I haven't seen Phantom Menace that many times, since I don't like it (or the other prequels) very well, but I saw it again today and realized that most of it makes very little sense at all.  I'm actually beginning to think that the vast majority of fiction doesn't make sense, it's just that much of it is entertaining enough that one misses the plot ( Read more... )

"Well... that was odd," doesn't really cut it as a movie review, but that's kind of spoiler free version of my review.  It's a very peculiar mix of fairy tale and "realistic" which doesn't quite work, but doesn't quite not work, either.  It's...odd.

( Somewhat spoilery below this )

But I'd rather have had a movie about Kantos Kan.  (I don't know what it says when a bit part manages to radiate awesome so much.)

Or a movie in which the female characters actually got character arcs.

Spoiler free review: fun, but check brain at door.

( A few minor spoilers in review )

Non spoilery review: It's better than the book.  Quite a lot better, in fact, as it fixes some of the things that made me go WTF when reading the book.  Actually, it fixes about as many of the WTFs as it can, while still following the same plot.  I suspect the scriptwriter(s?) and I went WTF at a lot of the same points.  Also, they ship Neville and ( Read more... )

I saw Tangled with friends on Thanksgiving. Most of it was quite good, but it does have the unfortunate (and I'd hope unintentional) message that love makes women useless.

( Here be spoilers. )