I took a philosophy of film class in undergrad.
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High School Musical 2 2007
Troy's bedroom and "Bet On It" combine to reveal a textbook Byronic Hero.
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Pocahontas 1995
It's a shame, because apart from being fundamentally abhorrent and ahistorical it is a fun little movie—beautifully animated, with a couple banger tracks—but it's a bit like coming across the varied, rich cultures of a land unlike your own and attempting to systematically obliterate them for a chain of Pizza Huts. It's a uniquely dystopian white nationalist fairy tale, and any enjoyment one tastes turns to ashes in one's mouth.
In case it isn't common enough knowledge, John Smith very…
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Stuck in Love 2012
Didn’t even watch this movie again—just remembered it existed and got pissed.
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The Whale 2022
Man misreads Moby Dick and writes the worst play imaginable.
Oh boy, thought I’d get away with a one-liner…
Sometimes folks in my irl say “Andy, you can’t rate The Whale half a star. Can’t you at least appreciate the artistry going on AROUND an absolutely miserable script?” and I say no, I cannot. The difference between what these movies think they do and what they actually do is a full four and a half stars. Sometimes a half star…
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