tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37407666119218945882024-02-21T03:05:34.568-08:00Words by RobertRobert writes about writing, movies, and baseball. And sometimes movies about baseball.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04524386525150248271noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740766611921894588.post-19800276836023356822013-07-03T12:30:00.002-07:002013-07-03T12:30:16.295-07:00Catching up on movies -- Monster's, Lone Ranger, and ZombiesMonster's and Rangers and Zombies...
It's been a very busy week here in the Clack house. The spousal and I celebrated our 10th anniversary by going out to see World War Z. Okay, it's not the movie I'd choose for a first date, but it's appropriate for a 521st date. Anyway, I never found the 20 minutes it takes to write a two-minute movie review...and then I went and saw a few more movies to add Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04524386525150248271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740766611921894588.post-54563191763155085182013-06-21T08:55:00.003-07:002013-06-21T08:55:59.199-07:00Man of Steel - A Two-Minute Movie Review
Man of Steel is a lazy, often brilliant, too often rudderless, over-CGI’d letdown. The man of steel deserves better than this. We can all hope its inevitable sequels are given a more loving touch. Under Zach Snyder, Superman is too far removed from the hero we’ve come to know and love.
Yes, there are many things to love about Man of Steel. The background story is developed better than Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04524386525150248271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740766611921894588.post-44496907564809611062013-06-10T12:43:00.001-07:002013-06-21T08:58:31.627-07:00Now You See Me - A Two-Minute Movie Review
Now You See Me is an engaging film about a group of magicians, The Four Horsemen, as they’re called, who perform high-concept, impossibly complex, elaborately staged illusions where the audiences walk out with more than they walked in with. They are Robin Hoods who always seem two steps in front of the cops and their rich targets. The film’s greatest illusion? Making us believe it’s a Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04524386525150248271noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740766611921894588.post-58758295458436919212013-06-04T14:22:00.002-07:002013-06-10T12:46:25.881-07:00After Earth - A Two-Minute Movie Review
M. Night Shyamalan has not had a good couple of years. In fact, it can be said that his last good movie was 2004’s The Village. The director and writer who brought us The Sixth Sense and Signs also left us with The Last Airbender and The Happening. Would he make amends with his latest effort, After Earth? I’m going to take the minority opinion (according to Rotten Tomatoes) and recommend AfterAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04524386525150248271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740766611921894588.post-21034751003805407292013-05-29T13:56:00.000-07:002013-06-10T12:46:42.864-07:00Epic - A Two-Minute Movie Review
Lawrence of Arabia is widely considered a movie of epic proportions. Schindler’s List is clearly epic. Spartacus and The Ten Commandments are both epic films. These movies are long productions with sweeping stories that needle at you for days. Epic, the movie by Twentieth Century Fox Animations and Blue Sky Studios, is not epic. But it’s not bad.
As I walked into the movie theater Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04524386525150248271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740766611921894588.post-59165466926485627362013-05-24T08:42:00.000-07:002013-06-10T12:47:05.256-07:00Iron Man 3 - A Two-Minute Movie Review
Iron Man 3 is the best Iron Man to date. While some may have a soft spot for the first edition's origin story, those who prefer action in their movie-going diet will eat this one up. Is it the best Marvel movie? No, not at all. I still prefer The Avengers and Captain America. And it's not without its flaws.
The film's villain (at least on face value) is Ben Kingsley's wonderfully played The Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04524386525150248271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740766611921894588.post-42935167173707198702013-05-16T15:20:00.000-07:002013-06-10T12:47:17.981-07:00Star Trek Into Darkness - A Two-Minute Movie Review
The crew is back in the second installment of J.J. Abrams' Star Trek reboot. Star Trek Into Darkness is an action-packed tour de force that bests its predecessor while upping the ante on our expectations for Abrams' Star Wars VII.
Without the hassles of origin story necessities weighing it down, Into Darkness is free to start with a sprint, which it does,literally. It stops only to catch Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740766611921894588.post-68678195841800681382013-05-15T19:35:00.002-07:002013-05-15T20:01:15.602-07:00Two-Minute Movie Reviews
Introducing the Two Minute Movie Review
Some movie reviews are the size of small books. Have you ever read a review so complete that you almost feel like you've seen the movie by the time you reach the end? Do you find yourself skimming the pages searching for the only answer you care about: does the reviewer like the movie or not? I do. While I don't mind spending the time on an Ebert review Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0