Air (released 4/5/23)

This movie was a much more fun time than I expected. This movie is a biopic about how the famous Air Jordans came to be. The cast was all fantastic with Matt Damon as the spearhead. You can't have a Matt Damon drama without his bestie Ben Affleck. The actor playing Michael Jordan didn't have a single line and played very stand-offish when in the meeting with all the companies. The movie had a fun, humorous quality to it. It seemed like everyone was genuinely having fun while trying to show a very serious, dangerous time in Nike's history. Being a biopic, there were probably creative liberties taken for the purpose of drama. It was a steady-moving pace. I never really got bored at any point. They also gave the whole film a washed-out quality to give it a more 80s feel. Everything was still sharp so it was probably a post-production thing rather than using real 80s film cameras. If you want a fun movie that tells the tale of how Air Jordans came to be, this is definitely worth a watch.

Story - 17%

Characters - 16%

Pacing - 18%

Spectacle - 16%

Entertainment - 18%

Total score: 85%

Grade scale:

90%-100% = must watch

80%-89% = solid, but could be better

70%-79% = Not terrible, watch if the characters or story interests you

60%-69% = only watch for completionist reasons

0%-59% = just skip it, I find the positives and they don't exist here