AVATAR [2009] review
December 19, 2009
I was fated to see AVATAR alone. I know this now. AVATAR is a powerful environmental message exactly when the human race needs it. It is a move that rivals the epic NAUSICAA in its organic environmental message. It is an expression of imagination and wonder far, far greater than any movie I can remember that tried to do so. The thing that made me most skeptical of the movie, its CGI characters, were in reality its greatest asset. Human actors could not replicate the adaptation and harmony with the environment that the Na’vi had. The moistness in their eyes illustrated their love for there world. AVATAR IS A MASTERPIECE film by James Cameron.
THE NATIONAL PARKS [2009] review
October 1, 2009
The National Parks America's Best Idea by Ken Burns
I agree with Ken Burns. The title of his latest documentary is THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA’S BEST IDEA. To put it simply, this documentary is mesmerizingly interesting. In so many categories is this documentary fascinating: history, photography, environment, politics, poetry. This is the best film of 2009 I have seen–by far.
PRETTY IN PINK [1986] review
September 12, 2009
I like that when you see a movie made in the 80s set in the 80s, you know it’s the 80s. The 80s had its own look. As did the 70s and 60s, and maybe even the early 90s. After those times though, will we be able to say, “that is so 00s?” This is perhaps why, especially for teen movies, classic ones like PRETTY IN PINK just cannot be replicated anymore. This decade has no identity, no distinctiveness. I really wonder if we will ever feel nostalgia for the 00s like we already do for the 80s and long have for the 60s?
DISTRICT 9 [review] 2009
August 22, 2009
A movie like DISTRICT 9 would never have come out of nowhere to wow me when I was living in Japan because I had the time there to read about all upcoming movies of significance, and mostly because movies like this never get released there anytime within reason of their release in the New World. It just stuns me that I have so quickly gotten out of touch. Nevertheless, only one week late did I have the privilege of viewing one of the rarest things in modern existence–a gimmick free and not CGI abused thriller/thinker/sci-fi movie. DISTRICT 9 is a top ten movie of the decade.
FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF [1986] review
August 8, 2009
I had been wanting to re-watch FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF for over a year now. It is unfortunate that it took the passing of the film’s writer and director, John Hughes, to finally get it to be in my movie queue. I have no idea when the last time I watched this movie was. Maybe I only ever saw it once. This 80s movie totally holds up in 2009 and remains the classic I always remembered it as in my memory. It is a prime example of why the 80s were, unquestionably, the best decade for a kid to grow up in.
UNFORGIVEN [1992] review
April 17, 2009
“We all got it comin’ kid.” ”I ain’t like that no more.” ”Well he should have armed himself after he chose to decorate his establishment with my friend.” ”It’s a helluva thing killing a man.” UNFORGIVEN is one of my top-10 favorite movies of all-time. It was from my very first viewing of it 17 years ago. I rewatched it tonight because I wanted to share the movie with Aya. Right now, I’d be hard pressed to name a director I like more than Clint Eastwood, and I can say that for actors as well.
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN [2008] review
January 9, 2009
Have you ever seen a vampire movie that did not show fangs once? After you watch the quietly hypnotic LET THE RIGHT ONE IN you will have. This movie is a true original. It’s also truly smart with no hack dialogue, really not any more dialogue than is truly necessary. It is also a very sweet movie, without being heavy handed or manipulative in any way. Make no mistakes though, this movie is also very dark.
GRAN TORINO [2008] review
January 7, 2009
GRAN TORINO is a masterpiece. It is as American a film as I’ve ever seen. I truly love it. Clint Eastwood is a master filmmaker and an incredible actor. While watching GRAN TORINO at first I thought my opening line to this review would be my reiteration that Clint Eastwood is the biggest badass in the history of the world bar none. But that would not respect the film enough. That would not respect Clint enough. That would not respect the incredible acting by the Hmong actors in the film enough.
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