Now there's a movie that made me want to give Mom a great bug hug.

She's an archer princess with a great big shire horse in a world where there are little magic fairies. This is like every dream I had as a kid. Yeah, they got me hook, line, and sinker.
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Why movie Hawkeye is actually a very poor example of an archer. (I.e., pointing out the glaring mistakes in his form.) I love articles like this, don't find them to ruin the movie or be overly nitpicky or anything like that, because it teaches me as an author and artist how to get this stuff right. And also I love to see pros talk about this stuff ( Read more... )

Went to a late showing of Inception with my sister last night. Definitely see this movie, and bring your brain with you; you'll need it. G4 compared it to the original Matrix; it's got the same kind of mind twistyness. Only it's less overtly sci-fi and more... intellectual? You have to be paying attention to follow what's going on. It's fairly long ( Read more... )

...And it was easily the best movies I've seen in a long time.

Everything from the visuals to the culture to the strong female characters that weren't even hinted at being love interests!

( (Okay, just a little spoiler) )