Tweetweek: Suicide Squad, Olympic Opening, Hamilton 4 Hillary,

It's that time again. But before we get to the tweets of the week, let's all be reminded that Lifetime will be remaking the movie Beaches. I keep forgetting this because why would anyone do this? And yet I love this casting pair idea... 

Ariana Grande softly purrs "yaaas" at the suggestion that Kristin Chenoweth star w/ Idina Menzel in new #Beaches.

Ariana Grande is us all.

— Kevin Fallon (@kpfallon) August 3, 2016

Many more tweets to come after the jump with the new superhero movie and the actual superheroes of the Olympics as the main events...

i get this has been a lousy year for summer blockbusters but i wholly reject "2016 is a bad year for film" narrative pic.twitter.com/CNdpUUFzKU

— Josh Oakley (@WineAndPop) August 5, 2016

TFW people think "auterism" is pronounced "otterism". pic.twitter.com/ybwMLjKwYA

— Alex Heeney (@bwestcineaste) August 4, 2016

Orlando Bloom has bigger hands than Donald Trump.

— David Kuhne (@D_Khunne) August 4, 2016

The demigorgon. It got me. It cut my hair too.😏😜😋 pic.twitter.com/3250JNvcgd

— David Harbour (@DavidKHarbour) August 3, 2016

I've never seen an Isabelle Huppert 'Best Performances' list and I think I've found my calling. Editors: who wants to publish?!

— John Oursler (@JMOursler) August 2, 2016

I don't have a lot of sexual hangups, but I definitely can't sleep with you if you spell "whoa" with the H at the end.

— Julieanne Smolinski (@BoobsRadley) July 15, 2016

OLYMPIC FEVER

I like the Olympics because they combine things I don't understand with making me feel bad about my body.

— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) August 6, 2016

I thought the climate change segment of #OpeningCeremony was about my body temp rising when I realized Fernanda Montenegro was narrating 😱😍

— Chris Schleicher (@cschleichsrun) August 6, 2016

Tonga or Magic Mike 3, you decide. pic.twitter.com/4qVDBAVSB5

— Mark (@MarkMizzouSteel) August 6, 2016

Moving to Tonga. Their national dress is a six pack covered in baby oil. #OpeningCeremony

— David Morgan (@thisisdavid) August 6, 2016

@nathanielr I hoped they filmed it in 3d

— Clinton Neill (@cbneill) August 6, 2016

Tape-delay bitching aside, YAY PARADE OF NATIONS! Hooray for hot athletes in a variety of blazers! #Rio2016 #OpeningCeremony

— Heather & Jessica (@fuggirls) August 6, 2016

How Brazil was that opening ceremony? "Let's examine our national traumas as frankly as possible, but make it really hot, too."

— Matt Zoller Seitz (@mattzollerseitz) August 6, 2016

The #OpeningCeremony feels like Julie Taymor directed it but quit because not enough people were getting injured.

— Chris Schleicher (@cschleichsrun) August 6, 2016

Waiting for the Fernanda Montenegro & Sonia Braga tributes. We're doing 'Brazil's Greatest Exports' yes?' #OpeningCeremony

— Nathaniel Rogers (@nathanielr) August 6, 2016

THE BIG MOVIE OF THE MOMENT
Suicide Squad is expected to open with huge numbers. But will the numbers hold or collapse like Batman v Superman?

I wish I loved anything as much as people who haven't seen Suicide Squad yet love Suicide Squad

— Chris Evangelista (@cevangelista413) August 2, 2016

My skills include "walking wide-eyed into my own undoing" which explains both my personal relationships and why I'm seeing Suicide Squad

— Brandy Jensen (@BrandyLJensen) August 2, 2016

Pretty sure SUICIDE SQUAD was expressly created to gay-bash BATMAN AND ROBIN in a high-school hallway

— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) August 2, 2016

A gay man’s guide to SUICIDE SQUAD: I can’t believe Warner Bros spent $150 million on a feature-length adaptation of the phrase “no homo”

— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) August 2, 2016

There's another scene in SUICIDE SQUAD where one of the squad members punches a woman, and says as justification, "She had a mouth"

— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) August 2, 2016

Sex is like the Suicide Squad, you think it's going to be all edgy and different but it's just JARED LETO. ALL MEN ARE JARED LETO.

— Natasha VC (@natashavc) August 2, 2016

I'd fuck Jared Leto but ask him not to tell anyone.

