Watched with the the youngest today when storms canceled our afternoon plans. What a nostalgia rush! This movie was my childhood dream scenario. Without a doubt! Kids today do not get films like this.
A couple random notes after my first complete viewing as an adult.
- I don’t know how John Williams was persuaded to score SpaceCamp, but the music is glorious.
- We absolutely do not give kids enough credit today nor trust them to grasp context. There…
West Side Story is the very best of Golden Age Hollywood transported into twenty-first century cinemas. I didn’t know a movie like this could exist today. Spielberg wields a power and vision behind the camera that flows from raw talent that has been honed over decades at the top of his craft. He and virtuoso DP Janusz Kamiński create and block scenes that are meticulously composed and mind bogglingly gorgeous. It’s easy to forget what actual masters with can accomplish…
In 1989, The Little Mermaid jump started the Disney renaissance after a lengthy period of creative and commercial mediocrity. It happens to be my personal favorite Disney film of the period. Can this live action remake inject similar life into the Disney of 2023? I’ve been a Disney fan my whole life. I’m an unashamed fan and apologist but in recent years, they’ve morphed into a content creation machine that has tarnished both their own brand and those of the…
Today is the 40th anniversary of Jedi’s premiere and Harmy has dropped the Despecialized Edition v.3.0. It looks and sounds fantastic. If you haven’t seen it, he used the latest UHD as the primary source but rolls back the various changes by patching in 35mm sources where needed - for this release, using 4k83. 4k83 gives the most retro/authentic 35mm vibes but Harmy’s Despecialized Editions are what I imagine Disney releasing in a world where George Lucas hasn’t disavowed the…
Terrific. Couldn’t have loved this film more. Instant favorite.
Also:
“Jimmy Fallon. Not funny at all. He breaks in every sketch, ruined the Weekend Update…I miss Norm.”
No truer words have ever been spoken on screen.
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
There are no words. Quo Vadis, Ada is a masterful film centered around an unforgivable series of events.
This is what bureaucratic, political, and moral incompetence, indifference, and cowardice look like on a genocidal scale.
Heartbreaking and disgraceful.
