While preparing to go see the latest Pixar offering this afternoon, Monsters University - a prequel to my favorite movie from the animation titan, I look back at the first half of the year.
I was blown away early in the year by what I saw at the Nevermore film festivial. Two titles in particular jumped out at me: Found and The Last Will & Testament of Rosalind Leigh. The first was distrubing, graphic, movie about a boy who discovers his older brother is a serial killer. The Q & A with the cast and crew after was fasinating. The ladder of the two I found to be a beautiful movie with truly great moments of suspense.
Beyond Nevermore my early part of the year entertainment saw another great highlight and that was Dead Man Down. I thought it was a great slow paced action flick and Terrance Howard was excellent as the films villain.
There was also some movies that were just painful to watch. Halle Berry's The Call, the G.I. Joe sequel, and The Shining inspired documentary Room 237 were all painful and make me wonder why I wasted precious hours from my life watching these.
The winter months transitioned into Summer by the way of Spring. The nights got shorter as temperatures began to rise and the summer season started with a let down known as Iron man 3. The first two I loved, as well as pretty much the whole phase one from Marvel. The concept was there but for me the execution fell short in the writing.
Star Trek Into Darkness rebounded the summer nicely, a movie I have broken my only see once in a theater rule. Now You See Me and Fast & Furious 6 were alot of fun. Man of Steel and The East blew me away and I thought both were incredible in their own right. In between having my mind blown away from the two just mentioned films I thoughly enjoyed laughing at This Is the End and think its one of the funniest movies I've seen in a while.
After Earth was a waste of time. The massive disappoint of a movie was one that draged for two hours and made the other 2013 post apoclopytic film, Tom Cruise's Oblivion, look like a masterpiece. ( A quick ramble about Oblivion while nothing in the movie is original the film is highly entertaining and I would reccomend a redbox rental one night).
So that's my 2013 mid year ramble, more adventures in movies coming soon as I go see Monsters University.
Sunday, June 23, 2013
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
The ABC's OF CINEMA
Something inline with a children's narrative.
A is for Animation with stop motion, hand drawn, and CGI all classics both old and new.
B is Bond from Dr No to Skyfall consisting of 23 great films. (My favorite by the way)
C is for Commercials, the way movies are advertised.
D is for Drama, a category of film filled with many ups and downs.
E is for Espionage. Argo and Zero Dark Thirty to name a few.
F is for Fire. An element in the movies that many characters tend to run from.
G is for Grindhouse, not only the movie directed by Rodreguiz & Tarantino, but B grade movies in general.
H is for Hitchcock with his many thrills: Psycho, The Birds, Rear Window all will give you chills.
I is for Indiana Jones. 4 great adventures, all with Harrison Ford.
(That’s right I’m saying all four are great, get over it)
J is for Jokes, the things that make comedies.
K is for Kids flicks, movies the whole family can see.
L is for Likeable, a movie you tend to enjoy.
M is for Movie. The thing that this blog entry is all about.
N is for Nevermore, a film festival I tend to enjoy.
O is for Oscars awarding the best that cinema has to offer.
P is for Popcorn, a favored snack among many movie goers.
Q is for The Queen, a movie in which Helen Mirren won an Academy Award.
R is for Runtime, how long the movie is.
S is for Summer, a season of many big movies.
T is for the Times the movies start.
U is for Under the seat, where i have dropped my car keys a few times.
V is for Vampires, frankensteins, and mummies. Many fine creatures that make horror flicks scary.
W is for Westerns and how entertaining they are.
X is the rating you don’t take the kids to see.
Y is for Yell. It’s what needs to be done at the inconsiderate jerk with their phone on during the flick.
Z is for Zombies, another creature in the horror cannon.
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