Movie Review: Drive

September 19, 2011 Leave a Comment

The plot of Nicolas Winding Refn’s first major Hollywood film, Drive, isn’t exactly anything new.  The main character, simply known as “The Driver”, has a day job as a Los Angeles stunt driver.  By night, he drives getaway cars for anyone willing to pay.  But unlike films with similar storylines, Drive has depth.  It manages to separate itselfs from typical action/driving films in a way that is wholly unique.  The plot of the movie takes on an almost mythological, fucked-up fairy tale quality, making it one of the most interesting, original cinematic works of the past few years.

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Movie Review: X-Men First Class

June 7, 2011 Leave a Comment

It’s often hard to decide where the line between a good and bad comic book movie is actually drawn.  And sometimes it even depends solely on the viewer to decide what they want out of a film based on a comic.  Is a movie of that type supposed to focus more on action?  Or should it focus more on the “super” characters that are so beloved and their development?  The past few years have shown that a combination is necessary to create a truly great work of cinema.  While comic book movies work with almost non-stop action from start to finish, a different, more human side should also be shown.  It helps provide an interesting contrast and helps with emotional investment.  It’s the difference between a movie like Fantastic Four – which was decent, but very shallow – and The Dark Knight, a fairly deep film that was almost a crime drama as well as a super hero flick.

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Movie Review: Bridesmaids

May 17, 2011 1 Comment

The world we live in relies a lot on first impressions.  Our first contact with a person often decides whether or not we will ever see them again.  With movies and music, trailers and singles are often the only factors consumers will use to decide whether or not they are interested in a specific product.  Bridesmaids is a great example of how first impressions dominate the perception of movie-goers.  Despite the fact that Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, 40 Year Old Virgin) produced the film and it was directed by Paul Feig (The Office, Arrested Development), Bridesmaids was quickly stereotyped by movie-goers to be a “chick flick.”

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Inception Review

July 16, 2010 1 Comment

I’ve always had huge plans for this blog, and one of those plans was to eventually escape the relative mediocrity of constant posts about music and eventually move to other forms of media, including film, television, literature and maybe even video games, if there’s one I really want to write about.  Last night, I saw Christopher Nolan’s latest movie,  Inception, at the midnight showing near my home.  While on the way to the theater, I thought to myself, “If this movie is as good as I think and hope it will be, I’ll write a review about it for my blog.”  And thus, here we are.  (If you haven’t seen the movie, don’t worry – this review contains no spoilers.  If you want to know nothing at all, however, there are some minor details about the movies premise that you should know if you saw the trailer or read an article or review about the movie.  Also, if you’re going to comment on this post with spoilers, please say so at the top of your comment).

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