How Reviews SHOULD Be Written

How Reviews SHOULD Be Written

I stand in awe. As I already commented the other day, “this review makes me want to watch the movie. [https://everydayshouldbetuesday.wordpress.com/2017/05/12/review-of-king-arthur-legend-of-the-sword/] “ What movie? King Arthur: Legend of the Sword. Yeah, that. Saw the trailers and it looked like a hacked together bit of CGI with little respect for the source material or the viewer. Saw go read the whole review [https://everydayshouldbetuesday.wordpress.com/2017/05/12/review-of-king-arthur-…

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John Wick Chapter 2 (is out)

John Wick Chapter 2 (is out)

… and I have yet to see it (but soon… soon….). As you well may know, I’m a huge fan of the first movie [https://thelastredoubt.com/2016/10/more-on-john-wick.html]. But others have, and they like it [https://wastelandandsky.blogspot.ca/2017/02/the-myth-legend.html]: > I’ll be frank, I thought this movie was great. The lore from the first movie is expanded upon and given a real kick in the pants, John Wick himself shows even more charisma and surprising depth, and the supporting cast is even str…

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Chinese Fatalism - a Good Hero is a Dead Hero

Chinese Fatalism - a Good Hero is a Dead Hero

Cataline Sergius critiques Rogue One [https://reactionarytimes.blogspot.com/2016/12/rogue-one-cataline-critique.html] , and this line stood out: > The film grammar, the pacing, the tone are all straight out of Chinese film epics. It is a long damn movie, one with an oppressive sense of fate and tragedy through out.  You know these characters aren’t getting out of this alive because you never see or hear of them in the first trilogy.  They start off as goners. The People of the Han eat that shi…

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John Wick, er, Keanu, Does Three-Gun

John Wick, er, Keanu, Does Three-Gun

Due to @BrittPettibone on gab (gab.ai) posting about the forthcoming John Wick movie previously mentioned [https://thelastredoubt.com/2016/10/more-john-wick.html]which the Didact has also gushed about [http://didactsreach.blogspot.com/2016/10/please-shoot-bieber-clone-in-face.html] , @SmartGrunt posted a link to a video of Keanu doing a three-gun tactical course [https://youtu.be/rCIgpUTvfsA]. While the video he posted also included the gunfight inside John Wick’s house from the first movie, I’v…

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OK. First John Wick 2 and Now This

OK. First John Wick 2 and Now This

Yes, I am a Nolan fanboy. Ever since Memento, as a matter of fact, and I personally think his version of Insomniacompares well with the original. Identity has been a consistent theme of his movies (Inception, Memento, and the batman movies). So has nobility, truth, and adventure. Two of my favorite lines in Interstellaroccur on earth, one about how we used to look up at the stars, and now just look at the dirt – not even ground, dirt,perfectly encapsulates postmodern, typically liberal, narciss…

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