— Joel Kim Booster (@ihatejoelkim) August 5, 2016

THIS IS AMAZING pic.twitter.com/NSTJewAGTh

— Steve Zaragoza (@stevezaragoza) August 4, 2016

if you see suicide squad be sure to stay after the credits. lots of people leave half empty containers of popcorn and you can just have them

— rob whisman (@robwhisman) August 5, 2016

Oh no! A movie critic didn't like a movie you care about. What do you do? Don't worry, I put together a handy guide. pic.twitter.com/iIatsbrk30

— Alexander Huls (@alxhuls) October 10, 2014

POLITICS
BECAUSE THE TOPIC IS QUITE UNAVOIDABLE FOR THE NEXT 90+ DAYS... 

Paul Ryan just saw Suicide Squad, was disgusted by it, says its values are not his values. urges everyone to see it this weekend.

— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) August 2, 2016

If you want a preview of how Trump will implode, watch the movie A FACE IN THE CROWD, directed by Kazan and starring a scary Andy Griffith.

— Harold Itzkowitz (@HaroldItz) August 2, 2016

And the winner of the caption competition is... pic.twitter.com/z0zWRlCqBF

— Steve Burns (@TheSteveBurnio) August 2, 2016

Orlando Bloom has bigger hands than Donald Trump.

— David Kuhne (@D_Khunne) August 4, 2016

Clinton fundraiser at #hamilton ? Or the world's craziest double date? @themikedoyle @Lin_Manuel @HillaryClinton pic.twitter.com/BswnP5hfhC

— Andrew Rannells (@AndrewRannells) August 3, 2016

God damn, Hillary makes me proud to identify as a Miranda.

— Louis Virtel (@louisvirtel) July 29, 2016

P.S.
Have I ever told you that I love Chris Crocker? I totally do.

People who argue over Hillary pic.twitter.com/Lu0rwkSe1v

— Chris Crocker (@ChrisCrocker) July 27, 2016

Comments

[Carlos]

Loved your foreign language Oscar parade of Nations on twitter!! :D

(PS: is it just me are a few of these twits doubled?)

[Peggy Sue]

Josh Oakley is an optimist maybe because he's mixing 2015 and 2016 releases.

[James T]

Chris Crocker is doing an excellent Violet Weston!

[NATHANIEL R]

Carlos -- i have no idea what happened with the coding. I edited 3 times to remove doubles and they kept reappearing elsewhere. Bizarre. I think it's fixed now.

and thank you. i had fun last night.

Peggy Sue -- those are actually all 2016 releases here in the States despite premiering elsewhere in 2015

James T -- whatever he's doing i love it.

[Paul Outlaw]

@robwhisman FTW.

[Craver]

Holla @ Tonga guy and Mike Doyle

[Suzanne]

I haven't even seen all of those movies Josh Oakley lists (some of which, like The Fits and Krisha, because they haven't been released near me), but I totally agree - this has been a great year for movies so far. Don't judge the year by studio releases!

[Tony T]

I am in a way fortunate to only have time to see movies that I think will be interesting so I've avoided blockbusters this year and frankly the movies I've watched have been excellent... The Fits, Little Men, Embrace of the Serpent... Some of the best achievements in the field that I've seen in the last 5 years. I think Embrace of the Serpent has found its audience and Little Men will find its audience especially with the recent POTUS endorsement. The film that worries me a bit is The Fits. A really really good esthetically and conceptually unique little gem. I really hope people discover it on dvd or netflix or wherever and that the Spirit awards reward it and raise its profile because it is one of the best feminist efforts I have seen this decade.

[cal roth]

The best about Olympics: Fernanda Montenegro reading a poem in Portuguese and DAME JUDI DENCH translating it to English.

[rick]

I thought the Olympic Openings were just OK compared past ones.... however, one has to remember the country did not have the money other countries have had to put it on.

I loved the theme of the event and to watch Tom Brady's wife strut her stuff one last time was amazing.

[Steven]

I liked Gisele's moment and some of the staging but I thought it was weak in comparison to the previous Olympics from London and most of all, Beijing. Plus, I couldn't divorce myself from what is really going behind the scenes as I thought a lot of it was bullshit.

[Glenn Dunks]

Amen to Craver's shout out to the Tongan flag bearer and Mike Doyle. Yum.

[DJDeeJay]

Every time I see that tweet about the Donald Trump caption I have to stop and admire its genius. Talk about brevity being the soul of wit.