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Twilight review

Posted : 1 month, 3 weeks ago on 4 October 2009 02:30 (A review of Twilight)

Hearing all the rave about this movie (mostly from teenagers) I decided to watch with my wife and daughter to see what the buzz was about.

Basically what this seems to be is a soapy teenage twist of Romeo and Juliet with a vampire angle thrown in. As appealing as watching a teenage vampire boy trying to practice abstinence is, and how, in the heat of the moment, it's really, really hard. And about a girl who wants to go all the way with him, and doesn't care what might happen is appealing to a teenage audience, I found it yet another film in a trend of irritating cash-in's directed at particular audience.

"Twilight" will mesmerize its target audience, 16-year-old girls drooling over two good-looking kids who want each other so much because they want each other so much. Sometimes that's all it's about, isn't it? They're in love with being in love. Between the soft sighs aimed at the Indian boy with well-developed fangs, and the countless "He's so hot!" directed at pasty Edward who stirs surrender instincts, I tried to remember why this stuff is appealing to teenagers, it made me appreciate that I wasn't one any more.


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The Empire Strikes Back

Posted : 1 year, 2 months ago on 13 September 2008 09:41 (A review of Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back)

Next to the original "Star Wars", "The Empire Strikes Back" is the most Mythic, and imaginative of the six "Star Wars" films.

"The Empire Strikes Back" balances comedy, ingenious characters, locations, and action/adventure. But what truly sets "Empire" apart from the other five films is the strength and depth of the relationships between it's characters while together or apart. This film is basic but deep universal storytelling.



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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Posted : 1 year, 2 months ago on 13 September 2008 07:40 (A review of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly)

Combine Grand operatic visuals, satisfying but unrealistic action set to the sound of a classic Ennio Morricone soundtrack that has a unique Spanish/Western flavor, and you have a true masterpiece by Sergio Leone.

Leone does not care about the practical or the plausible, but builds on an abundance of Western movie cliches, It is a tribute to an American genre surviving the test of time. "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, is a mad epic of another day/time or place in the imagination with a deliberate style intended to draw attention to itself with it's celebration of bold gestures and mythic like characters.

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