Overall Impression — Words fail me. This is one of the most relentlessly brilliant explorations of the soul of a hero I’ve ever seen. THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who’s your main character? — Bruce Wayne as the Batman. What’s he trying to accomplish? — Professional: Stop the Joker. Personal: Get Rachel to love him. Private: Discover… Continue reading THE DARK KNIGHT
Tag: action film
QUANTUM OF SOLACE
Overall Impression — Gone are the quips, the easy going air of superiority. It’s an action movie, first and foremost and a well-structured one with an interesting stakes character. THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who’s your main character? — James Bond What’s he trying to accomplish? — Defeat the plans of the evil Dominic Greene (professional), keep… Continue reading QUANTUM OF SOLACE
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END
Overall Impression — I don’t know what they were smoking, but I want some. THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who’s the main character? — Jack Sparrow, but only by default. At various times Will drives the story, Elizabeth drives the story, Barbossa drives the story, there’s probably some sub-plot I missed where the third pirate… Continue reading PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END
TRANSFORMERS
Overall Impression — Odd, inconsistent tone that veers between cartoon comedy and serious violence. Cool effects, though. THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who’s the main character? — Sam Witwicky. What’s he trying to accomplish? — Save the world by enabling the good robots to defeat the bad robots. Who’s trying to stop him? — Megatron, as well… Continue reading TRANSFORMERS