Category Archives: Movies I’ve Seen
The Book of Eli
How’s come the post-apocalyptic world always looks like the American Southwest? Or like the Australian Outback? And how’s come everyone is always trying to walk to the Pacific coast? I liked this movie better than The Road probably because it … Continue reading
Sherlock Holmes
Hot damn. I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again – I would watch Robert Downey, Jr. read the phone book on screen if that’s all he did. And as an extra added bonus I thoroughly enjoyed Jude Law for … Continue reading
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Why are Gilliam’s movies always washed out? It’s almost like there have been no advances in camera or film technology since the Monty Python movies of the 70s. I noticed this when re-watching The Fisher King not too long ago … Continue reading
Daybreakers
What if the entire human race became vampires? That’s a hell of a concept. And the best part of the latest attempt to wring more dough out of the vampiric phenomenon was the clues on how modern society would cope: … Continue reading
Retrospective
Every year I look back through the movies I’ve seen and try to remember enough of them to make a decent attempt at compiling my list of the year’s best. Every year I have to scratch my head and think, … Continue reading