In his last special, Supernatural, Ricky took aim at the "woke", progressive, indentitarian left. In this special, he doubles down on that and expands his criticisms to include a sort of goading and provoking of progressives at large. Moderate liberals to conservatives will probably feel thrilled, but those on the left will find few laughs and more exasperation. Ricky has always been edgy, so he's still on brand, but he's waded deeper into the modern culture wars than ever before. Armageddon is indeed the end (of his old atheist comedy), and I'm interested in seeing what future this special is the cornerstone for.
An acerbic and cynical movie that muses that those who are highly motivated and ambitious are heartless and willing to step on anyone to get to the top, while lazy people are nice, morally decent people but also hypocritical and inconsequential. A truly bleak picture of humanity and politics.
It takes a little time to get going, but once you catch on to the narrative point of view it pulls you right in. An engaging movie that portrays social ills very much familiar to us today, but highlighted in stark relief by their taking place in the Middle Ages.
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Movie comment on Ricky Gervais: Armageddon
ZilaDakaar
In his last special, Supernatural, Ricky took aim at the "woke", progressive, indentitarian left. In this special, he doubles down on that and expands his criticisms to include a sort of goading and provoking of progressives at large. Moderate liberals to conservatives will probably feel thrilled, but those on the left will find few laughs and more exasperation. Ricky has always been edgy, so he's still on brand, but he's waded deeper into the modern culture wars than ever before. Armageddon is indeed the end (of his old atheist comedy), and I'm interested in seeing what future this special is the cornerstone for.Movie comment on Election
ZilaDakaar
An acerbic and cynical movie that muses that those who are highly motivated and ambitious are heartless and willing to step on anyone to get to the top, while lazy people are nice, morally decent people but also hypocritical and inconsequential. A truly bleak picture of humanity and politics.Movie comment on The Last Duel
ZilaDakaar
It takes a little time to get going, but once you catch on to the narrative point of view it pulls you right in. An engaging movie that portrays social ills very much familiar to us today, but highlighted in stark relief by their taking place in the Middle Ages.