No clue if you guys have seen this yet, but: A 70 minute(!) review of Star Wars Episode I: Phantom Menace

Ostensibly, it's a lengthy review of where Episode I went (completely) off the rails, but in reality it's an in-depth discussion of how to create a narrative structure, not just in a film, but in any sort of story-telling venture, as well as ( Read more... )

How gorgeous is this?  SERIOUSLY.  HOW GORGEOUS?

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Look at the animation.  JUST LOOK AT IT.  Folks, this is why you don't close down your 2D studios.  And oh, the character designs, and the backgrounds, and the prince with an actual personality.

DAMMIT DISNEY.  WHY DO YOU MAKE ME LOVE YOU.

These two things warm my heart in different but equally wonderfully dorky ways.

First this:

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Then this.

Y'know what else I love? WALL-E. Pixar's outdone themselves this time. I never thought garbage could be beautiful, but oh man, was it ever. The plot could have been horrible, and I still would have come out of the theatre satisfied, that's how ( Read more... )

Before I start: yes, I know that I am ridiculously late to the party.  SHUT UP.  DON'T RAIN ON THE HAPPY.

Holy crap, Iron Man.  No, wait.  Let me say that again.  HOLY CRAP, IRON MAN.  Why were you so good?  Why are you seriously making me consider going to see you again?  Why did you cast everyone so damn perfectly (including Robert Downey Jr., oh ( Read more... )