An Introduction
In 2019, I was fortunate enough to get to visit Israel.
Most of the things I saw there were overly commercialized and touristy. These locations that were supposed to be spirituality significant, left me instead feeling empty.
There were a handful of exceptions to this, chief among them being Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem.
I can not help but see and feel so much of what made that museum impactful for me within this film. Spielberg…
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
We open on a storm. An event that should be disasterous. An event that seems like it will be out of control, that could cause the destruction of everything. And yet, there is hope in the storm. There is survival, and rain.
We open on a family moving. A marriage strained by dreams being pursued. A family broken, but looking to be rebuilt. A marriage that we believe can thrive under the right conditions. The pieces are all there, and…
"Do you realize that because of you this city is being overrun by baboons?"
"Well, isn't that the fault of the voters?"
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This isn't near as good as the first one, but it's still a good time and worth the watch!
The story just isn't as interesting as the first one's was (although I honestly couldn't tell you what the story of that one is). I found the story here to be a bit boring and drag, which is…
I love how much this feels like a Joel Haver movie.
A simple and sad film that almost seems to exist purely as an excuse to showcase what makes Philip Seymour Hoffman will forever be one of the best to ever do it.
It's absurd at times, but this heightened sense of reality really helped to drive home the themes and emotions present. As I've started to watch more and more movies, I find that I cry during less of…
Trigger warning: suicide, and a vulnerability I never thought I would share here.
A week before our senior year of high school, one of the guys in our friend group shot himself in the head.
I got the call about it that morning, and spent the rest of the day going around town, telling the rest of the group. That night the guys all gathered at my house, crammed into my small high school bedroom. None of us knew how…
Wow. I wasn't sure I would enjoy this, let alone find it to be a masterpiece of which I would not change a single detail of.
One of PTA's most admirable traits ad a director is how he sets the tone of a film. I find that whatever way he chooses to open a picture to be so effective in hooking the audience, as well as letting them know what to expect (although he then goes on to subvert thise…
