The Best Way to Spend $80 Million

Whatcha Watchin with Alexis Gentry

Alexis is joined by special guest Leo Rydel from Geekly Goods to chat about the original sci-fi epic The Creator from director Gareth Edwards and how an $80 million movie can rival the biggest blockbusters. This review is spoiler-free.
0:00 Intro
0:27 Leo’s thoughts
2:20 How was this only $80M?
4:43 It’s a VFX marvel
6:42 Explore the lore
9:15 Simplified storytelling
12:20 Almost perfect
17:10 Original movies
20:10 Final verdict
22:57 Wrap-up
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Chapter

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. Leo's thoughts (00:00:27)

3. How was this only $80M?! (00:02:20)

4. It's a VFX marvel (00:04:43)

5. Explore the lore (00:06:42)

6. Simplified storytelling (00:09:15)

7. Almost perfect (00:12:20)

8. Original movies (00:17:10)

9. Final verdict (00:20:10)

10. Wrap-up (00:22:57)