Dark Horizons – one of the better movie news sites – has over the past month been posting a Notable Films of 2010 feature, and recently Garth Franklin posted the last part (11 in total). This is perhaps the only 2010 movie release guide you’ll need. It’s well-written, is fact-heavy since the site isn’t concerned [...]
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December 29, 2009
The Attraction of Avatar Part II: The Moments
Let me first get my complaints out of the way because there are so few. THIS POST IS ALL SPOILERS: -The hammerhead creature: when Jake encounters this rhino, there is an angled profile shot of it stomping and growling. It looks out of place because it looks like something you’d see in a museum-produced documentary. [...]
December 27, 2009
The Attraction of Avatar Part I: The Director and Technology
Twelve years I’ve been waiting for the next James Cameron movie. Two years I’ve been waiting for his vision of a scifi epic adventure in a time where, hell, I can’t name you the a recent example of its kind. Did Avatar live up to the hype? Is the technology behind the movie a game [...]
December 11, 2009
An Empty Shelf For My Movie Collection
Over at the Guardian, Cory Doctorow wrote an article about how the movie and TV industry believe streaming is the new and safe way to give us content; safe because there is the transaction between provider and custom, and zero sharing. It’s this last part that has the technologically naive excited. They assume that because [...]
December 1, 2009
Eyes on Avatar: Part 2
Ever since the theatrical trailer I’ve said I’m on an Avatar blackout. I’ve snuck in a few videos here and there; I’m incredibly picky, limiting myself to the occasional TV spot and not touching any character/creature/vehicle profiles or even listening to the James Horner score cuz I read somewhere that the music titles are spoiler-tastic. [...]
November 30, 2009
Let The Right One In
Let The Right One In (2008) Kare Hedebrant Lina Leandersson written by John Ajvide Lindqvist directed by Tomas Alfredson A story about a twelve year old boy who becomes friends with a same-aged girl, who is also a vampire. I’ve probably lost some of you already. This isn’t Romeo and Juliet with fangs. There is [...]
August 28, 2009
Eyes on Avatar
The more I hear, the more I read about people dismissing Avatar’s CG and expressing disappointment in the Navi – how they look like cartoons – makes me wonder if people know what makes a special effect stellar. The designs of the Navi are subjective, so whatever on that point; although I do have strong, [...]
May 25, 2009
Terminator Salvation Review or: Why T2 is the Greatest Movie Ever
Terminator Salvation is 2 hours of post-apocalyptic human versus Machine warfare, and yet the size and scope never achieves what James Cameron did in that two minute and thirty-four second Judgment Day battle scene before the title sequence. Spoilers ahead…
May 10, 2009
Star Trek Movie Review
The Star Trek reboot opened on Friday. Did I like it? Do you care? Spoilers ahead…
February 1, 2009
Insane Choices in a Sane World
I’ll just slip it out: I have the biggest erection for James Cameron.
