The Best Way to Spend $80 Million

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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Chapters

• 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