Oscars, FWIW

Oscars, FWIW

I figure Bohemian Rhapsody is getting best film, though Black Panther would be my second guess due to "oscars so white" concerns being so obvious in having both it and "Black KKKlansman" being nominated. Why BR? Gay issues, aids, persecution of immigrants. Boomer music. Live Aid. The last lets the older Oscar crowd feel self-congratulatory.…

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Solomon Kane

Solomon Kane

In our sadly simplified age we tend to either have overtly, almost desperately, happy or overtly grimdark (and these are sold as "intelligent", and "real"), and I know far too many who see a dark tale of virtue and hope and cannot see the light at the end, as if it's been trained out. I ended up watching the movie version of Solomon Kane [https://infogalactic.com/info/Solomon_Kane_(film)] due to the recommendation of Razorfist (and if you dig up the youtube video, the recommended book of collec…

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Cult of the Child

Cult of the Child

So discussing the ugliness [https://thelastredoubt.com/beware-the-bandersnatch/], the propaganda and "sophisticated" writing faults [https://thelastredoubt.com/modern-entertainment/], and the ugliness disguised as beauty [https://thelastredoubt.com/while-the-ugliness-is-fairly-new/] as I have been, I thought one more item needed to be looked at. I'm not sure where I most recently heard it, but was reminded of the expression "cult of the child" in regards to several tendencies, mostly parents ca…

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No Spoilers?

No Spoilers?

Bradford Walker discusses using spoilers as a method to avoid wasting time on crap [https://bradfordcwalker.blogspot.com/2017/07/the-spoiler-as-screening-system.html] . > In many cases, the summaries are sufficiently thorough that I can discuss the work in question with people who’ve consumed it and not miss a beat. (This is a reliable tell regarding the work in question, and often of its fandom.) Letting others talk has done far more to tell me that I was right to go with the spoiler and skip…

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John Wick Chapter 2. Again

John Wick Chapter 2. Again

I know, I know, he can be slow to get around to a movie, but the Didact finally saw John Wick 2 and despite having his mind blown, enough of it survived to write about it [http://didactsreach.blogspot.com/2017/07/mind-blown.html]. > There isn’t a single wasted moment in it. There is not one scene that does not bristle with energy and is not stylishly shot. There is not one action sequence that is anything less than jaw-dropping. About the only flaw that I can find in the movie is that maybe th…

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