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National Treasure 2004
I revisited this film after several years since my last viewing, and it still stands up as a fairly solid narrative!
The run time was about twenty to thirty minutes longer than it needed, as I felt that a lot of the story could be consolidated better — they seemed to just add in *any* good idea they had, instead of streamlining the sequence of events.
That aside, it was still a fun and clever movie that used just enough historical realism to make it all believable.
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L.A. Confidential 1997
This film, in my opinion, is the most quintessential Noir-themed film ever made; in terms of being accessible to both the general modern audience and cinephiles alike. It only took forty years since the actual 1940s for Hollywood to culminate every small nuance found in noir into a singular, succinct story.
Unlike some other post-war noir films (I.E. Chinatown), this movie has a great story with lots of layers that isn’t a long, drawn out bore. You see heroes falling…
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Son of Godzilla 1967
I viewed this film after seeing online jokes made about Minilla, Godzilla’s son, and thought I would give it a chance as the Devil’s Advocate.
Come to find out it wasn’t directed by Ishiro Honda, I now assume it was directed by the Devil himself. Minilla deserves every ounce of hate that he gets. The film’s storyline itself only serves to further expand the classic kaiju universe, and very much nothing else.
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The Lighthouse 2019
When it comes to the horror genre, I’m easily more of a “psychological thriller” fan than I am a “blood and guts” fan. This film should be seen as a shining example of how good psychological thrillers can be without the need for otherworldly horrors coming into play.
The attention to detail given in creating this setting and overall aura is incredible, it really felt true to the turn-of-the-century Nova Scotian feeling that Eggers created. It even prompted me to…
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