EXPECTATION
The Batman has been one of my most anticipated films of 2022 since I saw the first trailer; well, technically it was one of my most anticipated films of 2021 before it got delayed but no matter what year it came out, it was going to be on my list. I was originally one of those “Snyder-bots” who wanted only the Snyder-verse films, but I’ve learned that you can’t always get what you want and sometimes the things you…
EXPECTATION
When Harry Met Sally is one of those films that I’ve been told is a must see for couples but seeing as how the movie released in the year that I was born, it wasn’t one that I was immediately aware of or at least not one that I was interested in for a very long time. I knew I would eventually get to it when I got old enough to know that I might appreciate the film, but…
PREFACE: Expectations Prior to Seeing the Film
For many years, I had little exposure to anything related to Dune. The most exposure I had in my early life is the strategy-based computer game by the same name that I would watch my brother play growing up. But up until 2020, I would have forgotten about the story of Dune altogether mostly until I picked up the book written by Frank Herbert. I picked up because many friends and family who…
PREFACE: Nostalgic Reflection
2002’s Spider-Man is like the Godfather of modern-day superhero movies, especially Marvel movies. Sure, there had been comic book movies prior to this release, even other Marvel characters who took up a bit of the spotlight for a bit, whether it was the R-rated classic Blade movie starring Wesley Snipes or X-Men which released in 2000 and gave us the amazing gift of Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine which lived on for nearly two decades.
But the fun, comic-booky…
