

"Does this make him look too serious?"

"I know."

Good Fortune

Well, er .... No surprise! I went at lunch and so did our hopes.

One of the most striking aspects of this list if the amount of documentaries on there. My list also has a lot of docs, different ones largely. Not sure if that says more about the strength of documentary filmmaking or the weakness of the rest of the film industry.

Absolutely. Especially given the nature of the deaths.

Studios, presumably!

I can't believe AI would do a worse job than some of the streaming slop.

which isn't helped by the proliferation of films which don't feel they've been written by an intelligent human being!

You captured it in your last response. They do it for clicks. To make money. Using deaths to generate revenue. I've seen certain magazines post multiple features and lists to exploit a death.