Me, leaving the theater: “That was pretty decent!”
Me, 9 hours later: “Leia abandoning her training is totally against her character. Also, why do half the plots in the movie go against people’s character? Also also, why does JJ Abrams hate Luke Skywalker so much?”
I lost a bet and had to watch this abysmal movie. Please hold me while I sob... 😭
Firebase is WAY better than Rakka, but it ends right before all the awesome begins!
I get that that's what Blomkamp wants to do with these short films- he wants to keep us on the edge of our seats so we'll clamor for a feature length version- but this one's especially irritating. He does a lot of showing and not telling, which is SUPERB storytelling, but you've gotta show enough to make people feel invested. When the credits rolled, I…
A River Runs Through It is a movie that looks great, but is just kinda okay.
Telling the story of two brothers and their mutual bond over fly fishing, the movie lacks any real depth in its character development. A narrator (played by director Robert Redford) tells us every little development, so it never unfolds organically.
The acting intentionally hardens back to a 1940's-50's style, not unlike what George Lucas did with Anakin Skywalker in the Star Wars prequels. This…
