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I appreciated the opening that paired Paul Simon (from the second ever SNL) with Sabrina Carpenter (from RIGHT NOW). I personally wish that they had picked a different right now "it" girl - but that's just me. Paul at the end was just magical. Those two numbers alone were done with more respect for the audience and the artists than the entire "music" special. I love both Miley Cyrus and Brittany Howard. The comic material was great. They found cool ways to remind us of how wide and deep the talent of the cast and the celebrities that have been on that stage over the years is. Overall, I enjoyed this a lot.

They spent a lot of time and money on this movie. Almost two and a half hours and the result is very dull. A lot of explosions . Lots of flying body action. Lots of very colorful costumes and dayglo colored smoke but no excitement, awe or wonder or any feeling at all generated by any of it. There are dozens of plot twists. It's dizzying but I didn't feel enough attachment to what was happening for them to have any effect. There was an excessive abundance of Kill Bill and Matrix style aero/ballet and again - it meant nothing. This is one of those movies that surprise me that all of the people involved at every level actually stuck it out to the end. The time, effort and money involved just boggles the mind. The only explanation for the excessive waste of time and money involved is that this was created to provide a tax loss to the investors.