Picking Nits all-of-them joke/Bill top10intro but no formal ten-item ranked list: Bullock shouting racist locksmith claims within earshot, implausible recurring encounters across giant LA—Dillon/Newton, Phillippe/Howard then Cheadle brother.
Interconnected vignette films rarely work, Magnolia and Playing by Heart defended; latter cast/architecture monologue appreciation.
Nit Dillon might let assault witness die to avoid lawsuit/job loss; darker cigarette-drop murder imagined as better movie.
Nit carjacking aftermath cops fail search car for slouching Ludacris; discussion distinguishes neutralizing advancing Howard first versus searching once controlled, no full agreement on procedural timing.
Nit Cheadle collision where brother killed coincidence, rebuttal he may have been responding to scene.
Nit van keys left12hours untouched, chop-shop operator instant expertise selling trafficked people despite earlier blood-spatter caution; joking chop shops most evil.
Sequel/prequel/prestigeTV: actual2008Starzseries, prestige investigation around Cheadle dirty-cop/CityHall case with Black showrunner, brother murder and hunt for Phillippe returning to work. Cord Jefferson shot-for-shot comedy imagined because original already comic; untouchable in unwanted sense.
Better With roster read; Danny Trejo inexplicably absent LA crime film, Wilford Brimley Firm character in Fichtner role, Wayne Jenkins as Dillon (no impression without Chris).
Unanswerable same exact film by Black director predicted no Oscars and career-damaging criticism, not rewrite.
Unanswerable why beat Brokeback: country/olderwhiteAcademy not ready for unapologetic gay affection, despite Ang Lee director win and heavy-favorite status; other nominees Munich/Capote/Good Night and Good Luck, last criticized, weak-year claim disputed briefly.
Double features Joanna25th Hour for better racial-rant treatment; Grand Canyon emphatically accepted, American History X initial alternative displaced. Grand Canyon baby-finding absurdity debated affectionately.
The first-time viewer briefly jokes that it is the best film in ten years, then retracts that and calls it horrible, unsubtle and lacking nuance.
A claim that its Facebook-like sentiment could still find an audience is disputed; Sound of Freedom is offered as an analogy, with disagreement over what drove its attendance.
The trafficking plot finally exhausted the reviewer’s tolerance.
The shopkeeper’s redemption is disputed: removing the gun versus failing to reckon with attempted murder.
First-watch danger to the child and other characters loses force on rewatch when their survival is known.
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