No, influencer screenings preempting professional reviewers are what you do when you want to artificially generate hype from undiscriminating fans. The article I don't think you read even points this out almost immediately:

The move bucks the trend of studios getting ahead of professional reviews by inviting fan-site bloggers and influencers to see major releases in advance and then letting them post (often highly enthusiastic) mini reviews on social media.

That's a fair take, he may be doing it for the wrong reasons... but I'm just on a "fuck all influencers" bandwagon and always have been, so stopped clock and all that.

Influencers are unlikely to pass harsh judgment in cases like this because they think that their fancy business trips are a reward and they don’t want to miss on the next ones. Their opinions are worthless.

Its also the nature of the background noise he uses. It has no subtlety at all.

I would not know 😂

His brother wrote the iconic line from his second Batman movie

"You either die a hero or live long enough to become a villain"

Word has it that Christopher Nolan didn't even really understand the line. Which doesn't shock me since his writing is so bad.

I guess I should have disclosed that I am a low key Nolan-hater. Maybe that's a bit harsh, but I have never really connected with his movies. The concepts are always cool, but the way he writes characters just never clicks with me xD

But hey, I hope you'll enjoy this one! And I hope we will both enjoy Werwulf.

This year is also a bit nuts when it comes to new movies coming out, that are actually worth watching. I can't remember the last time a year had more than one worthwhile movie to go see in the cinema, but this year has several. I can't wait for October, to go see Wildwood. And right now I am struggling with whether I should go rewatch Obsession, go watch Backrooms or go see the new Robin Hood movie. I don't know what to do, lol.