This might be the best superhero movie ever made, diving into many major discussions about morals, marriage, talent and responsibility. The film has a beautiful slick design, excellent musical score, and both a wicked funny bone and a serious side. There are several important moments in the film that involve adult subject matter but it’s handled in such a way that it doesn't become too intense or disturbing for children. It’s smart, clever, and touching.
A perfect family film.
I didn’t actually watch Twister, I’m currently in the hospital recovering from emergency surgery to deal with a hernia gone wrong. But I wanted to post somewhere that that Mariah Carey Christmas song needs to be hurdled out into the deep recesses of space forever. The nurses are decorating this wing of the hospital for the holidays and like six of them started singing along to All I Want for Chrimmus is You and I need to get…
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I just don't like it, and before you rip my head off and scream endlessly in my dead ear about how amazing this movie is, let me ask you this:
Have you ever been in church and the minister up front is droning on and on in a monotone fashion, talking about Biblical side character people and stories that you have absolutely no interest in because they don't relate to you at all. You're looking for anything to attract your…
Wow, this does NOT feel like a 3 hour movie. It seriously feels like 2 hours, max.
The pacing is "slow", but it needs to be, as it pulls us into the landscape, the situations, and the characters before raising the tension. This is a movie that is an experience - it stays with you days later and it makes you think what could have been if we had done things differently when we settled North America. When we finally…
