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Pop Quiz! Which 1994 Action Movie Is a Perfect Chiasmus?
Speed is a perfect action movie. And it also just so happens to be perfectly symmetrical. The first and second halves mirror each other, and the middle point is a particularly dramatic moment. Prepare to have your mind blown similar … Continue reading
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Tagged action movies, chiasmus, films, movie review, movies, speed
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Innerspace Is Appropriately the First Mini Cinematic Chiasmus
Dennis Quaid is about to make this third appearance in a Cinematic Chiasmus article. He’s previously appeared in my Dreamscape and The Parent Trap (1998) articles. And today he gets to add another feather to his cap as we explore … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, action movies, chiasmus, comedy, films, innerspace, movie review, movies, science fiction
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I Love the Way They Did the Dune (2021) Title Font
I love every version of Dune. From the 1984 David Lynch film to the 2000 Sci-Fi Channel miniseries, it’s just a great story in spite of technical limitations. I’ve heard that the 2021 version is the best by far, but … Continue reading
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Tagged action movies, chiasmus, dune, frank herbert, movie titles, movies, movies based on books, science fiction
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I’m Excited to See The Oath (2023) Next Week
I don’t usually express excitement about a movie that hasn’t come out yet, but I’m going to make an exception for The Oath (2023). It’s coming out this Friday, December 8. One of my brothers told me about it a … Continue reading
Posted in Uplifting Films, Videos
Tagged action movies, book of mormon, films, movies, movies based on books, scriptures, The Oath, videos
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Die Hard Isn’t Just a Christmas Movie, It’s a Chiasmus Movie
The story structure of Die Hard forms a really cool chiasmus, meaning that its first and second halves mirror each other. This is the second film I was sent by a reader named Jay. He mapped it all out for … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, action movies, chiasmus, die hard, films, movie review, movies, movies based on books
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George Lucas’s Most Admirable Quality to Me
I once heard the story of when a young George Lucas was in a recording studio working with a sound mixer. The man said he needed Reel 2, Dialogue track 2, but he shortened all of that information to simply, … Continue reading
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Tagged action movies, films, george lucas, indiana jones, movies, science fiction, sequels, star wars, videos
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I Finally Found the Full Soundtrack of The Last Starfighter Online!
I can’t tell you how much I love the soundtrack of The Last Starfighter. I’ve searched high and low on the Internet for years to find the complete soundtrack. For a time, there was something close to it on YouTube, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, action movies, films, last starfighter, movies, science fiction, soundtrack
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I Figured Out What Dune (1984) Is Missing
Frank Herbert’s Dune is one of my favorite books. And David Lynch’s Dune (1984) is a guilty pleasure of mine. For a long time, I’ve been fascinated by its failure. What is it about that interpretation of Dune that doesn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged action movies, dune, films, movie review, movies, movies based on books, science fiction, star wars, super mario, the dark knight
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All 6 Terminator Films Summed Up in a Few Words
We’re going to use a little clever wordplay to boil down each movie in the Terminator series to its essence. Okay, most of these descriptions are more than one word, but I’m including them in the One-Word Film Reviews section … Continue reading
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Tagged action movies, films, fun, funny, movies, science fiction, sequels, terminator
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