Posts tagged: movie

Little Big Soldier: A Jackie Chan Movie that Actually Made Me Feel Something

Jackie Chan’s movies – at least anything I’ve seen since Police Story 1 – are usually entertaining but ultimately forgettable fluff. I saw Little Big Soldier this week, and while it isn’t a cinematic masterpiece by any stretch, I think that it’s very well done as cinematic art. It is entertaining, and almost uniquely among [...]

Wednesday August 18th, 2010 in , , | Comments Off

Avatar: Prime Example of the Power of Art

James Cameron’s new movie, Avatar, is a supremely-executed movie.  The special effects are, in a very real sense, no longer “special”.  They are spectacular, but they are so well rendered, and so seamlessly melded with live-action, that they become accepted by the audience as being the basic reality for the story.  Much of the current [...]

Monday December 21st, 2009 in , , , , | Comments Off