What’s Aged the Worst?
The twist's lost surprise; fleeting self-fight shots; now-untouchable satire; disinformation and mischief boxes; 15 minutes too long; Leto's beating; Project Mayhem after January 6
In the discussion (8)
Approx. transcript time · 01:02:41Read transcript
- The twist ages worst because everyone knows it now and no one gets the first-time rush; a producer's generation may still get it.
- The self-fighting scenes are shown only fleetingly because the visual does not really work.
- It satirizes things people would now be afraid to touch; the headquarters boxes labeled disinformation and mischief feel like a perfect combo for 2021.
- It is 15 minutes too long and could have been about two hours five or ten.
- Leto getting destroyed is tough to watch; an original version reportedly had rivers of blood and a caved-in face.
- All the Project Mayhem material is creepy after January 6.
- Helena Bonham Carter is proposed for aged worst and contested; the other side has her more in aged best.
- The case against her: Marla is a home-run part that in stronger hands earns an Oscar nomination over the 1999 supporting-actress field, though the character lacks agency and mostly reacts.