I was pretty hyped for The Batman but thought it was a pretty big letdown. I’m a big fan of basically every actor in this but thought they underutilized them. Robert Pattinson spends all his Bruce Wayne time looking like he was auditioning for Jared Leto’s part in Requiem for a Dream. His hair is …
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Do you See the Rifles? How to Better Ask and Answer Questions
This is from my series on Optimizing Communication. There’s a great scene in Born on the Fourth of July, Oliver Stone’s second film on Vietnam. (WARNING: SPOILERS) Tom Cruise’s character has been told that the Viet Cong are moving into the area. His commanding officer then asks him if he sees their rifles. The pressure …
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Film Class: Or Having to Sit and Listen to Dumb Opinions
I signed up for a film class my second semester in college. I was looking forward to it since I love movies. I kept thinking about how fun it would be to talk film with my fellow classmates. Boy was I wrong. Think of your favorite thing. Whatever it is. And then imagine having to …
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What Arnold Means to Me
“Not every legend is a myth. Some are flesh and blood. Some legends walk among us.” Truly feeling inspired is euphoric. Anything feels possible: getting rich, going viral, getting into your top choice for college, buying your mom a fancy car. Obviously, this can be dangerous. Not everyone can do everything. I can’t play professional …
Male Friendships, Witty Banter, and Violence: My Review of The Gentlemen (2019)
Guy Ritchie doesn’t only make British gangster films but they are to him what the View Askewniverse films (Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Bob, etc.) are to Kevin Smith, in other words his bread and butter and best films. The Gentlemen is his latest installment in that genre. Most directors don’t have their …
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The Irishman
(Content Warning: Watching awkward sex scenes with my mom and mild spoilers of Martin Scorsese movies.) Thirteen years. Thirteen long fucking years is how long I’ve been waiting for this movie to come out. I love movies, LOVE THEM. Like many kids, and especially kids in shitty households, the TV was an escape for me. …
The Greatest Film Career of All-Time
Other actors have accomplished more in terms of number of Great Movies and doing both acting and directing or film and television and theatre but I’m not sure anyone has come close to the film career that Harrison Ford has. He has the perfect combination of critically acclaimed darlings and box office franchise smashes (usually …