My old roommate watched reality shows, like I Love NY and Rock of Love. It was a total trainwreck, bad television gone worse, but there was something compelling in watching people be honestly stupid. Some things you just can’t coach. Yes, I know there is a bit of scripting, drama is encouraged, but you...
Movies that should have been better
We Need a New Word for Bad Movies
But there are degrees of badness within the Michael Bay category. Pearl Harbor was so bad they wrote a song about it. And Transformers 2: ROTFL, hurt.
Transformers 2: ROTFL (Review)
After all, Michael Bay KNOWS IT SUCKS. But he's counting his money and laughing at us as we sit through it anyway.
Mongol: review
It’s hard to argue with the weight of critical opinion, not to mention Oscar nominations. But I will argue. Mongol loses points for being, essentially, a love story. We have lots of love stories. Anybody can be the subject of a love story. Complex love stories can also be woven into to tales of...
Not so Taken
Last night I saw Taken with three guy friends. A fourth joined us for dinner, but bailed before the movie started. Something about having to work on President’s Day. Whiner. Anyway, preconception was that it would be a quality action movie. After all, Liam Neeson? But 30 minutes in, I turned to one friend...
Piranha II vs. Avatar
Piranha II is James Cameron’s first feature movie, and Avatar is the most recent. How has his moral message and story-telling evolved? In Piranha II, you were likely to get killed by a carnivorous flying fish if: You are female and naked. You have sex unconnected to romance. You’re a somewhat ridiculous older woman....
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