Archive for the ‘Movie’ Category
[Review] Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
Movie Review Something I’m particularly sensitive to, in films, is when things feel rushed. I don’t like when there’s no time to breath, no time to have a character moment, or let the story expand and pull the audience in. Even small occurances can really reduce a film in my eyes. Edgar Wright takes this [...]
August 13, 2010
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Tags: 2010, 2010s, Bechdel Test: Passed, Feminism 4 Stars, Movie 4.5 Stars, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World · Posted in: Movie, Review
[Review] Spy Game
Movie Review People joke about there being so many vampire franchises these days, but spies will always have vampires outnumbered. James Bond, Jason Bourne, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Evelyn Salt and not one but two USA network series. Spy Game is an example of the spy genre from the early 00s. I don’t know much [...]
August 13, 2010
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Tags: 2000s, 2001, Bechdel Test: Failed, Feminism 1.5 Stars, Movie 3.5 Stars, Spy Game · Posted in: Movie, Review
[Review] Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Movie Review Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs was not a film I expected to like, and it wasn’t one that I went to see in cinemas for that very reason. It looked like a lot of the generic 3D animated fare of the time, so I skipped over it. I was encouraged to see [...]
August 13, 2010
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Tags: 2000s, 2009, Bechdel Test: Failed, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Feminism 3.5 Stars, Movie 4 Stars · Posted in: Movie, Review
[Review] The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Movie Review The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford opens with a beautiful and poetic monologue, describing the American outlaw Jesse James and all the eccentricities of his character. From the opening shot, the movie is beautiful. The camera loves the scenery, and translates it to the screen with such incredible atmosphere [...]
August 10, 2010
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Tags: 2000s, 2007, Bechdel Test: Failed, Feminism 1 Star, Movie 1.5 Stars, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford · Posted in: Movie, Review
[Review] Salt
Movie Review There is a somewhat overused piece of advise given to writers: Show, don’t tell. The idea is that having someone simply report to the screen what is happening/happened is not as interesting as actually seeing these things occur. The Last Airbender is a good example of just how awful “telling” can be. Sometimes [...]
August 9, 2010
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Tags: 2010, 2010s, Bechdel Test: Failed, Feminism 3.5 Stars, Movie 3 Stars, Salt · Posted in: Movie, Review
[Review] Inception
Movie Review Memento is one of my favorite movies of all time. It isn’t a movie that loses its value after you’ve learned all its secrets. It’s still an amazing watch years after its debut. Afterwards, I really looked forward to seeing what else would come of the director, Christopher Nolan, who’d really hit it [...]
August 7, 2010
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Tags: 2010, 2010s, Bechdel Test: Passed, Feminism 3 Stars, Inception, Movie 4 Stars · Posted in: Movie, Review
[Review] The Invention of Lying
Movie Review I didn’t expect to honestly enjoy this movie. For starters, I hate Ricky Gervais’s style of comedy with a burning passion. Secondly, I wasn’t swept off my feet by trailers showing the main character lying to coerce a woman into sleeping with him. However, from the get go, I was interested in the [...]
July 30, 2010
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Tags: 2000s, 2009, Bechdel Test: Failed, Feminism 3 Stars, Movie 3.5 Stars, The Invention of Lying · Posted in: Movie, Review
[Review] Daybreakers
Movie Review I have little love for vampires. I’ve just never been a vampire kinda chick. Even when I was a twee little teenaged gothster, I didn’t care much for vampires. Well, except for Buffy. But that’s Buffy. I was still excited about Daybreakers though, because it was such a different concept from most vampire [...]
July 30, 2010
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Tags: 2010, 2010s, Bechdel Test: Failed, Daybreakers, Feminism 1.5 Stars, Movie 2 Stars · Posted in: Movie, Review
[Review] Armageddon
Movie Review Armageddon came out when I was in high school and I hated it. I’m a big NASA/space flight nerd, you see, and the film didn’t so much take liberties with space flight as it just made everything up as it went along. All the same, I had the weird compulsion to rewatch it, [...]
July 30, 2010
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Tags: 1990s, 1998, Armageddon, Bechdel Test: Failed, Feminism 1.5 Stars, Movie 3 Stars · Posted in: Movie, Review
[Review] Toy Story 3
Movie Review Few film series manage to get to the third part while still being beloved. Certainly not films that weren’t meant to be series from the beginning. Toy Story has come to its final installment, and left just as adored by the audience as when it came in. Probably more. This film is up [...]
July 29, 2010
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Tags: 2010, 2010s, Feminism 2 Stars, Movie 4.5 Stars, Toy Story, Toy Story 3 · Posted in: Movie, Review