Tags: adventure

Troy

Troy was a long movie, a very long movie. There are two kinds of epics. Those that keep you in awe, holding your breath, and the ending sneaks up on you as the time melts away. The other kind drag on and on, feel heavy and plodding, and lead to lots of watch watching. Troy [Read More …]

Van Helsing

Van Helsing is the first major entry into the summer action movie race and a worthy adversary for the Trojans and superheroes to come. The film is an old time atmospheric monster movie and resembles one of the monster mash movies of the 1940s like Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman. Imagine giving those B-film directors a [Read More …]

Hellboy

Hellboy was a bit of a disappointment. Perhaps with the summer blockbuster season soon approaching I was expecting too much. Plus there was the entire buzz about how this was such a good movie. Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t a bad movie, I just didn’t love it. The premise reminded me of X-Men. A [Read More …]

The Core

There are many science fiction movies that require you to check reality at the door and buy into the truths that it presents. This proposes a difficulty especially for films that branch from our reality in only a small way. Often times a small step is just as difficult, if not more difficult, as a [Read More …]