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....
I’m now testing to see if the Bad Movies I Love will update the search URL.
Okay, this is kind of a test of a certain Google Search feature. Basically, I want to be able to quickly call out entries for Bad Movies I Love, because that’s an important category.
I saw this movie as a child. It came in 1963, but as I saw it on television, it must have been later. Whatever age I was, my brother was three younger. I can remember, after watching the movie, creeping my hand towards him from around corners, down from the top of the bunk-bed,...
It can really suck to be a fan. In fact, why are we fans? What did the Washington Redskins ever do for me, particularly? Yes, it was great fun to watch them, back in the day. They won Superbowls. Beat Dallas. But the Redskins make a huge amount of money, as a team, and...
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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