7/27/2023 0 Comments SplitmoviesThey're not going to wrap it up! How do we solve all these problems?"Ĭassie: Yeah, absolutely. We were getting to 2 hours and 15 minutes and I was like, "They're not going to wrap it up. Where do you stand on cliffhangers in movies?Ĭassie: I felt the same way you did when I watched. It earned its stripes.Įlamin: You know what it reminds me of? When Harry Potter split the last book into two movies, and I was like, "Who needs this? You could have absolutely fit this into just one movie." Cassie, you're the screenwriter on the panel. When you mentioned certain two-parters, I get it - like Avengers: Infinity War, which was a hollow nothing until that cliffhanger came along, I get it. There's an emotional revelation and all of that. ![]() Rad: Well, there is a resolution in this movie. And I can go home and be like, "We've resolved it," you know? The Syndicate is done. But when I show up for Mission Impossible, Ethan Hunt's going to do a thing, and it's going to be over by the time that it's done. WATCH | Official trailer for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse:Įlamin: The episode number is right there in the title. And, you know, this takes a page out of Empire Strikes Back, which is arguably the greatest sequel ever, maybe - and the only Star Wars movie worth any salt. Rad: Because when the Spider-Man credits roll, she's like, "What? Where's the rest of the movie?" I'm like, "It's coming in the next movie." And she's like, "When is the rest of the movie coming out?" And look, I'm not sharing the sentiment because for the most part, I think if you have given us a movie that stands on its own - it gives you a satisfying story, and a satisfying emotional arc - and then adds a cliffhanger to that, I'm all for it. Rad: Let me just say that you're having the exact same reaction as my 11-year-old daughter. Rad, where do you stand on this? Should I be mad about this? Should I stop being mad about this? When the movie ends, I want to feel satisfied that we've arrived at a certain destination. Why are movies coming in two-parters? When I go to the movies, I go to the movies for closure. Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning, they're advertising that as Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One. Wait for Dune Part Two." I don't want to! I just want to get the story one time. And I have had it with two-parter movies, okay?įast and Furious advertised Fast X as "the beginning of the end." My guy, just make one movie and then end it. For me, that was just a giant buzzkill … and it's kind of got me thinking about the fact that blockbuster movies keep coming in two-part movies now. And now I'm mad at both of you because it was fantastic - except for one thing, which is that it ends on a giant cliffhanger. You said, "Elamin, you should go see this movie." And I did. We were talking about this movie two weeks ago at this very table. Jason Blum, M.Elamin: Listen to me when I tell you that Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is possibly one of the best Spider-Man movies ever made. Fletcher ( Betty Buckley), who doesn't know what he's done, believes there is a submerged personality she hasn't yet met who will materialize and dominate all the others. ![]() She thinks maybe Hedwig will help, but he tells them, "He's done awful things to people and he'll do awful things to you." Hedwig tells them that they're being prepared for "The Beast." One of the girls, Casey ( Anya Taylor-Joy), realizes the only way they can get out is to convince one of Kevin's alter egos to let them go. He knows he's not allowed to touch you."Īnother of his personalities, Hedwig, says he's nine years old. They quickly learn he has more than one identity when he shows up dressed as a woman, telling them, "Don't worry. He kidnaps the girls and shuts them away in a locked bunker. His name is Kevin ( James McAvoy) - a seriously mentally ill man with 23 personalities. As three teenage girls are waiting in a car to be driven home the morning after a sleepover party, a strange man gets into the driver's seat.
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