Ryan Faughnder
Los Angeles Times
November 1, 2016
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Yeah, it says a lot about our culture that so many financially successful feature films these days are from comic books, not literature.
To be fair, one of the only comic books I liked as a kid was Dr. Strange. It was a lot more violent than most of the others in a realistic way. It somehow seemed more manly to me (from a boy's perspective).
The fact that Hollywood is pushing the homo Cumberbatch as some sort of macho role model is a little disturbing. But no more disturbing I suppose than Rock Hudson.
I just sort of assume that EVERYONE in Hollywood is a homo. In fact, you could probably call it Homowood and be just about right on the button.
The few stars who aren't queer are either leftist drug addicts or psychopaths or both. Normal people who are also stars are few and far between.
Hell, even Robert DeNiro turned out to be a drug-sucking freak. I'd forgotten until I read again recently that De Niro was one of the last people to see John Belushi alive on the day he died from a "speedball" overdose. Even more recently Lenny Dykstra (who has no reason to lie that I know of) reported going on a weekend coke binge with De Niro just a year or so ago. Disappointing. De Niro has done so many great roles. Sad to think that he is just like Harrison Ford - a hopeless, drug-sucking old geezer who needs stimulants to get "up" for his roles.
Sorry about the tangent. I didn't mean to hijack your thread, boss.
The reviews are good for this flick. Maybe they actually got it right.
