Here’s a movie which I remember fondly from my high school days. I probably watched the VHS of this fifteen times. I had a thing for Jennifer Love Hewitt, and this movie left its mark on me. I hesitantly revisited it, knowing I’m obviously in a different place in my life than I was when I first thought this movie was speaking to me (ahhh… high school), and knowing it may not have aged well.
I went into this film with very low expectations. It’s not so much that they remade a classic, but the way they went about it. There’s very little in common between this film and its 1951 counterpart. We have an alien named Klaatu and a robot named Gort (though the entomology of the name seems to have changed). I feel pretty good ranking this movie on its own merit, because it is so drastically changed. They would have been better off just calling it something else and changing a couple names.
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So here it is. The new review style. Article over systemic stylizing. Didn’t think I would go this long into January before my first movie. Blame it on the plays I’ve been working on. Blame it on familial obligations. Blame it on Stephen King for writing an excellent 1100 page novel called UNDER THE DOME. Anywho… here we go…
Everyone has a top list. It’s the cool thing to do. So I figure, if I want to be cool, I need to do a list. And by doing one, I’m instantaneously cool, right? Right?… Hello…?
I’ve spent the last month or so hitting up some old favorites. Did GHOST BUSTERS, and GOOD WILL HUNTING, and ALADDIN. I thought I’d do another of these, but one I had some worry wouldn’t be quite as good as I remembered. I probably watched THE ROCK twenty times in high school and thought it was some seriously cool shit. Would it still hold up?
Make the jump for an excerpt from my novel ‘Sun Tzu’s The Art of Dork’. The section is from chapter four, and concerns TL James attempting to figure out which individuals he will draft into his army. Hope you enjoy! Visit http://synergebooks.com/ebook_suntzu.html to pre-order the e-book.
–John Lincoln
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I have a lot to say about Avatar. Some people are knocking it as being shallow or lacking character. I think these doomsday prophecies are a bit overblown. Does it wear its themes on its sleeves? Sure. Is there some heavy-handed scripting which, if directed by someone other than the writer may have been flagged? Sure. But at least this is a film which has people talking, and which can make a case for being the best movie of the year. I’m not going to blow all I’ve got in this article, because we are recording an Iocaine Project show today on it. But I did want to get some thoughts down here.
Had a wonderful Christmsa Eve at the in-laws (yeah, Wii!). As part of the festivities we threw in a Christmas movie I had yet to see. I remember watching bits of this at work, and thinking what I saw was fairly funny. But my expectations weren’t through the roof.
This is one of two movies I knew I really wanted to see before the year was out (AVATAR being the other). I’m a fan of George Clooney films, and have heard nothing but good things about this one. My expectations were absolutely high going in.
For whatever reason, this movie has been hanging around the edges of my conscious for the past week or so. Therefore, like an earbug that must be played to eliminate it from repeating itself in one’s head, I decided to watch ALADDIN late in the morning on a post blizzard day.
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