Movies, and my thoughts on them.
Westerns, at their hearts, are stories about heroes. The hero defeats the villains and saves the honest townsfolk using, not just his wits, but also his fists and gun. While the town doctor might be a brave, …
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in September. Stats Movies watched - 24 Movies that were new to me - 19 Movies about dudes falling in love with their daughters - 2 Monthly Masterpieces - Invasion of the …
I've had issues with "cute" dialog in movies for a while. I almost turned off Juno after ten minutes and even the dialog from someone like Oscar Wilde can begin to annoy me. So I have some possibly …
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in August. Stats Movies watched - 41 Movies that were new to me - 33 New record for movies watched in a single day - 7 Monthly Masterpieces - …
Everyone knows that I was a particularly vehement opponent of the Lord of the Rings movies. My thoughts on adaptations are well publicized and they basically amount to the unyielding law that it is unconscionable to …
Last time I discussed the basic problem of adaptations and the idea that "the book is always better than the movie". I came to the conclusion that each must be evaluated by different criteria and …
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in July. Stats Movies watched - 31 Movies that were new to me - 26 Percent Romantic Comedies watched - 52% Monthly Masterpieces - Henry V, Shanghai Express, It Happened One …
There is a natural urge to create adaptations with film. Film, after all, is still a relatively new art and audiences have not yet lost their childlike wonder at its ability to convey alternate realities so realistically and convincingly. Who …
While watching It Happened One Night for the umpteenth time the other night I was reminded just how old the romantic comedy "formula" is. Guy meets girl, guy gets girl, guy loses girl, guy gets …
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in June. Stats Movies watched - 25 Movies that were new to me - 16 Romantic Comedies I was embarrassed to review - 4 Monthly …