helenahandbasket-93734

It's just a tonal mess, I expects much more from Gunn, given his abilities performed with Guardians, but this just lacks so much.

To begin with, the Superman character, himself. There's no humanity for him. He just seems to roll around through this movie and I felt no compassion from the movie for the character.

There's nothing compelling in this movie that makes me do anything but hope there's no sequel planned- the writing of the characters seems phoned in, and the plot devices are haphazardly crafted and seem lazy.

A few things I really didn't care for: AI Dog- seriously, it's not even close to resembling a canine; spend the extra money and get an actual LABRADOR with a trainer.

Lex- I don't mind the actor, per se, but he's a child in this story when he should be a venerated man with a wealth of experience that shows on his face. This portrayal looks like a child who's stepped into dad's suit and shoes and clomps through the movie. There's one scene I can't ignore that he absolutely steals, but the rest is just fluff and filler.

Lois- Where Was She almost the entire movie?? She's a major player in the source material and I'm seriously left to wonder what genius thought this was plenty?

David Corenswet- sorry but he's not Superman. Perhaps I'm jaded because Henry Cavil and Christopher Reeves just embodied the essence of the character, but David isn't it. He's a perfectly fine actor and quite capable, but as this particular character? No.

There's quite a bit of handpicked 'influencers' who were paid to gush over this, and a few particular reviews convinced me that the trailers weren't telling of the entirety of the movie, so I went. The lesson here is, trust your gut instincts and either go or don't based on that. Don't let people who were paid (I wasn't aware at the time they were) convince you otherwise.

PS- Did I mention the dog?

War is mean, viscous, nasty, grotesque, cruel and insane.

The difference between the hero and the enemy can be hard to find, HOWEVER when you find yourself committing unspeakable acts against someone you perceive as evil, you become the monster you proclaim to hate. The cruelty of the mob mentality, where one brilliantly obtuse person acts as a cancer that metastasizes into the most inhumane and sickening actions that become the fuel that forces your enemy to retaliate.

These are the atrocities of war that awakened us, in 1993, to what horrific behaviors were being committed in the name of the United Nations, and their 'peacekeeping' missions- the supposed police of the world who've done nothing of value, perpetrated ridiculous crimes and created more havoc than that which they were supposed to be preventing. Bill Clinton and his many wars; those of unnecessary and inconceivable consequences, and those in Congress who always seem all too willing to ship our children to fight in these forever wars. While their own children somehow live in a protected bubble, that they'll never be sent to fight against something no one understands, for benefits that keep the military industrial complex not only alive, but thriving.

I'm so grateful that these young men were able to escape and that Mike Durant was allowed to live. But the insanity of the situation to combat Aidid, who was STEALING AID FROM HIS OWN PEOPLE, it's quite obvious that these people are obviously quite pleased with this monster, so who are we to inflict our politics on their turmoil? Why is it necessary to invade when the people do not want us there, and it's also quite obvious that those bags STAMPED WITH USAID, that are doing nothing but enriching an warlord without a shred of decency in his veins, should have been halted, and our military never enters into Somalia.

We don't view ourselves as some romanticized 'super power', we were doing what we thought was the right thing- but what this taught many of us is, we have no business acting on behalf of any entity proclaiming to be righteous. The Somali people were quite capable of fighting, obviously. If they were tired of being hungry and oppressed, it's up to them to fight for themselves.

Legacy media is all the same, no matter the country. All over the world, if someone is upsetting the natural order, they must be destroyed at all costs.

There is a reason Gawker is now defunct- and while I wouldn't necessarily qualify them as legacy media, they are part of the larger issue. If you want to see where the rot is, pull back the layers to see what that will expose. As the saying goes, 'The best disinfectant is sunlight.' Rob Ford wasn't necessarily a beacon of goodness, but I wouldn't challenge anyone to find a single person who is above the slightest reproach- he had flaws but he got work done and his constituency adored him because he did the work everyone else made excuses for not doing.

This feels like they are still angry and bitter over his ability to finesse and avoid the nonsense, until it became so relentless there was no other choice. It's ironic that the media talking head makes the Trump comparison- because it was blatantly obvious, even back then. The media are who they are, and now more than ever they've finally been exposed to sunlight and very few even give them a sideways glance.

It couldn't happen to a better example of narcissistic, megalomaniac elites- they wrote their own downfall.