Over the last year and a bit that I’ve had this blog, I’ve
talked before about people that are quote-unquote "easy targets"; people
involved in films that, for one reason or another, it has become perfectly
acceptable to mock. Sure, I still have my stable running joke of Jai Courtney
being attached to mostly horrible films, but for the most part I am willing to
let this kind of mindset go. The reason for that should be made most obvious by
today’s film: Director/co-writer Tom McCarthy’s last film was the previously
reviewed The Cobbler, a production that some people are still trying to insist
is Adam Sandler’s worst film; and the other co-writer Josh Singer’s last effort
was the much-maligned The Fifth Estate. Of course, maybe it helps that the
above films are usually attributed as being an Adam Sandler and Benedict
Cumberbatch film respectfully, meaning that they get the brunt of the blame for
them despite the definite reality of things. In any case, now that they have a
genuine winner on their hands, it seems like the need for scorn has ended… that
is, until the next one comes along and the process starts all over again.
Anyway, tangent, I have an actual film to talk about here.
