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Dec 21, 2023Liked by Christopher Lloyd, Andy Carr

The funny thing is that I was just thinking about emailing you and asking what you thought was the worst movie you saw this year. Now I know! I'm probably still going to watch it. It sounds like he did everything I feared he was going to do, which was not be original, and then some. Unfortunate but not suprising. Anyway, Happy Holidays!

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Unfortunate indeed. Best of luck to you when you watch it! I hope you get more out of it than I did. Happy Holidays to you as well.

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Do you seriously think Siskel, Ebert, A.O. Scott, Pauline Kael, Manohla Dargis or Ann Hornaday would pull such an obnoxious stunt? For that matter, would Chris Lloyd? I rather doubt it. You owe it to the reader to give us the full title.

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Dec 21, 2023·edited Dec 21, 2023Author

A couple of those people *absolutely* would do such a thing. Regardless, I don't claim to be like any of them. Frankly, it's a non-issue, as I reveal the subtitle early on in the review anyway. The dismissal of it in the subhead is simply a snarky flourish to express how little mental energy this film is worth.

What I owe you, as a critic, is my honest opinion. You got that—or, rather, you would have (along with the subtitle), had you actually read the review before commenting. Thanks for your interest in my work!

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Wow. What arrogance. "There's more to the title but I can't be bothered to type it all out." Really?

In that case, there's more to the review, but I can't be bothered to read it.

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Dec 21, 2023·edited Dec 21, 2023Author

If Snyder isn't going to put in the effort to make his Star Wars riff remotely unique, engaging, or at any level entertaining, then I don't feel obligated to attach the title's presumptuous franchise trappings! "Rebel Moon" is the important part. If he wanted to ensure I remember it's a Part One, he should've attempted to make me care.

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