Category : Movies

Movie Review: District 9

Best Part: The first hour — nice occasional squickiness and the reveal of the backstory was, like, *interesting*. Biggest Question: Did the dude really think that he’d just fly up to the alien’s ship, get his hand fixed, then fly back home where everything would just be back to normal? Too Long By: 30 minutes.

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Movie Review: Prince Caspian

Best Part: When the Lion-Christ jumped forty feet across a ravine in order to break the dude’s neck, then awakened His tree army to go out and kill millions of soldiers who, like all soldiers, weren’t fighting for “the cause”, but rather for the guy next to them. Biggest Question: When the pink minotaur was

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Movie Review: The Dark Knight

I sort of feel bad because the main reason I watched it was because Telkontar expressed a profound fondness for the movie. OTOH, this isn’t the first movie we’ve had different opinions on. Best Part: The first 45 minutes. Some pleasant, well-orchestrated tension and violence. Biggest Question: How did anyone accomplish any of the things

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Movie Review: The Caine Mutiny

Best Feature: I find 1940s women attractive — unfortunately, there was only one woman in the movie. Biggest Question: Was the source material as facile as this? Most Horrifying Truth: There were a lot of similarities between Captain Queeg and several people I’ve seen try to navigate leadership situations. Too Long By: 90 minutes —

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