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Cadillac Records: Volume on HIGH
Cadillac Records This could have been a great movie, really awesome, but it is not. Largely to blame is the refusal to underplay just about anything. I don’t know any of the actual historical facts behind this story, but even the fictional content in the film could have been executed with much more grace. My…
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Considering Character as Theme-Watchmen
Character as Theme in Watchmen In Alan Moore’s Watchmen some of the most prominent characters exist largely as commentaries on a theme. It’s an effective way to intermingle multiple themes in a story and establish character and theme simultaneously. Dr Manhattan, Power Jon/Dr Manhattan symbolizes the theme of power, and more specifically ultimate power. They…
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The Rock is Cooking Happy Meals
The Rock, please stop it. It just makes me sad. In reality the Rock has basically saved his career by shifting into a family man. The Game Plan was his biggest hit in years, and he is following it up with some more family friendly stuff that looks like junk. Check the trailer for Race…
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Earth Stood Still…Booo!
Day Earth Stood Still (2008) Review Here’s the pitch meeting for The Day the Earth Stood Still, as I imagine it: Studio exec: We need a tentpole picture for the winter season…I am Legend did pretty good, can we come up with somethin like that? Writer: I had an original idea… Studio exec: No originals!…
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Nicolas Cage Knows He Should Be Doing Better Movies
Oh Nic Cage, why? This guy is probably the weirdest actor to somehow randomly have become a marquee player, but he seems to sleepwalk through nearly every role he gets now (cough, Next, cough National Treasure 1 and 2, cough). There was a time when Nicolas Cage stunned with his bizarre, rangy performances as twins…
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It’s Kinda Like “Oklahoma”, Only Without the Dance Numbers
Australia Review Australia wants desperately to be the big sweeping romance it purports to be. It’s expensive, its long, its romantic…and its also kind of dull. Director Baz Luhrmann spared no expense making this epic about a cattle drive across the titular land, as the numerous lovely shots of nature and huge scenes of cattle…
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Live-Action Kung Fu Panda
I was pretty dubious when I saw some of the promo art for this movie. It looked like a possibly culturally insensitive piece of exploitation. Of course that was before I watched the trailer, which you can catch here: http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/chandnichowktochina/large.html Afterwards I found myself humming “From Chandni Chowk to China” all day. This Bollywood/Kung Fu…
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The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)–Review In Advance of Remake
The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951) Review This 1951 film is an eloquent plea for understanding and logic and most of all peace. Klaatu, an alien in humanoid form, arrives to Earth. He says as he exits his spaceship in front of an army something to the effect of, ‘We come in peace..and with…