You’ve probably heard a million times that James Cameron’s Avatar isn’t the most original story ever told. But did you know that his previous film Titanic, which set new box-office records during 1997-1998, has virtually the same story as a little movie that bombed back in 1980? That film is called Somewhere in Time. Continue reading
If Christopher Nolan made a sequel to Inception and it was a romantic comedy, what would he call it?
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Thank goodness for budget cuts. Filmmakers sometimes complain that they have to compromise their artistic vision because they didn’t have enough money. But I believe that good filmmakers will wind up being happy that they had less to work with because it forces them to come up with a more creative solution.
That’s certainly the case with the following five classic movies. They were, in most cases, saved by budget cuts. I’ll show you what I mean. Continue reading
When Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg is giving a speech, what is his favorite app?
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How to Train Your Dragon is what James Cameron’s Avatar was trying to be. It’s a great movie filled with emotion, action and interesting characters. As a bonus, it has a subtle message that is so central to the film that it’s easy to miss the first few times you watch the movie. Avatar, on the other hand, tries very hard to make the audience care about boring characters and it throws tired action sequences on the screen every now and then that look more like they were directed by Michael Bay than the usually creative Cameron. Its message is hammered into the audience’s head so frequently and obviously that it gets a bit pretentious.
The funny thing is that both of these movies follow virtually the same path almost the whole way through, but they arrive at completely different conclusions. Plus, How to Train Your Dragon is a fun movie I could watch over and over and never get tired of, while Avatar is dull and difficult to sit through all the way to the end. Continue reading
There must be dozens of Star Wars parodies out there. Everyone has made fun of Star Wars at some point, from Mel Brooks to Steve Oedekerk. But probably my favorite Star Wars parody of all time has to be an obscure little film called Hardware Wars. Ever heard of it? Continue reading
Why is the number four so shy about talking to odd numbers?
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This article is different than all the others I’ve written so far on this site. I’m just going to open up and talk about myself for a little bit to give you a peek into my life and my way of thinking.
On Saturday, August 27, 2011, I had the privilege of running a relay race with five of my coworkers from a company called Fishbowl. I’m a copywriter there, and I run three blogs all talking about inventory management software. I try to make that topic, which could be boring, into something as interesting as all my movie reviews on this site. I’ve written nearly 300 posts about inventory software so far and I’m not even close to running out of ideas yet, so I think I’m doing pretty well. Continue reading
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