Movie Man
When film critic Will Pfeifer isn’t watching movies, he’s reading about movies, talking about movies, thinking about movies or dreaming about movies. Now he shares that unhealthy obsession with you. From Hollywood hits to Japanese obscurities, from Oscar night to the summer season, he’s got movies on the brain — and on this blog. |
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Add comment May 6th, 2009
Via Hollywood Elsewhere, here’s the poster for Woody Allen’s new movie, WHATEVER WORKS.
It’s a good year for Larry David fans. First we get this movie, with Larry playing an angry SOB frustrated with the stupidity of modern life (which, as we all know, is a role he excels at) and then we get a new season of his show, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, on HBO this fall.
Add comment May 6th, 2009
STAR TREK has been getting rave reviews, but one group is apparently not happy with it…
In all seriousness, I heard a report on NPR this morning that said almost the same thing.
Add comment May 6th, 2009
From the fine folks at Maxim.com, here’s a list of “How Geeks Are Ruining Movies”
I couldn’t agree more with this one, and even the specific example they cite:
OBESSION WITH MINUTIAE
You know what? When we originally went to see STAR WARS and watched in awe the first time Darth Vader stepped onscreen, we thought, “What a badass!” Know what we didn’t think? “Hm, I wonder what his childhood was like?” Thanks to geek culture, every backstory, tangential storyline, or tiny piece of character trivia has to be explored ad nauseum.
When I saw STAR WARS in the theater and saw Darth Vader for the first time, I thought the same thing. Seeing three bad movies about what a whiner he was when he was younger is something I’ve worked hard to forget.
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