Nerd Critic

BARB/ENHEIMERPre-shownotes note: CJ sounds bad because he was recording on his airpods like a complete rube.Actual shownotes:* CJ does not complain about the giant corporation he works for* Why #barbenheimer? (the marketing phenomenon)* BARB/* Disclaimer: we’re dudes, talking about a movie made maybe not for dudes* Unsurprisingly, we loved Ryan G* Big hits (production design, cast, some humor), big misses (…the rest?)* What we should expect from a movie about a Mattel toy sponsored by Mattel* You can’t speak truth to power when the power is funding your movie* The third act culminates in an unearned sermon* A token zoomer in a movie made by and for millennials * Absurdism spins out of control without something to consistently ground it* CJ mic drops on the haters* /ENHEIMER* On the merits of seeing a Christopher Nolan movie twice* Jordan responds to CJ’s response to Jordan’s invitation to go see it with him for the 2nd time* Masterclass in filmmaking, but…* It’s too long, and too “important,” and not nearly e