Art is not always meant to be critical. Some art is made simply for the sake of art. Two films that are drastically different but strikingly similar in this aspect are “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” directed by Ang Lee and “Sex, Lies, and Videotape” directed by Steven Soderbergh. Right from the start, the poster for…
Actions Films Then vs Now
This week, I chose to watch the movie, “The Terminator.” This movie was not my first choice. I wanted to watch “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” but after watching the trailer for it, I definitely thought I wasn’t going to be able to watch it. I went with “The Terminator” because I have heard great things about…
Italian vs. American Horror
“The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” is undoubtedly one of the most important and recognized films in horror movies. This film takes place in the late 1970s, where horror films were taking a turn toward more realistic stories. In fact, this film begins with a virtually false warning that its events are based on real events, creating…
The Beginning of a New Era
“If we’re not at the right place at exactly the right time, we won’t find our way in.” Dale Cooper. “Twin Peaks” is a classic 1990’s show that not only screams “the ’90s but it also presented a new perspective on murder mystery films for the upcoming era. The show is about the mysterious murder…
Hard Terminating: A review of two action movies.
Throughout the decades, there has been an evolution of film. In 1984, the film The Terminator was released. The film follows Sarah Connor, a woman who is warned by a man from the future, Kyle Reese, that her son leads the revolution in a war on androids and one android, the T-800, has also sent…
Films about love
These two week I watched two different love movies, Blue Velvet and Eat Drink Man Woman. Blue Velvet is one of David Lynch’s most celebrated works of his early years. And the special style of surprise, horror, darkness, distortion and violence is fully revealed in this film. Blue Velvet is set in an ordinary American…
Bullets and Badasses
Different decades, different genres and different nationalities but the same a-ha moment. This is what binds James Cameron and John Woo together as directors. James Cameron, known for his phenomenal special effects work on films such as Titanic and Avatar, solidified himself as a director with The Terminator. John Woo, of Mission:Impossible II and Face/Off…
Journey to Italy & Deceived Viewers?
Before watching “Journey to Italy,” Directed by Roberto Rossellini in 1954, I had expected a romance and exciting movie about traveling. I think this is the view back then that most of the viewers had expected, but did not receive. “Journey to Italy” begins with a couple in a car, they are obviously already in…
Fast Movie, Dark Magic, and the Classic Adventure
The film I chose for this week’s essay is “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”. The film begins in China where Indiana Jones barely escapes from a Chinese crime boss. In this opening scene, Indy and Short Round end up jumping on a plane to escape with Willie Scott, the nightclub singer. Indy,…
If Adventure had a Name…
“If adventure has a name, it must be Indiana Jones.” That phrase, plastered across an iconic movie poster, hung in my room for a good portion of my life, and no film in the saga better captures this mantra better than “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.” The second film in the currently four…
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