Somehow, perhaps because my Netflix-enabled xBox360 is now practically a video store in my living room, I ended up watching an episode of Lost. My previous attitude towards Lost was a mixture of contempt and outrage that people where so devoted to it. Some people compared it to BSG. I kept comparing it to...
After all, Michael Bay KNOWS IT SUCKS. But he's counting his money and laughing at us as we sit through it anyway.
How come expectations are such an integral part of how we enjoy movies? Not just good or bad, but also type, genre, tone. We know who’s in the movie, we think we know the genre, maybe we know the story. Maybe we’ve scene trailers and think we’ve got it pretty much down. Eagle Eye...
It always annoys when my friends say something like: “I could have told you that,” after I report that some movie really sucked. No, no you couldn’t have told me that. Sure, the Mummy III: Tomb of Jet Li Phoning It In looked bad. There were many warning signs. But these friends would have...
I was ready for this one to fail. The premise is kind of dated, the raging Id as superhero has been done in many forms, plus there’s the stretchy pants problem. Also, I never made it through Ang Lee’s version, even on cable, for free. But it was Saturday afternoon and I needed a...
Avatar vs. Star Wars
One podcast I listen to made an interesting comparison between Avatar and Star Wars. Each movie raised the bar for blockbusters, as well as working in a genre that can be described as Space Opera. A little too easy and facile for Science Fiction, but set in a future universe. In fact, both movies...
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