Category: Movie Monday
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is When It Falls Apart
Last time, I focused heavily on how these movies failed as an adaptation of Tolkien’s original book. This time around, we’ll concentrate more on how these movies failed as their own thing. Mostly because this is the one that really broke away from the source material in many ways. Bilbo’s journey towards the Lonely Mountain…
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Is the Least Disappointing of the Three
Time to plunge the spear into my white whale. The Lord of the Rings movies are some of the most beloved book-to-film adaptations of all time. Fellowship of the Ring, Two Towers, and Return of the King are all still touted as some of the best movies of all time. For good reason; most everything…
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Shrek: A Meme and a Masterpiece
I have seen so many damn memes of this movie over the years that it’s hard to take this movie seriously anymore. It’s kind of twisted my childhood nostalgia for it into something bizarre that I can’t really describe. But I’m going to put all of that aside as best as I can and look…
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I Finally Watched Spider-Man: No Way Home
*There will be minor spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way Home in this review. If you’re like me and you still haven’t caught it and you have somehow managed to avoid being spoiled, turn back now. Go stream the movie or catch it in a theater, if it’s still in those.* Alright. Here we are. At…
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Batman (1966): Cheese and Comedy
This is the Batman movie everyone is talking about, right? It’s kinda hilarious to see how comic books and their adaptations have changed over the decades. Especially Batman. Nowadays, Batman movies are very dark and tend to be more realistic. The primary examples of that being movies like ‘The Dark Knight’ or the newest film,…
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