I wonder what went wrong: a review ("This is not the 1984 you are looking for") Part 3

Her "expertise" is juxtaposed with her ineptness the first time she is seen examining antiques. Wiig's character lets WW know that she is stumped by an antique artifact. Without any scientific testing or analysis she jumps to a conclusion that the artifact is a fake and useless (you know, the kind of rock-solid, deductive conclusions you draw just like you were taught to use the scientific method in college). Is this the filmmakers' hubris over their own "brilliant" writing, arrogance or stupidity? You decide. Not since James Bond's Dr. Christmas Jones have we had such a lack of believability in a scientist portrayed on screen. At least the double-O franchise did its screen damage tongue-in-cheek, but the WW filmmakers are earnest in their portrayal.
The character of the real estate tycoo....err tv personality Maxwell Lord (because he will "Lord" over the world...get it? Feel free to roll your eyes now) is played with gusto by Chilean actor Pedro Pascal. His motivation seems to be to be all-powerful, take over the world, have everything at once, control all the world's oil, be a hero to his Asian (never explained if this is a token Asian kid or where he came from) son, be the healthiest person in the world, be the richest person in the world....Are you getting lost here? So is the audience. By the way, is it a bad sign if I can't remember the villain's name as I am watching the movie (or after it, or even now as I am writing this review)? Just curious.....He certainly is not in the echelon of "Jaws", "Goldfinger", "Scaramanga"....or any of the classic villains of yore that are so easy to recall decades after seeing them on screen. Something tells me we won't tremble with fear at our collective memories and recollections of the great....what's his name again? Ah yes...MAXWELL LORD!
Other unrealistic scenes of basic and utter nonsense: stealing a fighter jet with ease (WW says "pick one" to Chris Pine), then flying that fighter jet without any gear such as flight suits or helmets, climbing well into the stratosphere with ease (with essentially wearing the equivalent of a t-shirt) and not getting even a chill or showing any discomfort from change in cabin pressure. (Have the three screenwriters actually flown in an airplane, let alone a jet fighter). Oh and the icing on the cake...where Chris Pine (profession: pilot) explains to WW how to fly. This is after commandeering a complex piece of machinery from literally in his mind "the future" without any knowledge in what the filmmakers lead you to believe is a two-step process of flying one of the most advanced jets in the world: First, push the "start engine button" kind-of like in your Tesla. What? You are not rich enough to afford a Tesla (Hollywood filmmakers...they are just like us!) And Second, push the throttle lever forward! Congratulations you can fly a highly advanced fighter jet even though your previous flying experience consisted of flying the Wright Brothers progeny through the skies. Pine's character explains the intricate process of flying an airplane: "Its easy, you just feel the air/wind". Ahh...truer words have never been spoken by a pilot who is required to have years of engineering, mechanical classes, hours of simulated flight.. .oh no...wait a minute...these are words of a Hollywood scriptwriter. You know, not actually what a real person/pilot/engineer/soldier would say.
By the way...did you ever go to the movies and wonder to yourself: "Boy am I ready for some action! Except I am environmentally conscious, friendly, believe all the plants, vegetation, wildlife and people have a right to live and never be killed or die"? Of course! We all have! Because thats exactly what we love to see in action movies! No deaths whatsoever! What....you don't believe me? You say to yourself.." I saw the movie..surely there must have beeennnnn....one deathhhhh" (as you struggle to remember and "wonder" if your mind, your memory or both are playing tricks on you). Its true! Watch the movie and in the 151 minutes of this heart-warmin....err...ACTION-PACKED movie, NOT A SINGLE PERSON DIES! I will repeat....in the 1980's era of Stallone's "Cobra", Arnie's "Terminator" and Cameron's "Aliens", this movie can stand proudly beside them, because NOONE DIED. I dont know about you, but as a proud, fierce, liberal, feminist female filmmaker I am proud of this achievement. There, I've said it and I will not apologize for it "I made an action movie and noone died". Mission (not) accomplished! Oh but there was one swear word uttered..."Sh..t Diana". Bonus points if you can recall what scene it was in this otherwise forgettable misadventure. Note: Bonus points are not actual currency. They exist to make you feel a fleeting sense of inconsequential achievement valued by noone other than your own imagination and the credence that you give to them. Kind of like the "respect" this movie garners....after just one viewing.