Comments on: Boy Kills World (2023)

By: Andrew Milne

Andrew Milne — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 15:55:13 +0000

So, I just watched it anyway.

“Boy Kills World is pure, unadulterated wasted potential.”

Yeah, that sounds right, and I’m right there with you on the score, as well.

By: Andrew Milne

Andrew Milne — Wed, 29 May 2024 14:07:26 +0000

I planned to see this during its theatrical run out of fealty to Yayan; but looking at its tiresome postmodern shtick I just couldn’t be bothered.

Glad to learn I made the right call!

By: Dan Stalcup

Dan Stalcup — Wed, 29 May 2024 11:01:26 +0000

In reply to Hunter Allen. Good point on Alexander vs. Bill, and I’ve updated the post. I’m not sure how I convinced myself Bill was more famous (he did star in It, which is probably more popular than any of Alexander’s movies, but I don’t think he’s as much of a name.) I usually don’t have any sort of face blindness but the Skarsgards throw me off. All handsome and imposing but slightly alien looking (Bill especially so)

By: Hunter Allen

Hunter Allen — Wed, 29 May 2024 07:40:48 +0000

Saw the trailer a while ago, and I was interested until I realized H. Jon Benjamin was an inner monologue. Maybe that could work, but it’s a high-wire act, and I assume that if the movie were remotely good it would be a big discourse object regarding treating a deaf person as the equivalent of a dog in an Incredible Journey. And I’m not sure that would be the wrong take on it. (Nor does it help that, despite being great as Sterling Archer, his long tenure as Bob Belcher is pretty close to ruining Benjamin for any VA role that requires projecting physical competence or charisma. Not his fault, but not not his fault, you know? Coach McGuirk forever, though.)

Also, Alexander, surely. I barely knew what Bill looked like till I saw this trailer.