Category: Reviews

Overall Impression – Relentlessly bad, in every possible way, in every possible filmmaking discipline. THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who’s your main character? – Aang. What’s he trying to accomplish? – Professional: Defeat the Fire Kingdom. Personal: Nothing I can think of. Private: Decide if he’s willing to forego having a family in order to become the… Continue reading THE LAST AIRBENDER

Overall Impression – I’m not sure what liking this movie tells me about myself. THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who’s your main character? – Dave. What’s he trying to accomplish? – Professional: Become a superhero. Personal: Get Katie to love him. Private: Overcome the loss of his mother and the breakdown of his family. Who’s trying to… Continue reading KICK-ASS

Overall Impression – More is sometimes less. THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who’s your main character? – Tony Stark What’s he trying to accomplish? – Professional: Keep his Iron Man suit from falling into various wrong hands. Personal: Make the ultimate connection with Pepper Potts. Private: Find a way not to die because his chest-mounted arc reactor… Continue reading IRON MAN 2

Overall Impression – Inside this raunchy, foul-mouthed comedy is a sweet movie.  Somewhere. THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who’s your main character? – Adam What’s he trying to accomplish? – Professional: Get back to 2010 from 1986.  Personal: Be a good friend to crazed, alcoholic Lou.  Private: Pull his life together and learn that some things just… Continue reading HOT TUB TIME MACHINE

Overall Impression – Alice’s return trip to Wonderland is curiously forgettable. THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who’s your main character? – Alice. What’s she trying to accomplish? – Physical: defeat the Jabberwocky and save Wonderland from the Red Queen.  Emotional: decide whether or not to get married.  Spiritual: learn that she can choose her own path. Who’s… Continue reading ALICE IN WONDERLAND