Oh I know he wasn't.  I knew as I was typing it that Mike would greet me with huzzah's.  I'm just sort of screaming into the wind, asking the film gods to strike me down or challenge me.

I mean just think of it. 

The Little Princess
Great Expectations
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Azkaban
Children of Men
Gravity

COMPLETELY different films, all handled with such a clear focus and tonal unity.  Every single on of those films knows exactly what it is and even if you don't like any of those specifically, you can't deny that they're all fully committed to their own identity.

Pound for pound, Alfonso Cuaron is a more accomplished director with a more versatile skill set than Martin Scorcese.  This is not to say anything bad about Scorcese.  He's a master of the craft and has defined a couple generations of filmmaking.  This is to say nothing of how great an advocate for films he is.  But Cuaron has accomplished, in my mind, at least as much in fewer films than Martin has.  In terms of innovation, and serious leaps in evolution as a filmmaker, there's no one really like Cuaron that I can think of.  Again, Scorcese is great, but we all kinda know what to expect with a Scorcese film whereas Cuaron surprises and impresses equally with every film, in a way we have not seen from him at that point.

We most assuredly do, sir.

The greatest actor of the 70's by a clear margin was John Cazale.  Their is not another actor in history who can make the claim that every movie they were ever in was nominated for Best Picture.  This is not a coincidence.  He was attracted to strong material, other actors were attracted to working with him, and he made everyone step their fucking game up.  Pound for Pound, he may be the greatest actor ever.

I don't think Toy Story is chasing an existential crisis.  All of the crises in all three movies simply have to do with aging/life changes.

TS1:  Getting a baby brother.
TS2: Puberty.
TS3: Moving away or staying with your family.

The Oppenheimer quote gave me some hope that they're aiming to capture the tone of the Toho original.

That was the first movie in a good long while where I would just sit, mouth agape for long stretches.  I agree with all, the tether business took me out for about 15 seconds, but I was so invested in Ryan's story, I was back into it without much trouble.

Catching Hell was great.  Hoop Dreams is sort of the gold standard of Sports Docs, but there was also that one that won the Oscar two years ago.  Can't remember the name of it.

Docs about the industry tend to be a bit too inside baseball for me.  I watch docs because I have questions about subjects, and I want those questions explored if not answered.  I don't want to be lectured about a subject, I want to be told a story.