09-23-2025, 06:39 AM
Burn After Reading: Many moons ago this girl at college told me this was the most amazing thing ever. For some reason I've never forgotten this recommendation, perhaps because she was kind of crazy. It was okay I guess. The part with JK Simmons that's kind of a meme is more entertaining than a lot of the rest.
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: I liked this significantly more. It's not like amazing or anything but it's pretty consistently good. Maybe could have been trimmed down 10-15 minutes. I can see why it sort of bombed because the trailer makes it look like this comedy, but really most of the actual jokes are in the trailer. I liked that nobody laughed at Tina Fey's white women jokes and you could sort of read another character's usage of it as mocking her. I'm not sure this wasn't Tina's intent, there's aspects of her giving the character some Liz Lemon vibes at the start. (I'm assuming she had much say in this since she not only produced it she's the star.) I liked the ending and the way they did it. I could see most people upset that there's no real closure to any of it, but I preferred that. Who knew the area around Santa Fe looks so much like Afghanistan?
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: I liked this significantly more. It's not like amazing or anything but it's pretty consistently good. Maybe could have been trimmed down 10-15 minutes. I can see why it sort of bombed because the trailer makes it look like this comedy, but really most of the actual jokes are in the trailer. I liked that nobody laughed at Tina Fey's white women jokes and you could sort of read another character's usage of it as mocking her. I'm not sure this wasn't Tina's intent, there's aspects of her giving the character some Liz Lemon vibes at the start. (I'm assuming she had much say in this since she not only produced it she's the star.) I liked the ending and the way they did it. I could see most people upset that there's no real closure to any of it, but I preferred that. Who knew the area around Santa Fe looks so much like Afghanistan?