A weird way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, I know.
John Kennedy represents the last great hope of a country that was killed by the military industrial complex and the greed of men. At least that’s Stone’s view, and for the most part it’s mine as well.
I think the Kennedy assassination was obviously a conspiracy, and the most important question regarding it isn’t who or what. It’s why.
Since 11/22/1963, those gunshots have echoed through the halls of justice…
Let’s just say it’s no coincidence that the people who say this “isn’t Star Wars” have awful opinions of what Star Wars is supposed to be.
Where The Force Awakens excels in delivering the greatest hits, The Last Jedi is an album of new stuff, retaining classic story elements while showing the maturity that the 8th movie in a series should have. Addressing the war in Star Wars being one of the most controversial, along with the audaciousness of showing that…
As powerful as the first time I saw it many years ago on a dark and stormy night.
As X said, we can pick apart the who and the what all we like, but 60 years on now, the argument really can’t be made that the “why” that Oliver Stone ended up at wasn’t dead on.
The Presidency is a transitory role, acquiesced completely to military might, and sadly every President since Jack has fully bought into the mania. And…
Current drunk me: this is a fucking masterpiece bro oh my god. Denis punch me daddy. Ryan bash my face in. Roger knock my fucking teeth out.
Future sober me: Blade Runner 2049 is what all sequels should aspire to be. It expands upon the world set up by the original, mining a deeper meaning while expanding the scope of the original, a gold standard of sci-fi storytelling. Can be watched on a loop until oblivion.
The snarkiness that’s been directed at this over the last few years is completely undeserved. Listen up nerds, this isn’t as loud of a statement as Pulp Fiction was but I think it goes toe-to-toe with Shawshank on a dramatic level.
The unending charm and sweetness that eminates from Forrest Gump is just irresistable to me. Hanks, Roth and Zemeckis really delivered something really special here, and I think it’s legacy as a quintessential American movie will stand the test of time. Shawshank and Pulp’s will too. There’s enough room at the table for everyone.
The Road to 4: Sid’s Little Shop of Horrors
Pixar and I were born (hatched in my case) 7 months apart in 1995. I had the toys, I watched the movies and like everyone else I've had a front row seat to Pixar’s legendary film output over the last 24 years.
Their highs are genre-defining and their “lows” hardly drop an ounce of enthusiasm I have for whatever their next project is.
Toy Story is the genesis of that goodwill…
Marty Scorsese gives a guided tour through a level of hell Dante couldn’t anticipate in his dizziest daydream.
Wolf, Fight Club and probably Joker all belong in the Half of the Audience Missed The Point Hall of Fame, which I have decided is a thing.
Book Thoughts:
Pretty good, but too long.
Harry’s a bit of a dumbass, but that’s explained pretty well, so it doesn’t bother me too much.
The lack of a central mystery leaves the story a smidge hollow, but a mystery wouldn’t fit, so it’s no big deal.
It made me hate Hagrid.
The book is the best of all of them at giving the reader insight about what it would feel to actually go to a wizarding boarding school. I…
Criterion Collection.
Now that it’s out on Criterion, I’ll take a break from this. I want to really build the anticipation before I watch it again in a few years, since I can already recite some scenes from memory lol.
Any clumsiness you can attribute to the first couple thirds, whether it be youthifying, the actors playing younger than they are, whatever, is overshadowed by that last hour.
That last damn hour. Good lord. I love it as your basic,…