Tag Archive | entertaiment
Dear Cable TV – I Don’t Care About Dancing with the Stars
When did the results of a reality/game show become breaking news? It seems that lately every time I turn on TV, in particular certain cable TV networks, all they want to discuss is the latest details of what happened on Dancing with the Stars. I don’t watch that show, I have no interest in watching […]
Paranormal Activity vs. TrollHunter
Fads in movies are curious things. Everyone complains that there’s no originality in Hollywood, and yet when a truly unique film or filmmaking technique comes out, everyone is quick to just on the bandwagon to make their own version of it. Audiences are just as much to blame, because they consume the imitators as readily […]
How Important Is Theme?
When asked, “What’s Moby Dick about?” you can answer in two ways: 1) it’s about an old sea-captain searching for the whale that took his leg years ago; 2) it’s about how obsession can destroy you. The first answer refers to the plot of the story while the second comments on its theme. Everyone knows […]
Sequels That Ignored Previous Films in a Series
Every time you turn around nowadays a movie series is being “rebooted” or “reimagined.” Basically, that’s the filmmakers saying they don’t care about what came before and will do whatever they want to do with this movie. Ignore the first Hulk’s origin story, because The Incredible Hulk gives us a brand new one during the […]
Character is Plot
It’s been said that character is plot. What does that mean? Simply put, the choices the lead character makes drives the direction the story takes. In movies with weak plots, stuff happens and characters do things, but the two aren’t necessarily related. Take your typical slasher film–an anonymous killer stalks a group of teenagers in […]
Annoying Trends in Movie Titles
Coming up with a name for anything is hard. Just ask any parents of newborns–why do you think the world is full of Juniors? With movies, it’s tough because it has to fit the plot, theme, and feel of the film and be marketable and memorable. At least, you’d think so. It would seem that […]
Director/Actor Pairings That Need to Continue
There have been great movie director/actor pairings in the history of cinema: John Ford and John Wayne, Alfred Hitchcock and Cary Grant, Martin Scorsese and Robert DiNiro, Martin Scorsese and Joe Pesci, Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese and Harvey Keitel…you get the picture. Of course, the most overused one that everyone is sick […]
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