Category: Movies
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Rewatching Inception
A good movie critic describes a movie in a way that is succinct, yet complete. Roger Ebert has this description for the 2010 Christopher Nolan movie Inception, “Here is a movie immune to spoilers: If you knew how it ended, that would tell you nothing unless you knew how it got there. And telling you…
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Three Days of the Condor
James Bond movies are like the demo version of an advertisement for recruiting spies. It is what the employers promise the candidates their life would look like if they become spies. Unlimited budget, magical gadgets, travel around the world – the works, although recent Daniel Craig movies have put a dent in this image, showing…
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Why do I avoid criticising movies?
Instead of ‘film critic’, I prefer the term ‘film appreciator.’ If it’s a bad movie, I will ignore it. If it’s a good one and I have something to say about it, I will shout it from this metaphorical rooftop.