The Electric State – Friday 28th March 2025

Oh dear. So this is what a $320 million budget will buy you in 2025.

I guess it’s just another example of the ‘paying for infinitely more for infinitely worse products / services / politicians / & everything else’ timeline we seem to be trapped in.

Budget aside, this film was just bad; which is all the more disappointing considering the talent behind it. Both the writers and directors have shown us that they’re capable of great filmmaking (with their Marvel movies), so it’s quite mystifying what happened on this occasion.
I mean, the whole thing is just completely uninspired.

Like, seriously, how many times do we need to see Gustavo Fring being Gustavo Fring in EVERYTHING he’s in? How many times do we need to see Star Lord being Star Lord in EVERYTHING he’s in?? How many times are we going to make films warning about the dangers of Tech Billionaires, A.I. and the Internet, whilst simultaneously pandering to those people and technologies??!!

Also, what the hell was the point of setting the film in the 90s, when all the tech on display was futuristic even for 2025?? It served absolutely no purpose and made absolutely no sense.
There’s so much in this film that doesn’t work, I’m getting bored writing about it.

Do yourselves a favour and avoid it.