I get what you’re saying, about the potential and the set pieces. I like them, too. But I have an awfully hard time separating them from the slimy alien MMA match at the end. It’s almost as if they literally thought “what’s the batshit-craziest thing that could possibly happen at this point?” and then did it.

oh hohoho, I love my silly jokes.

I loved the shit weasels, but I thought it was really odd that, you know, they’re like “WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT POWERS NOW” and the only thing you see is car guy’s ability to find things.

like the fat, desperate girl at the party.

when the hosts are kicking everybody out.

the one who’s had a crush on you for years.

yeah.

i been there, man.

you just gotta rise above, tell yourself “never again” and stop drinking so much.

The first half of the movie is directly taken form the book, every bit of it and i loved it. The second half was Kasdan’s acid-induced hippy trip into some weird hybrid alien/mighty morphin power rangers transmographying bullshit that defies logic. That’s why it might seem so disjoint. Not that the book was much better, but at least it was good until the last 1/8 or so.

Great review, thanks for taking the time!

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