5 Beefs with How to Train Your Dragon 2
What oh my God what. Let’s be clear. The original How to Train Your Dragon (2010) is excellent, structurally and emotionally. Both it and its sequel are gorgeous, imaginative, and animated by some of...
Tagged: thoughtful heckler
Pineapple Express
Is the best non-Pixar comedy I’ve seen since Shawn of the Dead Shaun of the Dead. There. I said it. Go see it. (Not just cos it’s got a bunch of NCSA alum on...
Dark Knight, now with criticizing!
I have seen it twice. I am full of knowledge. Also full of spoilers, so beware. Black is the new black We all know it is a great, great movie. We know it will...
Dark Knight
Very good. Very very good. In fact, I don’t think I have anything to heckle, and you wouldn’t want spoiling anyway, and I just want to make fun of Batman Begins again. (In other...
Wall-E
R U Ri U R U U Ri Um. I am so sorry. I think there’s something wrong with me. When a movie has 98% Fresh on RottenTomatoes, and it doesn’t quite do it...
Cloverfield
Re Com Mended. Required viewing for anyone interested in film technique. I don’t mean film technique. That makes it sound prissy. What I mean is, how what the camera does affects how the viewer...
The Golden Compass
Whoot, there it is Not good. And meaning no disparagement to the friend I went with, because I’m glad I saw it. They say a bad movie teaches you as much as a good...
I Am Legend
Even my legends have legends Ahhh… moments of greatness, non-sequitur moments of “Signs,” and questionable CGI. Altogether, it is like a beautifully built, racehorse lean Will Smith with a skinny neck — not quite...
