Not a Disease Movie
This weekend is billed as a movie head-to-head between “Edge of Tomorrow” and “The Fault in Our Stars”, two radically different films. I saw “Edge”. It was very fun. I […]
Movie Reviews
The Hateful Protagonist
Is it possible to enjoy a movie that has a jerk for a protagonist? After watching P. L. Travers in Saving Mr. Banks I would say the answer is “no”. Then I […]
Aristotle among the Superheroes, Part II
Please refer to my last post for the beginning of this conversation. As I’ve considered the next section of Aristotle’s Poetics I find that the same movies continue to work. […]
Aristotle among the Superheroes
From Aristotle‘s Poetics: A perfect tragedy should, as we have seen, be arranged not on the simple but on the complex plan. It should, moreover, imitate actions which excite pity […]
A Rebuttal: “The Great Gatsby”
Remember my former post about The Great Gatsby? Mostly it was a link to this Emily Stimpson article, a discussion of why Millennials were so taken with this movie. Now […]
“On the Waterfront”: Welcome to the Masterclass of Filmmaking
1 On the Waterfront has the most concise 1 I’ve ever seen. This movie is a directorial masterpiece, and this 1 is a prime example of that skill. Terry (Marlon […]
The Most Incompetent Superhero Film Ever Made, Enneagrammed
UUUUUUGGGGHHHHHHH . . . Yo. I finally saw Green Lantern, and, well, it wasn’t very good. It isn’t literally the most incompetent superhero film ever made — I apologize for […]
Will the Giant Killer Shrews eat the Enneagram?
Welcome aboard and buckle up. You’re in for a few jokes as I describe why this movie, then a bit of trivia about this movie, followed by a lengthy retelling […]
“Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”: an Enneagram on which to hang your hat
The classic from 1969, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, holds up very well due to, I would say, a rock-solid Enneagram. The late-60s stylings feel, at this point in […]
“I Can Do Bad All By Myself”
We have a very interesting conundrum with I Can Do Bad All By Myself by the great Tyler Perry. I love this movie as drama, as entertainment and as a […]