The Death Star makes no sense. This super-advanced military installation built to obliterate entire planets has absolutely baffling design choices. There are bottomless pits aplenty. There are walkways without guardrails (some of which can retract without a failsafe to make sure anyone on said walkway is safe). The controls for a tractor beam are only… Continue reading The Death Star Makes No Sense
Tag: Movies
Voices
Ever late to the party, I finally watched KPop Demon Hunters. But this is not really a post about KPop Demon Hunters. This is mostly a post about Kubo and The Two Strings. I really, really enjoyed Kubo and the Two Strings when I saw it ten years ago. I’ve always loved stop-motion (some of… Continue reading Voices
Forest For The Trees
There’s an article on the AV Club right now about how Andy Serkis didn’t know who Snoke was while making the Star Wars sequels. Which doesn’t really feel like as much of a revelation as it sounds like — sometimes the cast and crew know more than what’s revealed in the piece/on the script, sometimes… Continue reading Forest For The Trees
A New Old Fashioned Comedy
My text editor is filled with around a half-dozen starts to this blog post, so I’ve decided to forgo an elegant opening and jump right to my point: this is a post about Pizza Movie. Pizza Movie has a fairly simple plot, summed up in a Variety article as "a group of college students who… Continue reading A New Old Fashioned Comedy
Antifascist Star Wars
I’ve seen Star Wars so many times that sometimes my mind glosses over its deeper themes. Like how the story is inherently antifascist. It’s easy to point to Andor as when Star Wars got radical, but all that fighting authoritarianism, the crackdowns on personal freedoms, and what would motivate a bystander to join a rebellion… Continue reading Antifascist Star Wars
Adapted Enough
Last weekend’s rerelease of The Lord of The Rings highlighted that Fellowship of The Ring first hit theaters twenty-five years ago. Fellowship was released closer to Star Wars than to right now. Beyond making me feel very old, I can’t help but to wonder how long it’ll be until someone else takes a stab at… Continue reading Adapted Enough
Faith Movie
Nearly fourteen years ago, when this blog was young (in fact, it might have been before I even bought the URL), I wrote a post on 'Christian' movies and how most of them were terrible when they really don’t have to be. It’s been over a decade and it feels written by a different person… Continue reading Faith Movie
Projecting
The newest installment in Rian Johnson’s murder mystery series, Wake Up Dead Man, is out this week in a super limited release. Its predecessor, Glass Onion, was, likewise, only in theaters for a week on account of Netflix wanting to get their movie on streaming quick as possible. Unfortunately, Dead Man’s release coincides with Thanksgiving,… Continue reading Projecting
Superhope
Superman feels like an idealistic fantasy born out of a simpler time. A space alien with powers beyond belief grows up on Earth a humble man and chooses to use his powers to help and save humanity instead of conquering or ruling us. Adapting that unbridled optimism for a modern audience outside the bounds of… Continue reading Superhope
Of Ballerina
Ballerina, the new John Wick movie, came out on my birthday and it feels like a movie made just for me. It is, as in the tradition of all the John Wicks, a slick-as-anything action movie with a strong emphasis on cool stunts, staging, and fight choreography. Ballerina also strips away a lot of the… Continue reading Of Ballerina
Essays, Not Rants! 