The Double Standard of Blockers (Ideas & Thoughts)

I enjoy the film Blockers—succeeding with its three hilariously entertaining adult leads—but it has a notable issue with double standards.  The issue doesn’t just stem within the film, however, but also with misdirected praise towards the film being “feminist”.  I’ve previously written a post on what defines a feminist film, and it stands to reason that Blockers is not one.  A feminist film is one that has a fair balance between male and female portrayals regarding quantity (the ratio of both genders casted), character (the way both genders are written and represented), role (the presentation of both genders in primary and secondary parts) and importance to plot (how much both genders matter to the storyline).  Blockers succeeds in two out of the four aspects, quantity and importance to plot.  Its gender ratio is fairly balanced between male and female characters who play significant roles within the story.

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (Quick Review)

The Hotel Transylvania series reminds me of the Madagascar series in that it’s steadily grown on me with each new film made. I had a lukewarm response to the first Hotel Transylvania, while Hotel Transylvania 2 improves upon its predecessor in all areas to be an unexpectedly enjoyable sequel.  Now comes Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, quite possibly the series’s best film to date.  The film is the equivalent to a long Saturday Morning Cartoon—containing all the wacky antics, cartoon physics and idiot ball moments you’d expect, but in a good way.  The film isn’t trying to take itself seriously or be logical (the series never has), it’s just out to have a grand, silly time and entertain with a variety of fun hijinks and colorful, likable characters.

Blue is the Warmest Color Revisited: Is it Still Great? Are the Sex Scenes Still too Long? (Film Analysis)

Blue is the Warmest Color is certainly one of my more memorable trips to the movie theater.

Skyscraper (Quick Review)

Skyscraper is in many ways a hybrid imitation of the 1984 action thriller Die Hard and the 1974 action disaster The Towering Inferno.  It is also an inferior film to both its predecessors.  That said, Skyscraper is still a mildly enjoyable popcorn flick if you don’t expect anything more than what its trailers present.

Uncle Drew (Film Review)

If I had a list of 2018 films coming out ranked from “must see” all the way down to “least interested”, I don’t think Uncle Drew would have even made the list.  I had absolutely no interest in seeing Uncle Drew, that is until my film buff friend told me the film is awesome, is much, much better than it has any right to be, and highly recommends it.  I didn’t believe him, but I decided to give the film a shot.  Ten minutes in and I was immediately regretting my decision.  The characters felt stock and/or were complete assholes, the plot felt unoriginal and the comedy was nonexistent.  It had me preparing for the worst, but then Uncle Drew shows up.

The Incredibles 2 (Film Review)

………….Sigh.

No, I didn’t dislike The Incredibles 2.  The Incredibles 2 is a good film with beautiful animation, solid voice acting, and is a fun superhero film for all ages.

But man, is it a disappointing sequel!