Movies That Are More Messed Up Than They Seem is a continual piece in which our various contributors have the opportunity to examine movies that come out and are really more messed up than they were presented in trailers or by marketers (marketeers?). There will be major spoilers throughout The first movie discussed will be Gracie
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Book Club is just what it sounds like - a club to talk about books. A whenever it happens discussion between me and any number of friends (or any number of friends without me) on a specific book English class style. This week is Infinite Jest by the unfortunately late David Foster Wallace.
The Peter Jackson produced District 9 blew me away, but to truly explain why I have to delve into what I think goes into a great movie.
As a first movie review, I thought I should give you a sense of the vile venom I can spit when I truly dislike a movie. I think you’ll notice that there’s still a bit of delight in it all, but yes - I welcome the hate every once and a while as much as anyone else.
Opinions, rants, and reviews of the many different periods of film and music, starting from the new and working back to the silent.
The dining delights and debaucheries of the urban area, including the worn in watering hole of course.
Putting our foot forward in the name of fashion, furnishings and other fun, fruitful endeavors including gadgets and gizmos.
I watched a little bit of Star Wars IV: A New Hope last night and noticed something quite puzzling. Now, I know Stormtroopers have been made fun of plenty for their blaster accuracy, but early in the movie, Obi Wan distinguishes between the possibile Sand People blast marks and Stormtrooper blast marks by mentioning the “precision” of the marks. Stormtroopers then miss their targets for the rest of the saga. Just something I noticed last night.