The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award
The cross-joint scene is boring, the trailer promises a better movie, the heroes’ decisions mostly make sense, and Dale should abandon Saul are competing takes.
In the discussion (4)
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- The anti-cross-joint host accepts that disinterest in marijuana may explain why the movie’s signature bonding scene feels slow.
- Missing Paper Planes from the film drives the trailer-better disappointment.
- Hiding, consulting Red, fleeing, and even hijacking the police car are defended as rational under the circumstances.
- Dale’s return for a dealer he barely knows is challenged, with the near-death friendship acceleration offered as defense.