This occurs so frequently now in films that it is officially a cliché, but I don’t think this shot has existed for very long. The first time I ever remember seeing it was in the trailer for Desperado (1:06 mark). Could Robert Rodriguez have invented the slow shot of a person calmly and slowly walking [...]
Archive for July, 2010
When Great Scenes are F’ed Up By Bad Editing
July 29th, 2010
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I watched a bit of Dumb and Dumber on television the other week–I think it was TNT–and they absolutely shat on the best scene in the movie with overzealous editing. If you excise Jim Carrey using a guy’s testicles as speed bags or ripping the chef’s heart out of his chest, you almost may as [...]
Dr. Katz, Continued
July 28th, 2010
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I’ve taken to just listening to these in the background while at work. Here are a few others that I recommend, that I think have a broader appeal than the David Duchovny bit, which was probably pretty esoteric. This entire series of scenes between Dr. Katz and Dom Irrera work really well. Something about the [...]
Spoilers: A Single Man
July 28th, 2010
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I don’t really think anybody is going to be searching for the surprise ending to this film, but what the hell? I’ll post it anyway.
IMDb Ratings Breakdown
July 28th, 2010
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I don’t know if anybody besides me ever bothers to have a look at the ratings breakdowns on the IMDb. I love statistics, and these can often be surprising–or if not surprising, at least somehow insightful. I’m sure it comes as no surprise that The Twilight Saga: Eclipse rates a 6.7 average with females and [...]
Spoilers: Inception
July 27th, 2010
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If you intend to see Christopher Nolan’s film Inception some day, then you probably will not want to continue through to rest of this post, in which I intend to succinctly spoil the ending. You have been warned.
Spoiler Alert
July 27th, 2010
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Here’s something I’ve been meaning to do for a while. I’m going to totally spoil the ending of films with final act twists. Don’t worry…I’ll hide the spoilers behind a “Read More” link. It has been bothering me for a while that there isn’t really a good place to go to simply find out what [...]
Avengers Movie Cast Revealed
July 26th, 2010
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Just stumbled upon this article. Honestly, I’m not even certain why they’re making an Avengers film, and at the moment, I’m not looking forward to it. I don’t particularly want to see some cinematic hybrid of the classic Avengers and the Ultimates (I’m assuming the tone here). Anyway, here are a few notable cast members: [...]
The Next Great, Yet Kind of Dumb, Action Film
July 26th, 2010
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Salt or Predators. What to do? What to do? The diversity of opinions on both of these films has me intrigued. I’d love to see both of them, honestly, though more realistically, I will see neither until they’re on DVD. I’m trying to think of the last great, yet kind of dumb, action movie I [...]
