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The Symmetry of the Alien Trilogy
Last week I published an article showing that Alien and Alien3 mirror each other quite well. For the sake of completeness, I now present the chiasmus of the entire Alien Trilogy, including Aliens in the middle. I had previously published … Continue reading
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Tagged action movies, alien, chiasmus, films, horror, movie review, movies, science fiction, sequels
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3 Superb Indiana Jones Standoffs
I realized immediately after writing last week’s article about great movie standoffs that I had missed three of the very best ones. And they come from three of the best action movies ever made: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, action movies, films, indiana jones, movie review, movies, raiders of the lost ark, sequels
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10 Great Standoffs in Movies
Standoffs are great because they create instant drama and force characters to reveal important parts of their personalities by how they react. When two or more characters face a situation in which they can’t win by taking direct action, they … Continue reading
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Tagged action movies, aliens, die hard, dragonheart, face off, goldeneye, robocop, science fiction, sequels, speed, the naked gun, the thing, videos, waterworld
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Wouldn’t It Make More Sense for the 2 Schumacher Batman Film Titles to Be Transposed?
As we all know, the four Batman films that came out from 1989 to 1997 are called Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever, and Batman & Robin. Those first two Tim Burton titles are fine. Batman appears on the scene and … Continue reading
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Tagged action movies, batman, batman and robin, batman forever, comic books, films, joel schumacher, movie review, movies, movies based on books, puns, sequels
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Movies That Force Heroes to Make an Impossible Choice
Great movies force their protagonists to make hard choices that help us understand their true character traits and motivations. Sometimes those choices are extremely difficult, messy, and uncomfortable while others only have the appearance of being like that while they … Continue reading
The Unique Chiasmus of Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man Trilogy
I have written many articles in my Cinematic Chiasmus series. I’ve found individual films to be a chiasmus, like Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Superman: The Movie, and RoboCop (1987). Even though these films spawned sequels, I never felt prompted … Continue reading
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Tagged action movies, chiasmus, comic books, films, movie review, movies, movies based on books, sequels, spiderman
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Spider-Man 3 Is a Chiasmus, Making the Trilogy 3 for 3!
Oh. My. Gosh. This is truly unexpected. Who could have guessed that Spider-Man 3 would turn out to be a chiasmus, completing the circle and making all three Sam Raimi Spider-Man films examples of Cinematic Chiasmus? This chiasmus is unlike … Continue reading
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Tagged action movies, chiasmus, comic books, films, movie review, movies, movies based on books, science fiction, sequels, spiderman
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The Most Important Thing to Include in Disaster Movies
Disaster movies can be a lot of fun because they show us something we would never expect to see in real life. There’s just something jaw-dropping about watching things that were built up over centuries destroyed in an instant. But … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, action movies, disaster movies, films, independence day, movie review, movies, science fiction, videos
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Like the First One, Spider-Man 2 Is Also a Chiasmus
Did you think we were done finding examples of chiasmus in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy after we explored the symmetrical nature of the original Spider-Man? Well, we’re not done. Not by a long shot. Spider-Man 2 isn’t just the best … Continue reading
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Tagged action movies, chiasmus, comic books, films, movie review, movies, movies based on books, sam raimi, sequels, spiderman, trilogy
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Independence Day Paradoxically Appeals to Disparate Worldviews
With the Fourth of July just a few days away, I’d like to share an uplifting observation about the 1996 film Independence Day. Today’s riots and feelings of animosity between people who disagree on political issues make me want to … Continue reading
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Tagged action movies, aliens, environment, films, independence day, movie review, movies, politics, roland emmerich, science fiction, united states
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