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Boycott BluRay: Star Trek Into Darkness, this time with SPOILERS
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Monday, May 20, 2013. Star Trek Into Darkness, this time with SPOILERS. Let's get into it. I will admit that I have never seen Wrath of Khan. That said, here are my specific complaints about Star Trek: Into Darkness. As I said in my first review, I thought Abrams was telling us with his first Trek. That he was off the leash, not to be constrained by the previously established Trek. Canon (however you may feel about that decision). But what do we get as a follow up? Version. He's some kind of superhum...
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Boycott BluRay: January 2013
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013. First, let's get this out of the way:. The 10 Best Movies I Saw In 2012. Karl Urban's Chin for Best Supporting Actor. Bradley Cooper for Best Smarming Author. This movie is a lot of things I don't usually care for - generally unhappy, lacking a satisfying ending, and featuring some really unhappy, unlikable characters. But I appreciate The Words. Laika Studios for Most Exciting Animation Studio. Same genre, similar subjects, but Frankenweenie. Daniel Craig seems to be my Bond o...
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Boycott BluRay: November 2012
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Monday, November 12, 2012. I wasn't really a Bond fan until Daniel Craig remastered the superspy into a gritty, punchy daredevil, and I'm pleased to say that Skyfall. Represents a brilliant comeback from the plodding, dusty Quantum of Solace. Surely they can find it in their hearts to recognize Bardem. What I deeply appreciated about Skyfall. Is that it's a serious action film that isn't afraid to be cheeky. Casino Royale. I would also like to point out, without spoiling anything, that Skyfall. Has the b...
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Boycott BluRay: October 2012
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012. More Scary Movies I Secretly Like Watching. Happy Halloween, my lovely haunted readers! Tonight is Halloween, and in the spirit of the holiday I would like to both direct you to my Top Ten Horror Films I Secretly Kind Of Like. A list I made last year, and to also provide an addendum list (because, let's face it, I can talk all I want to about not liking horror movies - the truth is I am fascinated. The use of red in the color palette of 28 Days Later. Drag Me To Hell. Still m...
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Boycott BluRay: Ender's Game
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Monday, November 4, 2013. It's hard to talk about Ender's Game. Because I honestly don't know where to start. I wrote a little about it on my librarian blog (you can read it here. Much of anything. It looked good. The casting was good. I had no reason to be anything other than optimistic. To say the movie didn't deliver is an understatement. Ender commands a really cool looking, but ultimately superficial, space battle. The problem with Ender's Game. They were important. As a result, emotionally weig...
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Boycott BluRay: Oblivion
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013. I'm still feeling pretty whiny about Star Trek, so I'm going to chat for a bit about a movie I DID like, even though I saw it a few weeks ago (on my birthday, actually! I had moderate expectations for Oblivion. I think Tom Cruise is a talented and capable actor, even if he is pretty crazypants in real life, and generally I enjoy movies he's in ( Minority Report. Is one of my favorites, in fact). And the general attitude about Oblivion. Seemed to be "That was better than I expected!
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Boycott BluRay: December 2012
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012. The Hobbit: An Addendum. So, as you might have been able to tell from my first post about The Hobbit, the movie gave me a lot of feels. Most of which came from the fact that I wanted to like it a lot more than I did - not that I didn't. I did not see The Hobbit. The scale of the movie is pretty grand - Jackson proved he was great at doing epics with LOTR, and he brings that same sense of grandeur to The Hobbit. All in all, The Hobbit was an enjoyable, but flawed, experience&...
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Boycott BluRay: November 2013
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Monday, November 4, 2013. It's hard to talk about Ender's Game. Because I honestly don't know where to start. I wrote a little about it on my librarian blog (you can read it here. Much of anything. It looked good. The casting was good. I had no reason to be anything other than optimistic. To say the movie didn't deliver is an understatement. Ender commands a really cool looking, but ultimately superficial, space battle. The problem with Ender's Game. They were important. As a result, emotionally weig...
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Boycott BluRay: August 2012
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Wednesday, August 1, 2012. Brace Yourselves - It's Time For Batman. Ok, guys. Let's talk Batman. Because of the hurricane of emotion surrounding The Dark Knight Rises. I don't think it's possible to watch it free from expectations or preconceptions. However, I believe that The Dark Knight. Is as close to cinematic perfection as I've ever witnessed, so I was both prepared to like TDKR. His Batman trilogy feels daring because it questions the very nature of heroism: does Gotham City need Batman? I'd also l...
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Boycott BluRay: January 2014
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Wednesday, January 8, 2014. Last year was not good for posts. This year should be different. Before we embark on this journey together, I should mention a few things I saw that I haven't told you about. I was going to wait to review. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. In every way. You may recall I got a bit whiny when I reviewed the first Hobbit movie, because it was too long and paced poorly and tonally weird and a whole bunch of other stuff, but mostly because I expected better of Peter Jackson.
