Saw Bird Box over the weekend. I know it was good, because I couldn’t sleep last night because I was thinking about it so much. Replaying every scene in my head over and over. It’s just everything. Just good storytelling, good movie-making. I tweeted, while I was watching it, “No one should ever be allowed to make something this good.” Or it could be horror movies. The last time this happened to me was Saw. And that was as much being scared of the irony vs. deconstructing the plot holes (there’s no way that guy could lay on the floor that long and not move). Anyway, Bird Box. The whole…
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Analyzing the Disney Villains: Nobody (Brother Bear)
NOBODY Brother Bear (2003) Hello? Anyone? Is anyone there? No, there isn’t. I guess that’s why I wanted to mark this one out. I can’t say this is anything but a joke entry — non-canonical. But it’s worth noting that this movie has no villain. That’s difficult to write, especially for a high concept. The conflict arises from the main character’s own emotions and desires. Kenai wants to become a great warrior like his two older brothers, but when he tries to prove it, he accidentally gets his older brother killed by a bear. The later quest for vengeance results in him becoming a bear and having to take care…
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Analysis of Demi Lovato’s “Heart Attack”
This damn song has been in my head for days, so I figured I’d take a tip from “Todd in the Shadows” and look at what the hell is up with this song. I think the world must have a “So-bad-it’s-good” relationship with the music world. Or a “We Love Stupid” relationship. But there are so many bad, horrible songs out there. Jason DeRulo’s “Talk Dirty to Me“, Black Eyed Peas’s “My Humps“, Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe“, Britney Spears’s “Toxic“, “Gorilla” by Bruno Mars, anything by Katy Perry or Ke$ha. Songs that plummet past the pit of “low quality” into “this shit is ridiculous”. Some people are even…
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Things You Should Know About: MarzGurl Picks Apart Twilight
MarzGurl is one of the Channel Awesome (A.K.A. Doug Walker’s That Guy With the Glasses) vloggers. She specializes in anime and the works of Don Bluth, which are a lot more comprehensive than I thought. Plust she looked smoking hot as Princess Mononoke in Suburban Knights. Channel Awesome’s more known for their videos, but right now MarzGurl is doing something I think is fairly important. She’s examining Twilight, the book, as she reads it. She was curious what all the fuss was about, as any good geek should do, and is posting a literary analysis as she goes on. I’m really impressed with the level of detail. She’s looking at exactly what…
