#plus the plot twist and the reason why Lucy doesnt choose Harry is stupid to me

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Commentary on Materialists below & possible spoilers.

I know today is Materialists premiere day and I hope those who are watching the movie have fun, but it’s sort of ridiculous that Pedro Pascal only has about an estimated 10 minutes of screentime in an almost 2 hour movie. Ten whole minutes. Not to mention it’s clear that with the romcom formula, Dakota’s character won’t end up choosing the billionaire because in this political climate we can’t have someone who’s relatively in a higher wealth class be with someone in the same tax bracket or higher. But sure I guess, I mean there must be a valid reason as to why she goes back to the brokey right? Must be.

Anyways, it really is Gladiator 2 all over again where Pedro was used for immense promo because they knew his name would bring additional viewers but when you watch the movie his character is either underdeveloped or disregarded entirely. I know his limited screentime probably has to do with him taking on so many projects all at once and I can sympathize with that especially considering he’ll be affiliated with Marvel + Disney for a while, but it still sucks seeing this trend where POC are used for promotional content and are completely forgotten in the material itself. This also isn’t exclusive to just Pedro, but has happened with other actors like Manny Jacinto & now Simone Ashley in the F1 movie who practically had her scenes completely cut out to focus more on Brad Pitt like??? It’s hilarious that the same director (Joseph Kosinski) cut out scenes involving POC to give the white actors more screen time, won’t be saying much on that but just know I’m #noticing patterns.

Anyways chile, that man deserves a lead role sometime soon, and preferably one that won’t benefit white actors cause I’m tired of poc being used as crutches to bring others back to stardom (cough Chris Evans cough).