Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
I shouldn’t have watch this so soon after reading the book. Matt Damon is not who I would have pictures for this role. But he did a good job and I warmed up to him. My husband and our friend kept awake through it and that’s the highest praise any film could ask for.
Delightful film with a stellar cast, Hugo celebrates the magic of movies. My favorite part is seeing the wonderful and creative ways the oldest filmmakers would bring their visions to life. Even knowing the tricks, both old and new to crafting a film does not decrease the magic in any way.
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
I watched the first Wandering Earth before I knew who Cixin Lui was. I watched The Wandering Earth II after having consumed some of Lui’s novels and short stories.
WE2 does an excellent job of capturing Lui’s vision (I mean, he was the producer) of humanity coming together in the face of certain global destruction; of the leaps and bounds science and technology can take when mankind throws their all into it; of the human belief and determination that Earth…