Nothing Tangled: A Rapunzel Movie Rant

(I went to see this a couple months back and never commented.) The fairy tale of Rapunzel is an odd story, but often retold. A poor man’s pregnant wife craves the rapunzel plant from the witch’s garden next door, and out of desperation, the man raids the garden of the witch in order to get [...]



Iron Man 2

I liked Iron Man 2. It was like nerds duking it out in real battlesuits and not in Halo. But I probably need to start by saying: I am also a shameless blockbuster movie fan. Six years of studying literature in academia and I still have no qualms about punting a declared modern classic of [...]



Scott Pilgrim vs The World

I’m not a big fan of Scot Pilgrim (I hate the crappy art so flag me as shallow), but this looks like it might be fun to see:



Quick Thoughts on Watchmen

Bear in mind, I loved the dystopic, chaotic, anarchistic, angry, four-toned panels of the original comic, so my opinion about a shiny, flashy, high-res, and slow-mo studded movie is bound to be reserved. I didn’t want to walk into another Wanted experience, so I deliberately set my standards low, low, low for the Watchmen movie. [...]