The Pointless Battle Against Media Piracy
The ACTA has had me thinking a lot lately about internet piracy and how the entertainment industry in particular is completely backwards in the way they approach it.
Archive | Movies
No Tower for Abrams
According to an interview with MTV, JJ Abrams has finally confirmed that he won’t be taking on the undoubtedly daunting task of bringing Stephen King’s Dark Tower series to the big screen.
Knowing (what makes a good action movie) is half the battle.
Being familiar with the oft-campy source material, I knew G.I. Joe wasn’t going to be Oscar-worthy, and walking into the theatre, I felt my expectations were more than reasonable. I wanted to be entertained, nothing more. I didn’t buy my ticket expecting high-brow, but rather simply to have fun. What I got was a movie whose potential was squandered on a director who seemed to not know quite what to do with it.
The Hindsight of Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Color me surprised that after finally getting around to reading Capote’s original novella of Breakfast of Tiffany’s, I find myself wishing more than ever that the film version had been handled differently.
I asked for a car. I got a computer.
It’s strange to think that we’re currently living in a time when the name John Hughes isn’t automatically recognized by everyone I know.
