The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Jackson, 2012)
Parts are camp comedy, parts CGI sword slashing, parts solemn intonations about fate and when not to kill.
Parts are camp comedy, parts CGI sword slashing, parts solemn intonations about fate and when not to kill.
The most depressing thing about The Central Park Five, for me, was its only hazy familiarity.
“God’s Mandate is to Love One Another”
Wonder Women!: The Untold Story of American Superheroines is a serviceable if somewhat superficial summary of the American feminist movement as reflected through the representation of female heroes in comic books, television, and film.
Leviathan is not a narrative film.
Everyone thinks they would be more generous if they had just a little more.
What is the difference been "occupied" and "held" territories?
As I've acknowledged elsewhere, the Batman of this series of films is not the same character/hero I grew up with, and that complicates my reactions, making it harder (though, I hope, not impossible) to separate my disappointment from my judgment. That's not all of it, though, or I should have liked Rises more than The Dark Knight, and I'm not sure I did (even if I did judge it a better film).
Payoff there is, but I found my own emotions at the conclusion somewhat muted by the fact that--and there's just no easy way to put this--I preferred the pre-chastened heroine to the one who had learned her lesson at the end.