Jul 022021
I was previously only kinda “I’ll probably get around to it eventually” interested in the new Amazon movie “The Tomorrow War.” But I have now been convinced to see it sooner than later… by people who hate it.
The Tomorrow War is Chris Pratt’s ultimate salute to working-class heroism (plus aliens)
BackBack in 2017, fresh off the continued success of the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise and gearing up for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Chris Pratt gave a cover-story interview to Men’s Fitness magazine, and bemoaned the state of cinema about white men. “I don’t see personal stories that necessarily resonate with me, because they’re not my stories […] The voice of the average, blue-collar American isn’t necessarily represented in Hollywood,” Pratt said. That was a willfully ignorant statement back then, and it still is now.
Sold!