Overall Impression – A dark classic, analyzed for us by guest reviewer Len Massar. THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who is your main character? – Clarice Starling. What is she trying to accomplish? – Professional: Catch Buffalo Bill. Personal: Please her father-figure boss. Private: Move past her traumatizing childhood memory of lambs being killed. Who’s trying to stop her?… Continue reading SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
Category: Older Films
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
Overall Impression – A great and exciting action adventure movie that blew me away when I saw it for the first time in the 80’s, and it holds up even today. THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who’s your main character? – Indiana Jones What’s he trying to accomplish? – Professional: Find the Ark of the Covenant before the… Continue reading RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
NINE MONTHS
Overall Impression – In my eyes, a beautiful movie that gets me every time I watch it. Especially those two scenes in which Samuel watches the ultra sound tape and when he asks Rebecca to marry him in the hospital. Or is it the music that does it? THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who’s your main… Continue reading NINE MONTHS
AMADEUS
Overall Impression – An impressive film, can’t get enough of it. One of the best movies of the famous composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, ever made… in my opinion. THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who’s your main character? — Salieri What’s he trying to accomplish? – Professional: Prove that he’s a superior musician to Mozart. Personal: Destroy Mozart’s… Continue reading AMADEUS
MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING
Overall Impression – My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a great romantic comedy which I’ve enjoyed many times and still like to watch. At the same time, I always get the feeling that something is missing. THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who’s your main character? – Toula. What’s she trying to accomplish? – Professional: Get married. … Continue reading MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING