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They Were Expendable 1945
While obviously made for propaganda purposes given the year of release, They Were Expendable is nonetheless a classic of the WWII genre, likely meaning a great deal to the great men who had just won the war mere months ago. Despite its shortcomings, which include the fact that this feels more like half a movie with its unresolved (and unnecessary) romantic subplot, I cannot help but have respect for this movie because of what it meant for its original audience…
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Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl 2024
Noot! Noot!
“There are some things that a machine just can’t do.”
Shall we add this to the list of things in the AI zeitgeist of the 2020s? Sure. Wallace & Gromit makes for a perfect modus for a man vs machine fable. With Wallace the tech guy pushing for heedless progress and Gromit’s traditional sentiments ironically being the “human touch” needed to keep undue progress in check. The main plot with the Blue Diamond almost takes backstage to this much…
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Alice in Wonderland 1931
I have seen plenty of bad and uncanny costumes in old movies. Most of the time I find them to be quite amusing, even fascinating, but in this movie I felt downright unsafe.
This being the very first talkie version of Alice in Wonderland it is an interesting relic, but my God is it awful. Not only visually is it terrifying, but the acting is positively atrocious. The girl who played Alice reminded me of the Lina Lamont character from…
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Ice Age: The Last Adventure of Scrat (The End) 2022
Hearing the news about the end of Blue Sky was like hearing the news about the death of a long estranged friend. You haven’t really liked them or been in contact for years; but their passing leaves you shocked and sad all the same.
This was a bittersweet way to close out the Ice Age saga. The heart of these movies was always Scrat. He deserved to finally get a win.
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