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I haven't seen Dominion yet, I see it in....seven hours and nine minutes, but a line in the Hustle review actually gives me a structure to explain why I'm still looking forward to it despite the reviews being, uh, abysmal.

"Hustle is a hoophead’s delight, rife with detail about international scouting and networking, the language of NBA insiders, and even the specific abuses of hotel minibars."

Well, I anticipate Dominion still being in large part a paleo nerd's delight, rife with new species I've never seen portrayed, new takes on ones that I have, and fruit for debates that will be novel for about thirty seconds and then admittedly exhausting in pretty short order.

Now, do I anticipate it being a good movie? Not necessarily. Out of the four sequels in the franchise, I think there's a sum of maybe two good movies worth of parts in the mix. As I said on Filmspotting when I admitted that this was my most anticipated movie of the summer over Nope, I just know my brand, and I'm the dinosaur man even moreso than the movie guy.

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I would not characterize the reviews for Hustle as abysmal. 89 RT, 67 Metacritic. That's solidly in line with my take on it. As I say, it's a formulaic movie, but it really does work hard to get the details right and there's much to admire about it, especially if you're a basketball fan.

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He means JWD. And, hey, it's not like I wouldn't go see a movie with rampaging dinosaurs on my own dime whatever the reviews, too!

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Ah, poor reading comprehension on my part.

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but does this movie even have rampaging dinosaurs, Keith? (dino-dna locusts do not count)

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Honestly, me would go see movie where NBA prospects have to fight rampaging dinosaurs before me would see either of these movies.

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If anyone wonders whether there are any career prospects after your run on E/R, Top Gun, and Revenge of the Nerds, look no further than Anthony Edwards who went on to become a #1 basketball draft pick. (Yes, I know but had to look that up. Isn't this the kind of thing SAG is supposed to prevent?)

If you'd told me in '93 I'd be more interested in seeing a Sandler movie over a dinosaur movie...

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I was really trying to believe that a good script was what had brought the original cast back to Jurassic World, but..... this just sounds atrocious

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Me assume script that brought them back was handwriting at bottom of very large check.

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