Last month my wife and I were traveling (she surprised me with flights and tickets to the Peach Bowl), and we had a few hours to kill before we were meeting some friends for dinner. So we looked up movies nearby and ended up going to see the Dylan movie... it was pretty "meh."
1. My wife kept leaning over and whispering, "He (Chalamet) has zero charisma" (she was right).
2. The moments when Chalamet tried to be the most Dylanish Dylan - delivering something sneering and defiant - those were just cringeworthy and painful to watch.
3. Joan Baez's ass should have gotten a Best Supporting Actress nomination. I may have whispered this to my wife (I was right).
Anyway, I thought that whole crash-and-burn failure of a creative endeavor was over and behind me.... but this evening I was fast forwarding through last week's SNL because I wanted to see the news. I paused while fast forwarding, because "Oh, I wonder who the musical guest is."
"... Timothee Chalamet!"
And I was treated to yet another helping of this guy doing a third-rate Dylan impression. I truly wondered if it was "for real." Like, is this supposed to be good? Or is it a bit?
Anyway, I said this about Bon Jovi doing his pandemic song on Colbert a few years ago, and I'm saying it again now, "You are killing what very little is left of rock music."