{"id":2291,"date":"2025-02-08T23:22:51","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T07:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/?p=2291"},"modified":"2025-02-08T23:22:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T07:22:51","slug":"movie-pass-adventures-better-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/08\/movie-pass-adventures-better-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Movie Pass Adventures: Better Man"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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When the trailers for this first started showing up I said “I would have to hear a LOT of good reviews before I’d see that.” Then I heard a lot of movie folks say they like it, and that there was at least one scene- the “Rock DJ” number- that needs to be seen in a real theater to be appreciated. So I went.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s not very good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vera Drew’s Letterboxd review explains perfectly why they went with a CGI chimp instead of a person: “How else are they going make the most unlikeable character in bio pic history someone you wanna watch for two hours?” He’s a jerk through 99 percent of the film, and his big transition to slightly less of a jerk starts with him blaming his problems on getting fame as a teenager. It’s also pretty funny that he spends most of the movie wanting to make his own music, but the big standout song is from a band he seems to hate, and the redemption song at the end of the movie is a version of “My Way.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lazy joke poster below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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