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(previous: Episode 6: “Oh Oh Oh… It’s Magic”) Do you smell pie? I smell pie. Mmmmm, pie… [spoilers after the jump!] One thing that constantly surprises me about Pushing Daises is how it manages to constantly surprise me. Whether you watch TV (and movies) professionally or just for fun, the more you see of mainstream … more…
More LEGO fun. At first I was thinking, What inspires people to do such things?, but then it took a strange turn, and then I knew: (Technorati tags: Indiana Jones, LEGO)
It’s ‘Comparative Mythology for Dummies’ done up Hollywood style, except there’s no smooching.
Sometimes you want reality from The Movies, and sometimes you just want a big ol’ cartoony popcorny action adventure flick that’s exciting and makes you laugh and doesn’t require deep thinking but also isn’t so stupid that it makes you want to cry. And I got a huge kick out of this one. So there.
Other critics have already dragged out the $10 words to describe this film — some of the ones I’d chose myself are ‘seductive,’ ‘masterful,’ ‘majestic,’ and ‘elegant’ — and you must believe what they say because they say True Things. But the one thing that strikes me most about LOTR: FOTR, besides its seductively masterful and majestic elegance, is simply how utterly right it is.
You know that fourth Indiana Jones movie for which we’ve been waiting ten years? Well, here it is. From its wowser of an opening in ancient Egypt to the spectacular finale featuring an army of reanimated, bandage-dripping soldiers, The Mummy is a totally enthralling, nonstop thrill ride, the best popcorn flick in years, the purest fun I’ve had at the movies since I can’t remember when.
I’d never seen Casablanca before — sure, bits and pieces here and there while channel surfing, but not as much as I thought I’d seen. And watching it at last was like a revelation. This is the ultimate movie. This is the purpose for which Hollywood invented itself. This is how good a film can be.
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