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6 Live Action Adaptations That Disney Should Make Next
There seems to be a growing trend at Disney recently to make live action versions of their classic animated movies. We had Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, Maleficent, a version of Snow White, and just this month, a live action Jungle Book (though it was largely CGI). Word has it they want to make Dumbo in the same way, and a Cruella de Vil movie starring Emma Stone is in the works. This is a pretty interesting line of work.
Bill Murray’s best CGI animal work
I bring all this up because I saw The Jungle Book in theaters the other day and had a lot of fun. It was a good movie with great special effects. If this is what Disney wants to do, I say more power to them! If they can make good movies by turning classic cartoons into live action, that sounds like a plan to me. So much so that I have a few suggestions!
Join me after the jump.
Movie Criticism is Better Than Politics
It’s Super Tuesday, and that means a whole heck of a lot in the world of American politics. I would rather no deal with that insanity, so instead, let’s poke fun at Monsters University! I mean, what the heck was up with Monsters University?
Seriously, let’s not worry about politics today. If anything, you should go watch John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight. That’s all the politics any of us will ever need. Even if Cinema Sins is pretty good too. They really delved into this one.
You know what my biggest complaint is about Monsters University? It’s that all of the monsters look the same. Other than Mike, Sully and the main characters, all the background monsters are the same kind of rainbow furry and generic. It’s kind of disheartening.
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Review: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Fair warning, there will be SPOILERS later on in this review. Everything before the jump will be spoiler-free, and everything after the jump will have spoilers. I’ll make the distinction clear.
This is not the movie you’re looking for. Or maybe it is. Honestly, I think opinions are going to be all over the map for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. For some, it might be a glorious return to that wonderful galaxy far, far away. For me, it was a fine and enjoyable film, but it wasn’t the be-all, end-all cinematic second coming that it was hyped up to be. Instead, The Force Awakens is a fun adventure full of familiar characters that easily entertains.
But if this really is the start of several decades worth of new Star Wars films, one after another, I’m no longer as excited as I was yesterday.
Movie Rating: 6/10 – Pretty Good.
There is definitely a lot to enjoy about Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It’s definitely worth going to see, especially if you’re a Star Wars fan. The new cast all acquit themselves well, meshing splendidly together and with the old, returning cast. Harrison Ford’s aged Han Solo steals the show, with ample support from the legendary Chewbacca. The two of them on screen again is worth the price of admission alone. Lightsabers blaze with iconic glory, the Millennium Falcon is as great as we’ve always know it to be, and this galaxy looks like the lived in, wildly varied galaxy of yore.
But the movie is far from perfect. There are numerous plot contrivances that seem to exist solely to bait the fans’ love for the franchise. Several seemingly important characters barely get any screen time, making you wonder why they seemed like such a big deal in all the advertising. And worst of all, what really took me out of the movie, was the inexhaustible desire to callback to and remember the original trilogy.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens does not take the franchise anywhere new. It revels in the old ways, while presenting just enough new material to guarantee the endless supply of new movies we’re going to get over the next several years (decades?).
But at the very least, Han Solo and Chewbacca are pretty awesome.
Join me after the jump for my full review. Be warned, I really get to rambling a bit. And this is the SPOILER cut off. Read the rest at your own risk.
Inside Out Comes Out on DVD Today!
Not sure why I made the headline about a DVD release…but just so you know, I’m already off on my way to a week-long vacation in England! It’s the first time I’ve ever been to Europe! Hopefully I’ll have a great time, and I managed to scrounge up some random Internet videos so that my blog isn’t completely dead while I’m gone (tune in for a regular List of Six tomorrow!).
But anyway, Inside Out! We all liked that one, didn’t we?
Pixar’s alright these days. Though I’m not really looking forward to that new dinosaur movie at all. It just…I dunno…But Inside Out was good. And Honest Trailers is always reliable.
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Cinema Sins Tries Really Hard to Ding WALL-E
WALL-E is probably one of the most perfect movies ever made – or not, I dunno, I’m not a film scholar. But it’s darn good. And the folks at Cinema Sins have their work cut out for them trying to pick it apart. They don’t succeed…but they get a few good zingers in.
There were one or two good points in there, but overall, swing and a miss. WALL-E is just too good, folks. Cinema Sins tried to acknowledge this, but then they went and tried to nit-pick it anyway. Reminds me that I should watch WALL-E again someday.
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