I had been using another name that expressed gratitude in the affirmative, decided to change it up to a name that is more for saying no politely.

It’s frankly pretty upsetting that I just finally started using all this stuff and Meta wants to fuck with it. Literally just downloaded all my content from FB and Insta and deactivated the FB (keeping the insta at least for a minute I need it for work purposes)

That was my first book of his I read as well, back in college when I was taking a true crime class. My school had great English electives that I kept taking for fun and it set me back a year because I didn’t have anybody smart to tell me that they didn’t get me any closer to graduating.

I’ll check it out for sure! Like you said, it’s human stories in historical context and he has such a knack for that. So much historical non-fiction struggles to either tell the human story while also providing the straight facts in an easily consumable way, or tell the history while providing human color. He is really great at striking a good balance with it.

Curious about this one. From the trailers it looked a little… try-hard / cringe? Nothing against J-Law just seemed like an odd one that might suck. Will keep my eyes on it.

Fair enough! The stair scene was the one time where I actually laughed out loud and stopped enjoying the combat. But then whatever points I had detracted because it was dumb I gave back because I laughed. Honestly if I just had to rate the end of the movie it wouldn’t be a total winner.

There haven’t been any action movies pulling it off as well that I’m aware of for a long time. Most movies are very cut-heavy, because it’s easier to direct a fight scene if you’re close up and cutting to a different angle on every contact. The way they do it in John Wick is so satisfying and technically impressive, hopefully it catches on.

I’m moving that section to the top because it’s important and really should be the first thing I mention.