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20 minutes into it, visually stunning and the music is great. The chemistry between JD and Zendaya is not there.
 

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The Utter Emotional Inauthenticity of Netflix’s Malcolm & Marie

Folks hella mad out there.

critics tanking it cus they were outted

it’s dope

this is a true toxic relationship that will last

dope music and GOATED content

it’s a journey into people’s feelings and anyone reviewing bombing it like the above article is talking themselves into the extent of intent

this was a play about two people who Do Not Belong together, but like so many of us, are still working it out

Malcom finna pop off the #GMBset & Marie fukking his bros
 
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This is the age people nitpick plotholes, over analyze and over complicate themes, have no attention span, and find everything problematic.

Basically what homie was saying in the movie :dead:
What? None of this has anything to do with the film or any of the criticisms some folks have (including myself). I know a lot of people have started complaining about the age gap all of a sudden even though that's a tale as old as Hollywood itself, but that doesn't mean it's not a valid criticism to the film (just rather suspect timing, but what else is new in the SJW era).

My issue is that this kind of 'attack the people who dislike it' behavior is a joke. It's actually the same tactic employed by Levinson to negate critics within the film itself. Because he spends two full scenes shytting on critics he's cleared the field for everyone to diminish a critic's opinion on this film because "clearly" 'they must be in their feelings'. shyt is lame as hell and anyone resorting to that is better off spending their time coming up with actual arguments as to why they like the film.

The Utter Emotional Inauthenticity of Netflix’s Malcolm & Marie

Folks hella made out there.

critics tanking it cus they were outted
That review is actually pretty damn spot-on. I know I raised both my eyebrows at Zendaya throwing out the line 'Do you know how disturbing it is that you can compartmentalize to such a degree that you can abuse me while eating mac and cheese?'. No one can tell me that line shouldn't have been immediately deleted after writing it, let alone make it into the end product. Same with the line where Malcolm angrily throws out that line with the word "solipsistic" in it. It's like half these lines were written with Thesaurus next to the typewriter, they feel so fake.

Again, I think some of the confrontations in the film feel realistic and folks might relate to that but only little of the actual dialogue feels real to me and that's a big problem in a film that is 80% talk and 20% musical bridges to awkwardly switch subjects of conversation.
 

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What? None of this has anything to do with the film or any of the criticisms some folks have (including myself). I know a lot of people have started complaining about the age gap all of a sudden even though that's a tale as old as Hollywood itself, but that doesn't mean it's not a valid criticism to the film (just rather suspect timing, but what else is new in the SJW era).

My issue is that this kind of 'attack the people who dislike it' behavior is a joke. It's actually the same tactic employed by Levinson to negate critics within the film itself. Because he spends two full scenes shytting on critics he's cleared the field for everyone to diminish a critic's opinion on this film because "clearly" 'they must be in their feelings'. shyt is lame as hell and anyone resorting to that is better off spending their time coming up with actual arguments as to why they like the film.


That review is actually pretty damn spot-on. I know I raised both my eyebrows at Zendaya throwing out the line 'Do you know how disturbing it is that you can compartmentalize to such a degree that you can abuse me while eating mac and cheese?'. No one can tell me that line shouldn't have been immediately deleted after writing it, let alone make it into the end product. Same with the line where Malcolm angrily throws out that line with the word "solipsistic" in it. It's like half these lines were written with Thesaurus next to the typewriter, they feel so fake.

Again, I think some of the confrontations in the film feel realistic and folks might relate to that but only little of the actual dialogue feels real to me and that's a big problem in a film that is 80% talk and 20% musical bridges to awkwardly switch subjects of conversation.

I didn’t hate the film but this is pretty spot on. The reason why the Before Sunrise movies worked is because Linklater actually collaborated with the actors on the script and let them improvise, giving the dialogue a natural and realistic feel. There wasn’t one moment in Malcolm and Marie that didn’t feel incredibly staged or scripted and it was painfully obvious that JDW’s character was just a stand in for Levinson to air out his grievances with movie critics. Might be the most self indulgent thing in a movie I’ve seen since Shyamalan’s character in Lady in the Water lol
 

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another bug bear I have about this movie.
this whole movie came about becauseZendaya asked Levinson to write a film for her during this pandemic.

so why not instead of retreading the addict stuff and a way to have a dig at people who didn't like Assassination Nation why not make a movie about a couple who are struggling coping being together 24/7 in the house during the pandemic or something ? because that is a big thing thats happened in the past year. its been make or break for a lot of couples. you could've kept a lot of the movie and gave it much more depth. instead of ending up with this sterile offering.

actually have Zendaya and JDW live together like Gosling and Michelle Williams did with Blue Valentine to build the chemistry.
 

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why not make a movie about a couple who are struggling coping being together 24/7 in the house during the pandemic or something ?.
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