Category: MOVIE MUSINGS
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***Spoiler Alert*** (Especially if that title means nothing to you) When we picked it up from the video store it was “that movie where the monster busts out of the man’s chest”. There was a strange kind of grapevine for movie recommendations back then. Beside the movies you already knew about and the ones you…
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Glory Days of Home Video #1 I grew up during the dawn of home video players and video rentals. (in my old man voice)” Young people today could never appreciate the massive advancement home video was at the time!” Before that the only way you could see a movie was at the cinema (or Drive-In)…
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Pump Up the Volume (1990) ***SPOILER ALERT*** Hard Harry is the alter ego of Mark Hunter, a high school student in small town America. Mark is an intelligent introvert who goes about not being noticed. Hard Harry is the rebellious DJ of a pirate radio station who tells it like it is. The station theme…
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***SPOILER ALERT*** I will begin with a question: Do you think that this film has a happy or at least a fulfilling ending? Every person I have asked usually says yes. Call me a jaded film buff, but I disagree. The final scene sees Thao Vang joyfully driving Walt’s prized Gran Torino – all has…
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GODZILLA (1954) ***SPOILER ALERT*** (If the title didn’t already give it away. Sorry) Without a doubt the most recognizable Kaiju (strange beast) in history. Godzilla was the embodiment of man’s destructive tendencies. A monstrous creature born out of hydrogen bomb testing, it is a devastating representation of the apocalyptic potential of nuclear weapons. I may…
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The later film was made 40 years ago from today what’s more! That film was called “Santa Clause: The Movie” (1985). It begins with an origin story, but the drama takes place in the present – or that present – the present time the movie was released – 1985! The other film was titled “Miracle…
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WHY THE CLIMAX OF BLOODSPORT (1988) IS FAR SUPERIOR TO THE ONE IN KICKBOXER (1989): Movie Musings #1
***SPOILER ALERT*** (Only if you actually believe Van Damme loses) I have been trying to understand why I find Bloodsport enjoyable after uncountable rewatches, yet I have only watched Kickboxer again a few times; and that was only because someone else wanted to watch it. After watching it in the cinema I remember feeling somewhat…
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This is where my film fanatic status shines. Random rants about films I love, hate, don’t understand and anything else that pops up. I do not plan on writing reviews at this point. Although if I find that people are actually reading and commenting I would love to swap recommendations. For now, this will just…
MINDLESS MUSINGS 