My intersection of faith, art, and technology. Please hold hands when crossing the street.
// February 26th, 2012 // No Comments » // Film, Review, Uncategorized
The Tree of Life is a remarkable and beautiful film that, days after watching it, has remained in the background of my consciousness, profoundly prodding at me with its powerful images and ideas, and if that’s not the measure of a great film, I’m not sure what is. (more…)
// February 26th, 2012 // No Comments » // Culture, Film, Review
Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo
The Artist is a charming, even buoyant movie, a silent film shot in black and white, carried by the orchestra soundtrack and the remarkable charisma of the two leads, Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo, and a sidekick scene-stealing dog named Uggie. (more…)
// December 30th, 2011 // No Comments » // Film, Review
Lots of people will love the movie War Horse, as it plays on their emotions with too much music, overacting, and unnecessarily dramatic lighting. (more…)
// December 29th, 2011 // 1 Comment » // Film, Review
Hugo is a visually stunning movie unlike any I’ve ever seen, revealing a director (Martin Scorcese) who is in every way at the top of his game.
While there certainly is a plot and extremely good acting, this is a movie with visual images so rich and beautiful to look at, almost everything else is secondary. (more…)
// October 18th, 2011 // 1 Comment » // Film, Review
Footloose is a silly cardboard movie with silly cardboard characters saying silly cardboard things. That’s not to say it’s not an enjoyable movie, but it’s a little sad when much of the enjoyment comes from laughing at inane dialogue and plot. (more…)
// August 15th, 2011 // No Comments » // Film, Review
The Help, based on the book by Katheryn Stockett, is an unusually good adaption of a very good book. (more…)
// June 12th, 2011 // 3 Comments » // Culture, Film, Review
The movie Super 8 is excellent, and tells the story of a group of kids, amateur film makers in 1979 who, when filming a scene for their homemade zombie movie, witness an incredible (and mysterious) train crash, while their Super 8 camera witnesses even more. (more…)
// June 7th, 2011 // No Comments » // Culture, Film, Review
Helmets and lens flares and hammers, oh my! Thor is over-the-top silliness, set in a mythical land of perpetual greenscreen golden sunsets with the most impressive collection of extreme helmets since 1980′s Flash Gordon. The dialogue is staggeringly bad and clichéd, so much so that it elicited occasional bursts of laughter. That being said, the middle section of the movie, set on good ol’ Planet Earth, seems to embrace its campiness, and keeps the movie from becoming a spectacular sci-fi dud. Thor and his abs have an improbable romance with Natalie Portman and her mole, which, though my mind tells me is a stupid plot contrivance, actually works to give us something (anything?) to root for in this movie. The Surprisingly Good Acting Award goes to a fellow named Tom Hiddleston, who plays Thor’s much-conflicted brother Loki with more sincerity than this movie deserves. Overall, a tolerable summer escape, but nothing more.
Rating: Only worth 3 of my 7 sentences.
