Debating Heaven’s Gate
Adam Batty posted an article at Hope Lies entitled Easy Rider and the Death of the Western which ended with the following paragraph, That it was a western that killed the New Hollywood is apt to the level of poetic beauty, with Michael Cimino’s Heaven’s Gate the ultimate folly of a revitalised film industry born of … Read more
Should 3D Die Already?
In a recent post at Movies.com entitled ‘Dear 3D, Please Die Already (Again)’, Scott Weinberg (a writer whose thoughts on film I generally agree with) bemoaned the current trend of 3D films filling multiplexes. His piece taps into a number of opinions about 3D that seem very common right now and whilst I’m not exactly … Read more
Are Movies So Bad?
The movies have been so rank the last couple of years that when I see people lining up to buy tickets I sometimes think that the movies aren’t drawing an audience—they’re inheriting an audience. People just want to go to a movie. They’re stung repeatedly, yet their desire for a good movie—for any movie—is so strong … Read more
Rules to Follow to Evade Causality Paradoxes or Generally Screwing Your Life Up
Born out of a brief discussion of the TV series Early Edition, in which the main character receives the Chicago Sun-Times a day early and uses the knowledge to change events, a friend asked me what I would do if I was in a similar situation. Would I change things in an effort to help people or … Read more