BORN FREE [1966] review
August 21, 2010
I have few weaknesses. One of them are movies about (wild) animals and Freedom. BORN FREE is perhaps the most famous movie of the genre. Although the movie started out with actions I do not agree on the ethics of, and had other such moments as well, BORN FREE was overall very effective and a very strong message that animals belong in the wild, and belong to be Free.
NORTH FACE [2008] review
August 1, 2010
Usually I know well ahead of time which movie I will be watching that night. Since the grim INSOMNIA ended last night I was thinking I wanted to watch a comedy, a genre I rarely watch, to erase those ill feelings. Well, all of a sudden I ended up watching NORTH FACE, which despite the funny quips the climbers make to each other, is as far removed from the comedy genre as any film can be.
FOLLOWING [1998] review
July 23, 2010
Last week I saw Christopher Nolan’s latest, INCEPTION, but I had never seen his debut, FOLLOWING, so I put it to the top of my Netflix queue. I tried to avoid reading anything about the plot or story, and assumed that the plot would twist time, etc., which it did. Like most non-Batman Nolan films, you would be hard pressed to describe it in a single sentence.
INCEPTION [2010] review
July 17, 2010
I think Christopher Nolan with INCEPTION has cemented himself as director of the decade having kicked it off with MEMENTO. Like he did with 2008′s THE DARK KNIGHT, he has made every other movie this summer seem like hack amateur derivative waste of film. INCEPTION is the kind of movie that makes you leave the theater discussing, debating, and most of trying to figure out what in fact did I just see? And do I understand any of it?
PREDATOR [1987] review
July 4, 2010
I may not have ever of seen the full Rated R version of PREDATOR before as I never saw poor Carl Weathers with his arm blown off before! I have strong memories of this movie, and of it being just a pure action movie free of gimmicks with an iconic alien hunter character and Arnold Schwarzenegger being his simple best. Some 20+ years since its release, it holds up as good, and really better, than any modern sci-fi action adventure movie, if they even exist anymore.
TOY STORY 3 in 3D [2010] review
June 26, 2010
TOY STORY 3 is a flawless masterpiece. A movie that is just so right in its score, in the attention to details, in its action, in its emotional moments, and in its story. This was also my first time to see a 3D movie outside of a theme park since my childhood, perhaps it was the Creature from the Black Lagoon? I feel the 3D genie is fully out of the bottle and one better get used to donning those 3D glasses. Did it enhance my TOY STORY 3 viewing experience?
GODZILLA VS DESTOROYAH [1995] review
June 13, 2010
It is an ALL TIME classic theme. The roar is an ALL TIME classic movie sound. These two things alone combine to make Godzilla a movie ICON. I do not believe you can have an iconic movie without an instantly recognizable and hummable theme song as well as instantly identifiable sound effects. GODZILLA VS DESTOROYAH is a worthy entry in the iconic Godzilla pantheon.
GODZILLA TOKYO SOS [2003] review
June 7, 2010
This was Godzilla as I had never seen him before, with full on modern(ish) special effects and a spiritual storyline that held up the action scenes well. I had never seen a modern Godzilla movie before, from the 90s or 00s, well, other than that horrid Matthew Broderick abomination. I was very impressed and loved GODZILLA: TOKYO S.O.S.
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